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COMPANY NEWS:With over 22,000 businesses nominated, Nicole Schmitz Leadership Coaching (NSLC) was selected by expert judges for ‘accelerating women’ and shaping Australia’s economic, social, and cultural prosperity.

GUEST OPINION:  Businesses of all kinds are advancing strategies and programs that bring together data from all corners. Combining and coalescing the data is helping find new solutions to problems or to unlock value. Increasingly, one of those pillars is physical security.

GUEST OPINION: Not too long ago, business was conducted by means of a single landline located in a single office. The technology was considered state-of-the-art back in the early 20^th century since it offered instant telecommunications. Fast forward to the early 21^st century and the landline has been replaced with digitized business phone systems that store data on the cloud and offer comprehensive app and computer-powered solutions such as website chat boxes. 

GUEST OPINION by Jamon Johnston - CEO and Founder of Solution Minds Consulting: As Preceda, a longstanding pillar in payroll management, approaches its end of life following its acquisition by Ceridian (now Dayforce) in 2021, Australian businesses find themselves at a pivotal crossroads. The discontinuation of support for this trusted enterprise software compels organisations to reassess their payroll and Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions. The pressing question: should they transition to Dayforce, the proposed successor, or explore alternative avenues?

COMPANY NEWS: Insight Enterprises, the leading Solutions Integrator, is committed to driving innovation and fostering growth within the dynamic landscape of New Zealand. With a steadfast commitment to empowering businesses through cutting-edge technology solutions, Insight aims to revolutionise the digital transformation journey for organisations across the country. A key focus will be on leveraging data and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to drive efficiency, innovation, and a competitive edge for clients.

COMPANY NEWS: Nearly 10 years after launching its award-winning, cloud-based ERP platform for the mid-market, business management platform MYOB has today revealed that MYOB Advanced is taking on a new name - MYOB Acumatica.

GUEST OPINION:  It’s been in the public consciousness for little more than a year, yet generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) is already being used by everyone from school students to chief executive officers.

The competition regulator, the ACCC has published a draft guide designed to help businesses understand the competition law risks that may arise when contemplating working together to achieve positive environmental outcomes.

Employees in ANZ organisations need to play catch-up against regional colleagues by improving their vigilance in identifying malicious links and other forms of phishing, according to one phishing platform provider.

TrueState launches platform so businesses can ditch over-hyped AI tools and resource-intensive custom builds

Aussie tech startup TrueState, launches today with AUD $1.5 million backing from Airtree, Side Stage Ventures, Galileo Ventures and Imprint Capital Partners to empower businesses to build reliable high-impact AI applications in just days versus the typical 6-12 months required.

Digital infrastructure solutions provider Telstra InfraCo has announced the launch of a Core Restoration feature which will provide a “new resiliency option” for customers with high-capacity wavelength services.

● It now takes 35 days for new hires to become fully productive in their role, up from 24 days in 2023
● Improving productivity is a top priority for Australian businesses in 2024
● But lack of employee engagement is the top barrier holding productivity back

Australian businesses are struggling to hold onto their new recruits with one in eight (13%) leaving during the probation period.

Around 13,000 new homes in Sydney’s south-west can “look forward to nbn’s fastest residential speeds” with a major fibre rollout following a multi-million-dollar partnership between Walker Corporation and NBN Co.

Given ongoing uncertainty within the tech sector, most decision makers are choosing technologies that offer more noticeable, near-term benefits, and with the drive towards operational efficiency, AI and generative AI are the “top two priorities for organisations”, a study has found.

New Zealand competition regulator The Commerce Commission has filed eight charges under the Fair Trading Act against Two Degrees Mobile Limited for alleged misleading claims about their ‘free Aussie roaming’ for business mobile plans.

GUEST RESEARCH:  Generative AI (GenAI) and AI will significantly transform industries in the future, according to 81% of Australian and New Zealand respondents to new research.

Datacom, Australasia’s largest homegrown technology solutions provider, has built on its significant investment in South Australia (SA), announcing the launch of its new custom-designed integration centre.

The Federal Government’s announcement that it will move to strengthen Australia’s merger laws, bringing Australia into line with most other developed economies, will benefit Australian consumers and businesses of all sizes, as well as the wider economy, according to the head of the competition watchdog, the ACCC.

The trusted partnership will enhance illion’s technology capabilities and transform it from the private to public cloud

COMPANY NEWS: Interactive, a leading technology service provider, is building on its partnership with illion, a leading data and analytics company providing information and insights for businesses and consumers, to assist in the migration of their digital technology and security infrastructure to the public cloud.

Wholesale supplier of solutions to IT MSP, printer, and managed print suppliers Dynamic Software Solutions (DSS) has announced the addition of PrintReleaf’s Carbon Offset program to its mix of environmentally sustainable paper offset solutions “to provide resellers and their customers with greater choice”.