Author: Justin Hendry

DTA renews government-wide IBM deal for $725m

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The federal government has inked a fresh deal with technology giant IBM at a cost of $725 million over the next five years after the former whole-of-government arrangement doubled...

2023 and what lies ahead for industry policy

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Albanese government’s first seven months in office have been busy, with many of the promises it took to the ballot box already a reality. For industry policy, however,...

NSW govt just misses 30% SME tech procurement target

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The New South Wales government has fallen short of its ambitious target to spend 30 per cent of its annual technology procurement budget with local small to medium-sized enterprise....

Defence quietly scraps $23m student system three years in

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A cloud-based enterprise student management system that was delivered to Defence 18 months ago has been abandoned after a review found it was “unable to achieve the capability outcomes...

A leading nation needs supercomputing to match

Posted on   |  by Mark Stickells
Australia is blessed with many natural and human resources and often our geology and agricultural productivity has been the backbone of our economy. But modern economies, and indeed societies,...

Data waste, ‘zombie’ projects not just a cost equation

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Data waste is growing at a pace unrivalled in human history, with companies generating and keeping more information than ever as their storage environments become increasingly complex. As each...

The road to decentralised digital ID in NSW

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With a string of recent data breaches turning the spotlight on the fragility of physical identity credentials, finding a secure, privacy-enhancing method of verifying identity in an increasingly digital...

WA to get Privacy Commissioner, data breach notice scheme

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Western Australia will appoint its first-ever Privacy Commissioner and introduce a mandatory data breach notification scheme similar to that of New South Wales as part of proposed new public...