Mobility on the move: m-commerce trends shake up the business landscape
Mobile commerce has rewritten the ways we interact with businesses and brands. In the last few years, the swift uptake of smartphones and tablets have seen mobile interactions lose their novelty status...
View ArticleNifty R&D – Driving innovation through access to the R&D Tax Incentive
Creating opportunities for innovation is crucial and incentives are a big enabler of this. The R&D Tax Incentive, is one of the most effective methods of support for early-stage commercial...
View ArticleInfographic: Analytics changing big decisions in manufacturing
The manufacturing industry has continued to undergo dramatic change during the past half decade – and digital disruption ensures more transformation is on the way. With the retail market having...
View ArticleThe enemy within: seven strategies to stop cyber breaches
While focus is normally on preventing external technology threats, department and agency heads need to look closer to home when implementing preventative strategies. A significant amount of time and...
View ArticleThe internet of things – a higher responsibility
The rise of connected devices is well established by now. With businesses from Google, Phillips and GE now intent on creating products for both home and the workplace that allow the free flow of...
View ArticleGSISS 2015: Cyber security and financial services
As the number of cyber attacks directed against organisations and businesses both large and small, and in all sectors, continues to grow, the importance of robust security cannot be put aside. The...
View ArticleDigital IQ: HR and business strategy
A majority of Australian CEOs believe technology will be a major disruptive force for their businesses in the years to come. All industries are affected – some quicker than others, but the change is...
View ArticleThree wearable tech advances that are rewiring connected retail
The belief that online and offline touchpoints exist on opposite sides of a spectrum is one of the most dangerous assumptions sparked by the digital revolution. In the retail world, the rise of online...
View ArticleCan the right conversations change the world?
There’s no shortage of statistics informing us that science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) skills will drive Australia’s innovation levels. In early December, Benchmarking Australian...
View ArticleInstagram outpaces Twitter with 300 million users a month
If you’re tempted to classify Instagram as a flash in the pan you may want to reconsider. According to a December 2014 report by Techcrunch, the app that took the pain out of photo-sharing has...
View ArticleFour digital trends that shaped 2014
It’s no longer possible to think of digital disruption as industry jargon. In the last twelve months, the technologies that have exploded in the last five years shed their novelty status to permeate...
View ArticleIs UberCARGO Uber’s latest attempt at disruption?
At Uber, disruption isn’t novelty, it’s just business as usual. A few days ago, the wildly popular ridesharing platform launched UberCARGO, a program designed to help Hong Kong customers move house,...
View ArticleOpen Innovation Pilot finds inventive answers to big-ticket problems
In his fabled 2005 TED speech, Charles Leadbeater introduced the power of open innovation, a movement that saw breakthrough ideas spring from individuals working outside the structures of existing...
View ArticleDigital IQ Survey: Three tech trends set to explode in 2015
It’s no secret that investing in certain strategies, platforms and technologies are a shortcut to digital prowess. According to the 2015 PwC Digital IQ Survey, which takes a yearly look at the evolving...
View ArticlePodcast: Looking ahead – Digital trends for 2015
As we enter the new year, it’s typical to start thinking about the trends we expect to see – and how much of an impact they will make. Some of the trends are obvious. Wearable technology, connected...
View ArticleInternet of Things generates $US 2.1 billion for Intel
Although the Internet of Things (IoT) has sparked serious buzz in the last 12 months, it’s often difficult to separate vague conversations focused on potential from those fixated on real-world results....
View ArticlePodcast: Cyber security trends for 2015
Cyber security is no longer a fringe issue, but one which must be incorporated into the overarching strategy of an entire organisation. As technology advances, so too do the capabilities of cyber...
View ArticleInfographic: How to use the sharing economy to win big
AirBnb. Uber. Taskrabbit. It’s no accident that the most disruptive companies of the past few years are those that understand the relationship between the sharing economy – a movement that sees users...
View ArticleCall to regulate Uber and Airbnb reflects mainstreaming of the sharing economy
So far, Uber and Airbnb’s move into the Australian market has been marked by explosive growth. But a Labour government call to regulate the ride-sharing service and accommodation marketplace by...
View ArticleCEO Survey: Australian business leaders say that digital innovation is...
There’s no denying that a readiness to evolve with the market is among the most underrated traits of strong leadership. Whether rolling out mobile technologies, embracing cloud computing or investing...
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