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• No human drivers in 20 years: Steve Wozniak

  The Apple co-founder and chief scientist at Fusion-io talks about the disruptive trends that excite and concern him.

• Gartner to enterprises: ‘May the algorithmic force be with you’

  Organisations will be valued not just on their big data but also the algorithms that turn that data into actions, and ultimately impact customers, says Peter Sondergaard of Gartner.

• 7 shifts that will impact sectors in the next 20 years

  Dr Stefan Hajkowicz, futures researcher for Australian national science agency CSIRO, highlights trends that will reshape the landscape for government, business and society in the next two decades.
  

• Julia Raue of Air New Zealand: Building the next digital milestone

  Julia Raue helped create a new role – the chief digital officer – who will take charge of her CIO portfolio when she leaves.

• Use cloud to innovate like startups: AWS

  “It is difficult in this day and age to compete if you are not agile and move fast,” said Andy Jassy, Amazon Web Services senior vice president.

• Velpic's Russell Francis awarded 'most disruptive CIO/CTO'

  Russell Francis, chief executive and CTO of Velpic Group, has been awarded the most disruptive CIO/CTO accolade as part of the 2015 global Talent Unleashed Awards.

• 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.
  

• Get ready for a 'digital tsunami', says UTS professor

  The world is on the cusp of another “digital tsunami”, according to Steven Burdon, professor of strategic management and technology at the University of Technology in Sydney.

• Ashton Kutcher: 'Technology will make us super heroes'

  Presenting at the #TechMyWay conference hosted by Lenovo in Sydney, new Lenovo product engineer - and no doubt PR gold mine - Ashton Kutcher says technology can give us superpowers.

• Can banks keep up with tech disruptors?

  Established banks should see disruptive technology companies as a major threat, members of the finance industry agreed this morning at an Australian Information Industry Association event in Sydney.

• Hailo Picks up Speed as a Digital Disrupter for Taxis

  Like it or not, CIOs and other IT leaders will have to deal with a digital disrupter who wins over suppliers and customers by wringing out inefficiencies in the market. Mobile startups like Hailo and Uber, which match up passengers with transportation, are turning the industry on its ear.

• Dealing with disruption

  It could be a natural disaster that closes cities for days at a time, or a power failure that knocks out corporate e-mail systems for a few hours. An endless variety of potential business disruptions confronts finance executives. And when crisis comes, or even if it doesn't, it's largely up to the vigilant CFO to make sure the company has a strong, workable business continuity plan.

• Twitter's service disruptions and outages persist

  Twitter's persistent and disruptive service outages entered a second week, as the company scrambles to bring its site availability back to acceptable levels.