Australian Stories

The Royal Australian Air Force, Konica Minolta, and a robot called SARAH

The Royal Australian Air Force's number 36 Squadron is on a mission to understand more about how the movement of aircraft parts can be automated.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Fri, 21st Aug 2020

Productivity

How do Australia's rural businesses survive in challenging times? Side hustles

Rural Australian businesses are starting side hustles to cope with hardships, according to new research by Zoho Corporation and Telsyte.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Tue, 18th Aug 2020

Global Stories

Unified Communications

The place of AI in the future of B2B eCommerce

COVID-19 has accelerated the shift to digital B2B commerce, requiring sellers to virtualize their role and utilize AI for personalized experiences.

By Nick Forrester • 4 min read • Wed, 26th Aug 2020

Robotic Process Automation

Cognizant snaps up former PwC lead Jane Livesey as new CEO

Cognizant ANZ appoints Jane Livesey as new CEO, with the executive set to assume the role at the end of August.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Wed, 26th Aug 2020

Risk & Compliance

Empired brings more data management offerings to ANZ with Informatica partnership

Empired and Informatica have joined forces to enhance their data management offering in Australia and New Zealand.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 26th Aug 2020

Partner Programmes

Cloudian ramps up ANZ partnership growth

Cloudian is expanding in Australia and New Zealand with new partners including BEarena, CodeBlue, CU2 Global, and Qirx.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Wed, 26th Aug 2020

Wearables

OPPO Watch debuts featuring a 'world-first' 3D hyperboloid screen

With OPPO's growing reputation for style, reliability and innovation, I confidently think they're onto a winner.

By Owen McCarthy • 3 min read • Mon, 24th Aug 2020

Robotic Process Automation

Alteryx & UiPath forge new path for automation

UiPath and Alteryx join forces to accelerate end-to-end automation, combining analytics process automation and robotic process automation capabilities.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Thu, 20th Aug 2020

Unified Communications

Avaya appoints new managing director for ANZ, refines channel program

Vatcher, a former Optus VP, will be responsible for expanding the market presence for Avaya's cloud, remote work and employee experience technologies.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Thu, 20th Aug 2020

Data Analytics

NZ cloud computing market to grow by 20% as businesses adapt to new normal - Salesforce

The New Zealand cloud computing market is expected to double in size by 2024, creating 37,500 jobs, according to research by Salesforce and IDC.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Thu, 20th Aug 2020

Unified Communications

Q&A: UiPath's Andrew Phillips decodes RPA for the modern business

Robotic process automation (RPA) is simplifying organizations' manual processes through digitization and automation, according to UiPath ANZ VP Andrew Phillips.

By Sara Barker • 6 min read • Wed, 19th Aug 2020

Marketing

How 3 Kiwi firms joined forces on marketing in a time of crisis

New Zealand-based organizations, Campbell+Co, Stitch, and AA Smartfuel, have launched a successful pop-up drive-in cinema to weather the COVID-19 storm.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Wed, 19th Aug 2020

Digital Transformation

ANZ firms endure DX agility struggles through pandemic

COVID-19 has accelerated digital transformation across Australia, New Zealand, and Asia Pacific, but many organizations are not digitally agile.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Wed, 19th Aug 2020

Hyperscale

NEXTDC collaborates with Ciena to better support customers

Australian Data Center-as-a-Service provider NEXTDC has chosen Ciena's DCI to improve network scalability for cloud services.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Tue, 18th Aug 2020

Fintech

SAP Concur integrates with Xero to ease pressure on ANZ small businesses

SAP Concur joins Xero app marketplace to provide unified accounting system for small businesses in Australia and New Zealand.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Mon, 17th Aug 2020

Unified Communications

Spectralink to provide UC for Melbourne Children's Hospital

The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne has chosen Spectralink Versity as the communication platform for its 6,000 staff.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Mon, 17th Aug 2020

Marketing Technologies

PPRO announces growth over COVID-19 and successful US$50m investment round

PPRO, the local payments platform-as-a-service provider, has announced an 85% volume growth and new investment from Sprints and Citi.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Tue, 11th Aug 2020

Cloud Services

Stax invests in cloud's silver lining amid economic downturn

Stax, the cloud automation platform, plans global expansion despite the economic downturn, with managing director Mike Middaugh leading the investment strategy.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Mon, 10th Aug 2020