How AWS Responded to the Generative AI Wave of 2023 (and What IT Pros Should Expect in 2024)

When 2023 began, Rada Stanic, chief technologist for AWS in Australia and New Zealand, imagined the year would be dominated by helping customers build more modern data platforms in the…

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BlackCat/ALPHV Ransomware Site Seized in International Takedown Effort

The ransomware group, which has distributed ransomware to more than 1,000 victims, reportedly recovered control of its website on Tuesday. Learn how to defend against ransomware. Image: Adobe/igor.nazlo On Dec.…

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Big IT Challenges Australia Needs to Address in 2024 to Seize the AI Moment

Australian organisations are widely expected to deploy more artificial intelligence use cases in 2024. It is a trend IT research and advisory firm ADAPT says is not only dependent on…

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Nearmap’s Aerial Image Data and AI Is Streamlining How Insurers Can Rate and Price Risk in Australia

Australia sees its share of natural disasters, like the black summer bushfires of 2019–2020 and the 2022 floods that turned into the most expensive natural disaster in Australia’s history. In…

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Does Remote Work Still Have a Role to Play in the Future of Australia’s Technology Workforce?

Image: Adobe/ChayTee Remote work has been a top desire for tech workers in Australia and New Zealand since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Having experienced more flexibility and autonomy…

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New AI Security Guidelines Published by NCSC, CISA & More International Agencies

The U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre, the U.S.’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and international agencies from 16 other countries have released new guidelines on the security of artificial intelligence…

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4 Big Ideas From Boomi That Might Change Your Attitude to Integration

Australia’s headlong rush to embrace digital transformation has resulted in a significant problem with fragmentation in organizational systems and data, according to integration platform-as-a-service provider Boomi, and it wants to…

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AI Causing Foundational Data Centre Power and Cooling Conundrum in Australia

Image: Corona Borealis/Adobe Stock Data centres will put increasing demands on Australia’s energy grid as the rise of AI computing continues. There is a real risk of power shortages for…

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