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• How David Whiteing is creating the right culture at CommBank

  Commonwealth Bank CIO, David Whiteing is focusing on culture and strategic vision to keep the bank relevant in the face of digital change and data demands.

• Rio Tinto moves core IT to the cloud

  Mining giant, Rio Tinto, is migrating its core enterprise IT systems to the cloud following an agreement with Accenture.
  

• Australian businesses falling behind in digital uptake

  Australian enterprises are lagging behind in the use of digital technologies, resulting in stalled economic growth, new research reveals.
  

• How Mobile, Social Tech Elevate Enterprise Collaboration

  Collaboration in the enterprise comes in many forms, but no trends have shaped the market more than social media and mobile technology. The ongoing convergence of smartphones, always-on connectivity and ubiquitous social media lifts collaboration to new heights.

• U.S. utilities face up to $48B revenue loss from solar, efficiency

  Energy utilities face losing between $18 billion and $48 billion a year in the U.S and up to €61 billion a year in Europe by 2025 as solar power and energy conservation initiatives grow, <a href="http://www.accenture.com/microsite/digitally-enabled-grid/Documents/pdf/exec-summary-DEGII-8-pager-Dec-2014-Final.pdf">according to Accenture</a>.

• Microsoft, Accenture try to ease the path to the hybrid Cloud

  To help organizations better organize their cloud assets, Microsoft and integration firm Accenture have released a package designed to make it easy to integrate in-house IT operations with Microsoft Azure cloud services.

• How to develop applications for the Internet of Things

  The Internet of Things is exploding, and it's not hard to explain why it's happening now. The sensors, networking chips and other technology required to connect to the Internet devices ranging from light bulbs to smartwatches to industrial equipment have all become inexpensive.

• 5 Ways Digital Health Startups Can Break From the Pack

  Now's a good time to be a healthcare startup. Investors have poured between $3 billion and $5 billion into the digital health market so far in 2014, according to Rock Health and StartUp Health. (The two groups track funding differently, which is why there's such a discrepancy.) Meanwhile, Accenture expects the digital health market to reach $6.5 billion by 2017.

• CIO-CMO Marriage Strained, But Can Be Saved

  Forced into an arranged marriage of sorts, the CIO and CMO are trying their best to make things work. Still, disagreements arise. One out of four CIOs believe CMOs lack the vision to anticipate new digital channels, while many CMOs say CIOs lack the urgency needed to respond to shifting market conditions.

• Inside Coles' technology transformation

  Coles CIO, Conrad Harvey, is an advocate for helping your business peers see technology as an opportunity to drive transformation.

• IT shops losing control over technology

  A survey of more than 1,000 C-level executives shows that IT organizations are losing control over new technology adoption at their companies but are still held accountable for integrating the technologies securely into their company's infrastructure.

• Durbin warns Republicans standalone H-1B hike plan will fail

  A push by the high-tech industry to support a stand-alone H-1B increase is drawing the ire of U.S. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.).

• Auditor: Warning signs in massive, Accenture-led Oracle ERP project

  A major Oracle PeopleSoft ERP (enterprise resource planning) software project in California led by Accenture is running well over schedule and budget, according to the state's auditor.

• The 'Internet of things,' beyond the hype at Mobile World Congress

  If you want to find out how the so-called Internet of things is shaking up the tech industry, Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is the place to be this week.

• Accenture launches mobile wallet platform for businesses

  Accenture is extending its digital payments services with features integrating "big data" analytics capabilities and recommendation tools to allow its clients to build personalized, mobile e-commerce applications.