Tag: Salesforce

NDIA’s Salesforce procurement probe drags into third year

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A review of a scandal-linked technology procurement at the National Disability Insurance Agency has dragged on for three years and remains ongoing eight months after the minister was assured...

Qantas escapes regulator over Salesforce data breach

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s privacy watchdog has signalled she won’t pursue Qantas over a 2025 data breach that exposed the data of 5.7 million customers to hackers, who later published it on...

$500k in vendor gift offers in one year exposed by DTA

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Some of the federal government’s largest technology suppliers offered public officials almost $500,000 in gifts and hospitality in a single year, a review triggered by a Salesforce scandal has...

Software companies fight fears that AI will kill them

Posted on   |  by Aditya Soni
Oracle’s Mike Sicilia is the latest software CEO to wade in to the debate on whether artificial intelligence tools that heavily automate human tasks will mean the demise of...

NDIS Salesforce software now costs $5m-a-month

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government will pay more than $5 million a month for the Salesforce software powering the National Disability Insurance Scheme, under a newly signed contract with the US...

Tainted NDIA tech, Digital ID cop audits

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Controversial National Disability Insurance Scheme software and Australia’s fledgling Digital ID system will go under the audit office microscope this year amid concerns about both schemes. The audit on...

Govt shields $800m aged care tech work from scrutiny

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Aged Care minister has defied a Senate order to detail the procurement and roll out of $800 million of upgrades to government aged care technology systems that were...

‘Horrified’ NDIA’s Salesforce probe drags past 2 years

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The National Disability Insurance Agency has handed Salesforce almost $100 million in the two years it has been investigating suspected misconduct of its staff that involved the software giant....