Australian Organisations Need to Build Trust With Consumers Over Data & AI

Global data from Cisco highlights a concerning trend, where Australian organisations are starting to fall behind in a “trust gap” between what customers expect them to do with data and…

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Data Governance to Be a Renewed Focus in IT for Australian Organisations in 2024

Across Australia, much of the focus to date has been on understanding artificial intelligence’s role in each sector and taking those first steps towards adoption. It was a year of…

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IBM: While Enterprise Adoption of Artificial Intelligence Increases, Barriers are Limiting Its Usage

About 42% of enterprise-scale companies report having actively deployed artificial intelligence in their business and of those, 59% have accelerated their rollout or investments in the technology, according to IBM’s Global…

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Could Australia’s Cybersecurity Strategy Benefit From More Data Science Rigour?

Australia’s Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil recently revealed details of Australia’s Cyber Security Strategy 2023–2030. Designed to protect Australia in a fast-moving threat environment, the strategy would rely on building…

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What Australian IT Leaders Need to Focus on Ahead of Privacy Act Reforms

Sonia Sharma, Maddocks partner Australian organisations are showing varying levels of preparedness when it comes to data privacy, with Maddocks partner Sonia Sharma saying they need to get ahead of…

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Capital One/Forrester Study: Deploying Self-Service Data Strategies Is Fraught With Challenges

Try and imagine businesses operating without data. Then try to imagine how much productivity levels could improve if employees were given self-service data strategies. A new study from Forrester Consulting…

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What Are Data Governance Tools, and How Do They Work?

ProsCons Improve data accuracy and consistency.Identify and rectify data errors.Enforce data access policies and control who can access what data.Support various data sources and formats.Employ auditing and tracking.Help businesses meet…

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