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Investment in technology has returned to pre-pandemic levels with 45% of senior technology decision makers still saying they are expecting tech budgets to increase in the next 12 months, according to a new survey and report by one global digital services consultancy.

GUEST OPINION: Since Australia has come to terms with COVID-19, employees are either returning to work, still working from home, or doing both in a hybrid situation. Yet countless organisations have moved to reliance on cloud technologies and services for remote work, causing a massive shift to cloud adoption.

GUEST OPINION: As businesses dust themselves off after two years of pandemic-related uncertainty, attention is turning to what 2023 might have in store.

GUEST OPINION: Like many staff within mid-sized and larger organisations, developers tend to spend a significant portion of their working weeks in meetings.

The chronic skills shortage currently faced by organisations throughout Australia shows no sign of abating. As a result, many are looking for new strategies to counter the trend and put themselves in a better position to grow.

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: What makes collaboration apps unique is also what makes them hard to monitor, but this is changing.

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.

GUEST RESEARCH: A10 Networks today released worldwide research that reveals the challenges and priorities of enterprise organisations in today's post-pandemic era as we learn to live with the COVID-19 pandemic and how this is shaping future technology requirements.

Intel has announced multiple new products, including a deep learning processor, an IPU, and data centre and mobile processors.

GUEST OPINION: As organisations continue to regroup after years of disruption and lockdown, many are finding they face similar challenges and opportunities.

GUEST OPINION: There's no doubt the last couple of years have been interesting ones for ICT channel businesses. The curve ball that was COVID-19 brought unprecedented uncertainty to the market and triggered a tsunami of digital transformation. So, what does the remainder of the year hold in store? Here are five security-related trends your channel business should be across in 2022.

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.

Returning to the office is something many more people have done since lockdowns ended, but which devices are unpatched and unprotected from not being used for months? Cyber security has never been more important, with Aaron Bugal, Global Solutions Engineer at Sophos, telling us all we need to know.

Returning to the office is something many more people have done since lockdowns ended, but which devices are unpatched and unprotected from not being used for months? Cyber security has never been more important, with Aaron Bugal, Global Solutions Engineer at Sophos, telling us all we need to know.

GUEST OPINION: Battered and bruised from the harsh realities of COVID lockdowns, Australian businesses are looking forward to what they hope will be a much better year ahead.

GUEST INTERVIEW: Although the spectre of Omicron hovers, people are nevertheless returning to work in a hybrid fashion, with the demand for modern, fast and fluid videoconferencing experiences never greater, whether at home, at work, or other remote working scenarios, so what are the trends for a world on the mend?

GUEST INTERVIEW: Although the spectre of Omicron hovers, people are nevertheless returning to work in a hybrid fashion, with the demand for modern, fast and fluid videoconferencing experiences never greater, whether at home, at work, or other remote working scenarios, so what are the trends for a world on the mend?

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.