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When Australian comprehensive social archiving platform Brolly began hitting scalability challenges it turned to the open-source cloud data platform company Aiven, allowing Brolly to meet the challenges and size of all its customer needs without downtime.

Forget the great resignation, it's the mass layoff. Experienced tech industry workers have long enjoyed being on the supply end of a demand-and-supply chain in their favour. Yet, a spate of mass terminations across industry giants is gaining momentum.

GUEST OPINION: When the COVID-19 pandemic forced businesses to allow staff to work from home, the biggest initial challenge to overcome was organising ways to effectively communicate. Many turned to services such as Zoom and Teams to allow group conversations while mobiles became the favoured one-on-one channel. Over a period of a few months, most staff became comfortable with these ways of staying in touch while working remotely. However now, with hybrid work practices likely to be a feature of business life for some time to come, many organisations are realising there is another challenge that needs to be solved. As well as enabling hybrid communication, there is also a need for hybrid collaboration capabilities.

GUEST OPINION: When the COVID-19 pandemic forced businesses to allow staff to work from home, the biggest initial challenge to overcome was organising ways to effectively communicate. Many turned to services such as Zoom and Teams to allow group conversations while mobiles became the favoured one-on-one channel. Over a period of a few months, most staff became comfortable with these ways of staying in touch while working remotely. However now, with hybrid work practices likely to be a feature of business life for some time to come, many organisations are realising there is another challenge that needs to be solved. As well as enabling hybrid communication, there is also a need for hybrid collaboration capabilities.

GUEST OPINION: As cybercriminals hunt for new and more sophisticated ways to mount attacks, many are paying close attention to the role played by machine identities.

A new report sponsored by enterprise software giant Oracle, has revealed a deep malaise affecting almost half of Australians in the wake of the Covid 19 pandemic. The report claims that the answer to the problem might be found in introducing more humour to advertising.

GUEST OPINION: The pandemic has altered the business landscape forever, and telecommunications has been a focal point in that evolution. With businesses permanently moving workforces to remote and hybrid models, and more individuals relying on secure and stable connectivity, the need for fast mobile and internet connection has never been higher.

GUEST OPINION: Throughout the pandemic, apps became an essential tool for organisations to conduct their business, for both internal employees and with customer interactions.

Health technology companies are calling for fairer procurement processes and improved funding, according to a report by the Medical Software Industry Association.

Local media in Shenzhen are reporting that Hon Hai Precision (Foxconn) was forced to halt production at its factories the day after the city imposed a lockdown in an effort to curb a rise in Covid 19 cases.

GUEST OPINION: As business people, we often consider data analytics as boring, table-stakes necessities that help us track financial metrics, optimise business processes, and make data-driven decisions. Although these are all real benefits, I believe analytics can be so much more important, not just to our businesses, but to everybody across the entire world.

GUEST OPINION: Data Protection Day, impending in Europe, serves as a global reminder of one of the most important responsibilities for any organisation: keeping sensitive data secure.

GUEST OPINION: The past two years have been an extraordinarily unique moment for enterprise technology. According to a McKinsey & Company study, Covid-19 accelerated business’ digital transformation efforts by seven years in just a matter of months. Throughout the pandemic, businesses have had to rely heavily on digital tools to keep workplaces running smoothly. Even the government had to quickly adopt new technologies to roll out their initiatives including everything from vaccination passports to digital YouGov accounts, contact tracing apps and more.

GUEST OPINION: Pandemic restrictions have caused big changes within many Australian businesses, and one of the most significant has been a rapid increase in the adoption of cloud resources and services.

New Zealand’s consumer competition regulator The Commerce Commission has recommended that consumers buying online for Christmas do their research before using an online store for the first time and check any statements on the website about when the goods will be delivered. 

Mobile and Internet plans provider Belong has deployed the Appian low-code platform to intelligently automate key customer service actions, manage fraud identification and to enable it to rapidly respond to changing demands, including COVID-19.

Global ICT giant Fujitsu Fujitsu has announced a COVID-19 Vaccination Roadmap for its Australian and New Zealand operations.

Early education provider Affinity Education has deployed SAP SuccessFactors’ Employee Central vaccination portlet to achieve compliance with mandatory state-based COVID-19 vaccination requirements.

Equinix says 58% of IT leaders are investing in technology to make their businesses more agile. Here are findings from Equinix to help inform your own digital transformation strategy.

GUEST OPINION: Threat detection isn’t getting any easier. Today’s hackers are escalating the number of attacks they launch, going after more targets, using increasingly sophisticated techniques, and achieving their goals through a surreptitious approach.