Australia urgently needs better, smarter ways to build housing. Now developers are rising to the challenge with inherently sustainable and higher quality residential building designs and materials. Read More
Blockchain has shifted from being an ‘around the corner’ technology to a ‘here and now’ proposition across multiple economic sectors including finance, logistics and property. That creates big opportunities for government at policy, regulatory and procurement levels. Read More
The demands, expectations and security of government information and technology carry a different weighting of governance and public expectation. Microsoft Azure finally unleashes the capacity to deliver innovative and efficient solutions to radically improve government programs. Read More
The notion of a government information fortress protected by perimeter of digital motes and walls counts for nought when your workforce is mobile and many applications come from cloud. What counts is knowing how to spot and stop intruders, especially when they tunnel up from the inside. Read More
It’s time to think beyond crackdowns. Here’s why analytics is on the money when it comes to negating fraud and abuse of the public purse. Read More
Collaboration is easy to say but much harder to achieve, especially when it comes to finding common platforms. Microsoft’s local Protected certification of its Azure platform is about to change that equation. Read More
Seizing the opportunity to accelerate, reform and deliver personalised government services requires more than intent. It requires world class infrastructure backed by the accrued intelligence, wisdom and capability of global partners delivered on local ground. Read More
Could the public sector ever deploy systems so good they actually make people want to work for it? Business already has. This is what counts. Read More
Agencies have for years played on the margins of cloud, only to find choices and progress constrained amid concerns over security, sovereignty, governance and resilience. Microsoft Azure’s launch for government coupled with its official ASD rating as a ‘Protected’ level provider changes that -- big time. Read More
The culture of how people in government come together is shifting fast as intelligent technology empowers productivity and interactions that produce actions and outcomes. That’s a good thing. Read More
New research reckons citizens want transactions that go through in one online hit as the core digital baseline. Agencies on Facebook? Not so much. Read More
The business of government is by its very nature based on networks of people and their work. When those networks are connected through a platform like LinkedIn, the work of public servants and the benefits it delivers are enhanced for the common good. Read More
The volume of data government generates, collects, exchanges and analyses is going through the roof. So what does it take to create a sound governance model that not only meets public expectations but can still glean useful context, intelligence and solid evidence to power effective policy? Read More
Job losses aren’t the only dark side of automation. Account takeovers powered by credential stuffing are fast becoming the new black for cyber attackers hitting government. Read More
The great digital identity framework has dropped. Both Australia Post and the Reserve Bank of Australia have walked away winners. Read More
