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• IBM and Vocus settle Census outage lawsuit

  IBM, Vocus and Vocus subsidiary Nextgen have settled a lawsuit relating to the high-profile failure of the Australian Census website in 2016.

• Budget 2019-20: Government seeks to avoid ‘censusfail’ redux

  The government says it will fund efforts by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) to avoid a repetition of the 2016 Census debacle, which involved a high-profile failure of its online component.

• ​Opinion: Has the ABS learnt anything from its e-Census DDoS debacle?

  The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) suffered a humiliating failure of its systems last August, which was largely attributed to its inability to manage security and operational risk of a key business system.

• Opinion: Are the ATO and Census failures just the tip of the iceberg?

  There is no point putting “lipstick on a pig” by implementing online transactional systems using tired backend infrastructure, says Ian Brightwell.

• The new black gold: the $48B open data bonanza

  Kudos to the government for its open data movement. Government inhales massive amounts of data from every sector of the economy, and the dynamics of this data ingestion are about to significantly expand with the data retention legislation.
  

• Financial services firms are laggards online

  Many financial services firms are still not transacting online, despite rapid changes in the sector, including the development of Internet banking.
  

• Australian businesses invest $3.19 billion in software Q1 2014: ABS

  The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released figures today that show Australia businesses have spent $3.19 billion in computer software the first quarter of 2014, an increase from $2.95 billion in March quarter 2013.

• Statistics agency wants to manage mobile apps

  Seeking to manage applications and information rather than devices, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has gone to market for an enterprise mobility management (EMM) system.

• The J-curve returns to trade balance

  Uh-oh, it looks as though the J-curve is back. That's if the July trade figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Thursday are any guide.

• Big data may build better profile of Australians: Statistician

  Location information from mobile phones could lead to more dynamic pictures of population counts according to an Australian statistician.

• Businesses grow their Internet earnings: ABS

  Business earnings from the Internet increased $48.4 billion to $237.1 billion in 2011-12, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

• ABS seeking tenders for online news service

  A tender has been issued for electronic news and media services for the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

• Weak jobs trend confirmed by data

  ABS figures on Thursday showed a higher jobless rate and confirmed the trend in employment growth is too weak to hold an even higher jobless rate at bay.

• Australian Bureau of Statistics eyes new CIO

  The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is on the hunt for a new CIO to replace Jenine Borowik who exited the role in August this year.

• ICT sophistication leads to business innovation: Bureau of Statistics

  A report released this week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has found a direct link between the “sophistication” of a business’ use of ICT and its ability to innovate in improving its products and processes.