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Nearly six in 10 report declining employee engagement with current hybrid work models — and AI is a critical tool at their disposal to help employees collaborate better and feel more connected to each other

Riverbed One emerges as a simplified, high-growth and value driven partner program

COMPANY NEWS: Riverbed, the leader in AI observability, announced today the launch of Riverbed One, a new channel partner program to enable partners to succeed in meeting the growing technology needs of customers to support today’s modern IT environments. The Company launched this new program to coincide with the introduction of its new AI-powered Unified Observability platform and solutions that optimize digital experiences and improve IT efficiency.

● 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.

GUEST OPINION:  There’s lots that companies can do to create workplaces that appeal to ambitious, high performing women.

A pioneer of LogRhythm’s Asia Pacific operations, Joanne Wong’s appointment reinforces LogRhythm’s commitment to employee advancement through strategic internal promotions

GUEST OPINION by Chris Parker, Vice President of Asia Pacific & Japan at Riverbed: As 2024 accelerates, the Australian IT landscape will be influenced by economic and technological challenges such as resilient inflation, the impact of rate rises, cybersecurity risks, and AI. The upcoming year is set to mark a transformation in how businesses approach their tech investments, handle complexity, and incorporate AI and ML into their operations. Let's explore the key trends poised to define the IT sector in the year ahead.

Deel has announced its new all-in-one HR platform built for global teams to simplify every aspect of managing the workforce. It’s also free for companies with under 200 employees making it an ideal HRIS for any company of any size.

Without training, 21% of the untrained global workforce did not know who to go to when faced with a threat, according to a new study from security awareness training and simulated phishing platform provider KnowBe4 .

COMPANY NEWS: 8x8, a leading unified cloud communications platform, and Genesys, a global cloud leader in customer experience orchestration, today announced a product integration of 8x8 Work with Genesys Cloud CX. With the new integration, organisations can align agents and the appropriate subject matter experts to quickly collaborate for better customer outcomes.

Oracle has announced a new solution, Oracle Dynamic Skills, to help organisations better understand, manage and grow the skills of their workforce. Oracle Dynamic Skills is part of Oracle Fusion Cloud Human Capital Management (HCM) and provides HR and business leaders with the insights to ensure they have the right talent now and in the future.

GUEST RESEARCH:  Varonis, a global pioneer in data security, has just released its 2021 Financial Services Data Risk Report, which delves into the state of data security in the banking, insurance, and investment sectors.

Financial services remains one of the most targeted industries by malicious attacks, partly due to the sensitive data it collects from customers, with the average cost of a data breach among the highest of any industry at 5.85 million USD. Despite the need to protect this sensitive data, on average, every employee has access to nearly 11 million files.

The abrupt transition to remote work has exponentially increased this risk, with employees logging in through unsecured networks and home computers. Furthermore, it has potentially increased the response time to a data breach.

Some of the key findings include:

• A financial services employee has access to nearly 11 million files. For larger companies, the number doubles to 20 million files.
• 20% of all folders are open to every employee.
• 39% of companies have over 10,000 stale — but enabled — user accounts.
• Nearly two-thirds of companies have 1,000+ sensitive files open to every employee.
• About 60% of companies have 500+ passwords that never expire.

The full Varonis report can be accessed here.

Mobile service provider Lycamobile has been penalised $25,000 for underpaying an employee’s wages, including full overtime entitlements.

Global professional services company Avanade Technology has released its predictions for what it says would be big news in tech in 2018, ready to revolutionise Australian business.

A new survey shows the majority of Australian companies are monitoring employees, with excessive use of Internet shopping sites monitored while 27% of companies block shopping sites entirely.

Google (along with Facebook) might be the company that struggles with issues around privacy, but that hasn't stopped the superlative search company from being one of the most desirable places to work, with over 75,000 people sending their CVs into Google last week - setting a new company record!

IT and Telecommunications specialist, Launch Recruitment has recently added another four experts to their growing team.