This Month
Why execs don’t trust AI with big decisions yet
A year after the launch of ChatGPT, businesses dabbling with generative AI aren’t convinced the technology would hold up under the intense scrutiny of a senate inquiry or lawsuit.
- Tess Bennett
November
- Analysis
- Cybersecurity
Government turns around its Optus cyber debacle
Clare O’Neil’s cyber strategy is a strong first step to raising national standards, tackling plenty of areas where businesses need help, and leaving room for further reform.
- Paul Smith
- Exclusive
- Software
Scott Farquhar’s 100-year plan for Atlassian to keep building
Atlassian’s shares plunged after quarterly earnings losses last week, but Scott Farquhar says he is ‘jazzed’ at the growth opportunities in the AI era.
- Paul Smith
Atlassian buys Melbourne software firm, advances AI push
Hot on the heels of the biggest acquisition in its history, Atlassian has bought Melbourne-based software developer AirTrack.
- Paul Smith
October
Microsoft alliance opens door to private spending on national security
Former national cybersecurity adviser Alastair MacGibbon says the government cannot hope to fight off cyber threats without big-money private operators.
- Tess Bennett
September
- Exclusive
- Cyber Summit
ASIC to target boards, execs for cyber failures
The corporate regulator has put Australian business on notice that it will begin seeking punishments for hacked companies that hadn’t put sufficient protections in place.
- Updated
- Paul Smith and Ronald Mizen
August
- Opinion
- Cybersecurity
Optus hack secrecy leaves questions of competence hanging
It is almost a year since Optus’ big data breach. The telco has decided to keep secret the findings of the independent review it said would help rebuild customers’ trust.
- Paul Smith
- Exclusive
- Hiring & firing
Tech workers take $20,000-plus pay cuts as fired talent floods market
Salaries exploded during the pandemic as cashed up companies threw money at skilled workers, but recruiters and CEOs say job cuts have made the job market tougher.
- Tess Bennett
Suncorp tech almost ready for aborted ANZ split
Suncorp’s technology chief says he is hopeful the ACCC’s rejection of ANZ’s acquisition will be overturned, as the hard yards to separate its banking tech systems has been done.
- Paul Smith
July
SAP invests in new Aussie facility to target critical infrastructure deals
The Australian arm of German software giant SAP has opened a new sovereign cloud computing facility, at an undisclosed location, to meet increased demands from government agencies and some companies.
- Tom Burton
- Analysis
- Tech Observed
Why bosses will pay a premium for Microsoft’s ChatGPT tools
The premium price for Microsoft’s AI-based Copilot product looks cheap, if it can deliver on its productivity promises, bosses say.
- Tess Bennett
June
- Exclusive
- India
NAB and CBA look to India to build AI powers
The major banks are looking to hire thousands more staff in Delhi and Bangalore in a shift away from relying on external IT suppliers like IBM and Infosys.
- Paul Smith and James Eyers
- Updated
- Cybersecurity
Australian fallout from massive cyber breach that caught PwC set to grow
Experts expect other Australian businesses and organisations will reveal they have been caught up in the hack on a file sharing service for sensitive documents.
- Nick Bonyhady
Woolies and Telstra among leaders as UBS analyses global AI stars
New research from the investment banking giant has revealed a dramatic surge in companies trying to adopt generative AI, with some better positioned to capitalise than others.
- Paul Smith
- Opinion
- Cybersecurity
NAB tech chief’s cyber warfare plan
NAB tech boss Patrick Wright says more mandates on the private sector to be cyber secure are needed, and that debate about banning ransom payments to hackers harms national efforts.
- Updated
- Patrick Wright
Plan to stop AI threats applauded but calls for urgent funding
AI leaders say a federal promise to govern harmful development and encourage innovation is the correct approach, but is woefully underfunded.
- Paul Smith
May
- Exclusive
- Consulting
Staff and clients ‘left hanging’ as ex-NAB exec’s tech business collapses
Reveal Group, a well-established Aussie tech company collapsed into liquidation in March sacking local staff, but its founders continue to run it as US company from New York.
- Paul Smith
- Exclusive
- AI
IAG’s bot workforce saved it 150,000 hours a year
The insurer is aiming to expand its automation program to eliminate 500,000 working hours a year by 2026, as part of a big-money tech upgrade.
- Tess Bennett
April
- Exclusive
- Jobs
Tech pioneer seeks 400 workers as it eyes IPO
Brennan, a 26-year-old Australian IT services company, is recruiting 400 technology professionals, as part of a growth push that includes a possible IPO.
- Tess Bennett
