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• IT leaders share top line predictions for 2020

  With 2020 just around the corner, a handful of IT leaders dished out some pivotal tech predictions they say will have an impact on the IT and business landscape next year.

• Average daily city commute blows out to more than an hour

  ​How long does it take you to get to work in the morning? If you’re anything like the average Australian it’s taking you a lot longer than ever before, according to the latest Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey.

• Atlassian launches Australia-wide remote working initiative

  ​Atlassian is starting an Australia-wide assessment of its employees and the teams they work on to gauge their suitability for remote working.

• Feros Care moves CRM, productivity apps to the cloud

  Aged care provider, Feros Care, has shifted its CRM and productivity apps to the cloud with the roll out of Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online and Office 365.

• Workers seek control over mobile lives: report

  Workers increasingly want to control when and where they work through mobile technology, according to the University of Sydney Business School.

• Nearly half telework under informal policy: study

  Teleworking is increasing even while many businesses in Australia and New Zealand lack written agreements or training for remote working, according to a report released today by Cisco.

• Better IT makes for happier employees: Deloitte

  Employees who are happy with workplace IT are one-third less likely to leave their company, according to a Deloitte study commissioned by Google.

• Study to assess barriers to teleworking

  Cisco and the University of Melbourne want to know why more Australian and New Zealand businesses and government bodies aren’t teleworking.

• Sophisticated Siri could be next BYO challenge: Intel

  Personal data agents could be part of the next wave of IT consumerization that will challenge IT managers, said Intel chief evangelist, Steve Brown

• NBN will drive working from home opportunities: Lundy

  The National Broadband Network (NBN) will increase the advantages of employees working from home for many businesses, according to government and industry representatives.