Tag: Amazon Web Services

Tech sector’s slice of GDP hits 9 per cent: TCA

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Australia’s digital uplift has delivered a decade of economic growth, a new report shows, but tech firms are only partly responsible for the boom and have grown increasingly vulnerable...

Big Tech, STEM employers struggle on gender pay parity

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Women working for some of the most prominent technology companies in Australia face pay gaps of nearly triple the national average, analysis of the latest Workplace Gender Equality Agency...

Gig Guide: Craig Scroggie to chair Data Centres Australia

Posted on   |  by David Allen
NEXTDC chief executive and managing director Craig Scroggie has been appointed the inaugural chair of Australia’s peak data centre industry body. Data Centres Australia on Friday unveiled its first...

Gig Guide: Former AMD president steps in as PsiQuantum CEO

Posted on   |  by David Allen
PsiQuantum has announced a surprise leadership restructure, switching co-founder and chief executive Jeremy O’Brien to an executive chair role as the quantum developer pursues a pivot from research to...

Feds mandate cloud-first approach as legacy tech costs soar

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Federal agencies have been told to go cloud-first on all new digital projects and minimise vendor lock-in where possible under the first major revamp of the government’s cloud policy...

Australia’s data centre giants form new industry body

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A new peak body representing Australia’s leading data centre providers has launched to advocate for an industry expecting at least $26 billion in local infrastructure investment by 2030. AirTrunk,...

Tech mega-deals face shake-up as some fail to deliver value

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Finance minister Katy Gallagher says the federal government will continue single-sourcing arrangements with tech giants “where they deliver value”, but that some of the deals are falling short. She...