Author: James Riley

Samsara Eco and the breakthrough plastic-eating enzyme

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A startup spun out of the Australian National University is looking to solve one of the world’s biggest environmental problems thanks to its plastic-eating enzyme that can make the...

The irony of the many regulators yet to embrace RegTech

Posted on   |  by Deborah Young
There are many high-profile case histories that demonstrate the huge benefits for regulated entities and their customers of the effective use of technology and data in the regulatory sphere....

AbilityMap applies intelligence to recruitment process

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
AbilityMap founders Mike Erlin and Kevin Chandler were trying to solve the same problem from a different direction. It was a decade ago when the pair first met, and...

‘Autonomy revolution’ goes underwater and to the moon

Posted on   |  by Jennifer O’Brien
Talk to Xavier Orr for any length of time and you’ll soon discover he lives and breathes algorithms and artificial intelligence. In fact, his AI-driven invention – dubbed Hydrus...

Food and agribusiness: The value we have left on the table

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Just as Australia is highly efficient in extracting commodity minerals through our resources sector, we are likewise World Champion commodity food producers, with some 70 per cent of our...

IBM govt contract renewal: It’s deal time!

Posted on   |  by Catherine Thompson
In 2018, the then-Minister for Digital Transformation Michael Keenan announced a wide-ranging five-year whole-of-government contract with IBM. With an estimated contract value of $1 billion, this contract has recently...

Defence ICT strategy underpins sovereign tech capability

Posted on   |  by Dr Gary Waters
Recently I wrote an article for InnovationAus in their Innovation Papers series, titled ‘A Minister for ICT Capability would secure sovereign needs’. Since then, Defence has released its ICT...