For CSPs, their opportunity to stand out in such a crowded field is through customer experiences that are immersive, intuitive, and compelling across audiences.

The agreement is on approaches to safeguarding the privacy and other freedoms when accessing personal data for national security and law enforcement purposes.

Bendigo Bank, Macquarie Bank, and Suncorp are the only brands to provide good customer service this year, with the rest in the OK and poor categories.

The data centre campus will support up to 72MW of critical IT capacity, with STT Jakarta 1 supporting up to 19.5MW when fully operational in Q2 2023.

In APAC, organisations and customers report digital trust as important due to the expanding threat landscape within the region.

At a Microsoft Innovators event, CEO Nadella met regional developers and business leaders and reinforced how Microsoft Cloud can help businesses grow in Asia.

The modelling showed for SMEs with low digitisation levels, digitising just one or two activities could provide a benefit-cost return of 2.4 - 3.1 to 1.

The digital economy is being disrupted by data, with an estimated 79 zettabytes of data created and consumed last year.

According to Gartner's survey findings, only 35% of board directors have achieved or are on track to achieving digital transformation goals.

Despite economic headwinds, IT spending in Australia and New Zealand is forecast to grow 6% next year as organisations push ahead with digital initiatives.

The centre will be strategically located near the largest internet exchanges to meet the country’s growing digital needs.

CIOs need to consider “what if” scenarios to avoid being blindsided by social, behavioural and technological disruptions, according to Gartner.

According to IDC, ANZ spending on BDA solutions is expected to grow at 13.3% in the five years between 2021-2026, and hit US$8.9 billion by 2026.

SoftIron has joined the Sustainable Digital Infrastructure Alliance (SDIA), a platform designed to help the digital sector reduce its environmental impact.

New Zealand has dropped from place 16 to 20 on the NTI overall between 2020 and 2021; seven places behind Australia.

Modis, soon to become Akkodis, has joined the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy (IDE) as a corporate member to collaborate on research projects, events and education.

The government is spending an extra $20m over four years on its plan to transform the digital technologies industry.

As Australia accelerates its digital economy and Australians head for the polls, one word is central: productivity.

1 in 10 Australians are digitally excluded, and it's estimated 1 in 5 New Zealanders struggle to engage in the digital world, an industry panel hears.

Visa has launched a one-year immersion program designed to bring together a global cohort of entrepreneurs interested in building their business with NFTs.

Open finance is expected to become the standard for consumers' financial welfare and empowerment, according to an Aotearoa fintech research report.

Salesforce has released its Global Digital Skills index, revealing that 83% of Australians do not feel prepared to learn the digital skills modern businesses require.

Skillsoft has released its latest annual report exploring skills gaps, training and development, compensation, and job satisfaction in the IT industry. 

"From these solid statistics, we can infer that the pandemic has triggered more people to dip their toes into the digital economy, which may fully dethrone cash use here in the next three to five years.”