Tag: IBM

Visa outsourcing is a very bad idea: CPSU

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The public sector union has urged the federal government to reconsider its latest attempt to outsource the development of a visa processing platform, labelling it another “rush to use...

Three tech giants shortlisted for visa platform job

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Three US tech giants have been shortlisted by the government to have another go at developing its new “permissions capability” platform to handle visa processing, after a botched first...

‘Misguided’: Vic govt ditches COVID platform

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Victorian government made a “misguided and costly mistake” in buying a $4 million IBM platform as part of its effort to combat the COVID-19 second wave, appearing to...

Bank-backed FinTech platform Lygon is now live

Posted on   |  by David McClure
Backed by a consortium including ANZ Bank, Westpac, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, IBM and Scentre Group, Lygon is a new digital platform that uses distributed Ledger technology to transform...

Local tech misses out on federal opportunities

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Digital Transformation Agency has signed its seventh whole-of-government purchasing agreement with a foreign-headquartered tech giant – this time it is with Oracle – with the expressed aim to...

Toward a tipping point in tech sector history

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The world was already at a tipping point where the convergence of a bunch of different technologies was having a fundamental impact on the way that business is done,...

Victorians bring in tech giants for tracing

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Victorian government has brought in tech giants IBM and Salesforce to digitise its contact tracing efforts, which is currently still using pen and paper methods. San Francisco-based Salesforce...

Pawsey, NCI join White House led research

Posted on   |  by Elise McDonald
The White House Office of Science and Technology has announced that NCI Australia and the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre have joined the US-led COVID High Performance Computing (HPC) Consortium. Joining...

Govts unmoved on facial recognition

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Australian government still plans to create a national biometrics database allowing authorities to conduct facial recognition matches, despite increasing worldwide scrutiny on the ethical implications and effectiveness of...