“Through This is IT, we want to help people better understand the problem of today’s linear “take, make, dispose” thinking around IT products and its effects like e-waste, pollution and climate change."

If data can help a boat go faster, racing teams and fans alike at this year’s SailGP in Sydney will get a front-row seat.

One cost every organisation cannot compromise on is reliable and quick internet connection.

Big Blue has made Watson portable across any cloud with the goal to empower businesses to prevent vendor lock-in and start deploying AI wherever their data resides.

The industrial control and factory automation market is expected to grow from US$160 billion in 2018 to US$269 billion by 2024.

The company has made updates to its All-Flash storage system and released the ClarityNow software for data management.

BMC Helix with IBM Watson delivers cognitive insights across structured and unstructured federated knowledgebases.

"There is clearly a need to rethink how electricity consumption information is exchanged."

Customers can now use and pay for data centre hardware and services - on-premise or at a customer-preferred location - without having to purchase the equipment.

Despite the promises of ‘paper-free’, printing remains an important aspect of many organisations, and one of the likeliest areas to lose control.

Tableau Software announced the general availability of Ask Data, which leverages the power of natural language processing.

Red Hat announced that leading global companies are creating, extending and deploying integration services across hybrid and multicloud environments using agile integration architectures based on Red Hat technologies.

Its new solution uses machine learning to protect online and mobile channels, as well as meet compliance requirements for transactional risk analysis

Digital technologies and growing customer expectations mean service leaders must get the digital experience right, according to Gartner.

The acquisition of Infruid Labs brings analytics and data visualisation with a simple user interface to Pega’s solutions.

"Digital transformation is an ongoing process of leveraging digital technologies to build flexibility, agility and adaptability into business processes."

ExtraHop provides enterprise cyber analytics that deliver security and performance from the inside out.

Palo Alto is calling it the ‘fastest-ever next-generation firewall’ with integrated cloud-based DNS Security service to stop attacks.

In industrial applications digital transformation allows businesses to do more with less.

Half of A/NZ’s bosses have their heads in the sand when it comes to understanding the business and innovation benefits of diversity and inclusion.

Adds end-to-end API lifecycle support and new capabilities for agile integration across hybrid architectures.

Nearly 2/3s of organisations say the tech skills gap is already impacting IT audits. A new study identifies the top five skills auditors seek.

Gartner predicts increased adoption of mobile-centric biometric authentication and SaaS-delivered IAM.

Quanton partners with ABBYY to provide Kiwi organisations content intelligence in process automation.

“Continued growth and expansion was necessary to meet the growing demand for data centre services."

“With AI technology making its way into the organisation, it is crucial that business and IT leaders fully understand how AI can create value for their business and where its limitations lie."

“Service providers seek agility, cost savings and new services from 5G networks, but capitalising on these benefits requires a complete transformation of infrastructures, operations and services."

New IDC forecast expects the Internet of Things spending in Asia/Pacific excluding Japan to reach US$381.8 Billion by 2022.

Its secure data analytics platform adds this plus other new capabilities for greater business insights and data visualisation.

Data centre providers are well positioned to leverage renewable energy technology, which allows the industry to meet and exceed Australia’s greenhouse gas emission reduction target.

Verizon has expanded Secure Cloud Interconnect to allow its customers to privately connect to Alibaba Cloud.

Oracle’s enterprise blockchain has been updated to include more capabilities to enhance development, integration, and deployment of customers’ new blockchain applications.

The network for commercial financing will supposedly provide participants with a single view of all the transactions happening in the network.

As the modern economy relies increasingly on data, it’s certainly a good time to be working in IT.

"Digitalisation has certainly made shopping much more efficient and enjoyable for consumers, but the flipside of this is that there’s an increasing demand for businesses to differentiate themselves."

As the next-generation of workers come through, how can organisations ensure their IT environment is set to attract high performing employees?

Until now, organisations have only spoken about innovative technologies somewhat theoretically. This has left people without a solid understanding of how they will ultimately manifest in our work and personal lives.

“Australians should be able to drive all over this massive nation with complete confidence in a zero-emission vehicle.”

“It’s clear that a successful IoT strategy requires new technology along with new business processes and collaboration.”