Big ticket IT deals banned: Taylor’s $100m contracts cap in tech clean-up by Julian Bajkowski | 0 comments The days of big bang IT deals to mega vendors could be over. Reforms to stop agencies favouring large incumbent players will shrink deal sizes and liberalise purchasing rules are set to hit imminently.
Australia Post and DTA finally hook up on digital identity by Julian Bajkowski | 0 comments Online rail gauge disaster avoided?
Governments need to be part of the $100b internet of things opportunity by Tom Burton | 0 comments Governments will need to strongly engage with industry if Australia is to reap the $100 billion boost to the economy predicted to flow from the the explosion of internet connected devices.
Partner Content Compliance the wrong motivator for cyber security by Akamai | 0 comments A compliance checkbox mentality just isn't sufficient to manage and mitigate cyber security risks for Australian government and businesses. Especially when the stakes of the game are rising every day.
The real story behind the new mobile police and emergency network by Tom Burton | 0 comments A long running regulatory and multinational vendor battle for a dedicated emergency services network in Australia looks to finally have come to an end.
ACMA review rejects PM’s preferred super-regulator model by Tom Burton | 0 comments Instead of an all-controlling comms regulator, cyber cop and revenue collector, a departmental review proposes breaking up ACMA's functions. In its place, a new tech-agnostic commission for applications, devices and networks.
The real winners and losers from public asset sales by Rob Burgess | In the rush to raise easy money through asset sales, federal and state governments risk repeating mistakes of the past and frittering away public wealth, one government and economics watcher argues.
Vice cop: Catherine Myers on compliance, culture change by David Donaldson | 0 comments INTERVIEW: The bureaucracy is more accepting of private sector converts, says Catherine Myers, boss of Victoria's Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation. She spoke to The Mandarin on compliance, culture change and integrity.
Tom Burton: is Turnbull just putting lipstick on the ACMA pig? by Tom Burton | 1 comment Will the government's review of the communications and media regulator, the ACMA, be just another cosmetic exercise, or will there be real reform that addresses Australia's digital future?
Emergency fast LANES overtake spectrum debate by Stephen Easton | 0 comments The Productivity Commission is looking at the best way to satisfy national public safety mobile broadband needs. But there's a new technology that looks likely to get a guernsey because it sidesteps the debate around increasingly valued chunks of radio spectrum.
Partner Content Launch of the Digital Transformation Office by Tom Burton | 0 comments The official launch of the new digital transformation office at an industry forum in Sydney at the UTS business school
New chief economist at Communications to lay out facts by Stephen Easton | 0 comments The Department of Communications has hired a highly experienced telecommunications expert to head up its shiny new economic research bureau, which started working today.
