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OPINION  What's the winningist? In most data processing as with most engineering, we have a pretty reasonable idea about what most people want most of the time. Planes that don't ignore the pilots and the doors stay on, cars that don't turn off the brakes, banks that pay the bills when we ask them too etc. etc. With generative AI, not so simple especially in the world, the real world, of rotting data and hacked code and not enough money to polish it up.

The demand for Australian executives remains flat after many months of decline, according to the latest report from executive search firm E.L.Consult.

Indian global IT, consulting and business process services company Wipro has appointed Srini Pallia as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, effective immediately.

COMPANY NEWS: Autodesk today announced Autodesk AI, technology that unlocks creativity, helps solve problems, and eliminates non-productive work across the industries that design and make the world around us.

GUEST OPINION: Effective use of data – via a digital twin – can shift the fortunes and performance of major infrastructure projects.

About four pages in and I just knew that I was going to enjoy this book about the invention of the barcode and all the equipment required to support it.

New jobs for Australian executives slid 18 per cent in November as continuous interest rate rises feed domestic and international uncertainty, according to the E.L. Executive Demand Index.

GUEST INTERVIEW: Before Appian was a company, its founders had an idea about the culture needed to sustain innovation and value, and the belief that talented and passionate people, given the power and autonomy to excel, will deliver amazing results. Appian is the result, with its ever-evolving low-code automation platform combining people, technologies, and data in a single workflow to maximise resources and dramatically improve business results, with Suvajit Gupta joining us to discuss, explore and more.

GUEST INTERVIEW: Before Appian was a company, its founders had an idea about the culture needed to sustain innovation and value, and the belief that talented and passionate people, given the power and autonomy to excel, will deliver amazing results. Appian is the result, with its ever-evolving low-code automation platform combining people, technologies, and data in a single workflow to maximise resources and dramatically improve business results, with Suvajit Gupta joining us to discuss, explore and more.

The James Dyson Award program is an annual student design competition run by Dyson’s charity, is now open and accepting submissions from young inventors, and this year, the Award is increasing its prize money to support the crucial first steps of entrepreneurship.

A $25 million facility has been launched to drive innovation and foster industrial output in an area dubbed the heart of Sydney’s tech central.

Seeking to solve some of society's greatest issues, Samsung is inviting young Australians to create a TikTok video showing how they can use STEM to solve those issues, with a chance to win a share of $20,000.

GUEST INTERVIEW: Aurecon has embarked on a journey with Workday solutions in finance, HR and beyond, with its CIO, Carl Duckinson, CPO, Liam Hayes, and CFO, Andrew Muller unified in working together as the architects and enablers of digital transformation for, and within, the entire organisation, helping to continue Aurecon's leadership globally.

GUEST INTERVIEW: Aurecon has embarked on a journey with Workday solutions in finance, HR and beyond, with its CIO, Carl Duckinson, CPO, Liam Hayes, and CFO, Andrew Muller unified in working together as the architects and enablers of digital transformation for, and within, the entire organisation, helping to continue Aurecon's leadership globally.

The number of new jobs on offer to Australian executives increased in July despite the severe and continuing lockdown in New South Wales and occasionally other states, according to a new report from human resources firm EL Consult.

The information technology sector just pipped marketing at the post to be the best performer, assisted again by increased private sector positions, according to the June executive demand index report from executive search firm EL Consult.

Global professional services firm Accenture has acquired Australia’s Electro 80, a leading provider of operational technology (OT) for resources clients in Australia, including mining, energy, engineering, construction and utilities companies.

Apple plans to make new contributions of more than $430 billion in the US and add 20,000 jobs across the country over the next five years.

The CSIRO founded deep tech investment fund Main Sequence has completed a capital raising of $250 milion for its second fund to help it continue its mission aimed at solving the world’s biggest problems in health, food, space, and industrial productivity, by turning science and research into breakthrough companies.

Perth-based business solutions provider DyFlex Solutions and global technology consulting and digital solutions company Larsen & Toubro Infotech (LTI) are partnering to provide engineering and construction and operations (EC&O) companies with the technology and skills to rapidly implement Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions.