ANZ Bank’s Group Transformation General Manager Rob Marchiori to Exit
Rob Marchiori, the Group Transformation General Manager for Australia and New Zealand Banking Group will be stepping down from his role. Marchiori will leave the bank in October 2020 and the remaining agile work way teams will be merged into the technology organisation The latest...
Digital transformation deal between DXC Technology & Hearing Australia is on
Australian authority Hearing Australia has scored a deal with DXC Technology for a digital transformation and systems modernization program over the upcoming 12-18 months. An Aussie statutory authority, Hearing Australia operates under the “Australian Human Services Act 1991” and reports to the Minister of Human...
Netflix & YouTube to lift pandemic-related Aussie bitrate restrictions once again
During the lockdown, Over-the-top (OTT) video streaming platforms and video conferencing providers imposed bitrate restrictions in Australia and other countries. Netflix and YouTube have now announced that they’d be lifting the re-introduced bitrate restrictions permanently in Australia from around September 22nd 2020. The restrictions came...
Aussie firms Canva, Culture Amp & Airwallex make it to the Forbes Cloud 100 List
Three of Australia’s reputed, robust and revolutionary cloud companies have made it to the prestigious annual Forbes Cloud 100 list – Canva, Airwallex and Culture Amp. The Sydney-headquartered design giant Canva has successfully made its place in the top 10 for the very first time...
Telstra’s New Pilot to Block Fake MyGov and Centrelink Texts
Australian telecom giant Telstra has come up with a pilot program that is designed to block fake messages that claim to be from Centrelink or myGov even before they hit the devices of the tesco’s customers. To establish a layer 3 blocking effort, Telstra collaborated...
Formerly known as Melbourne IT, Webcentral Group receives revised takeover offer from Web.com
The residue of Melbourne-based digital services provider Arq Group, Webcentral Group has received a revised proposal for takeover from Web.com. Formerly known as Melbourne IT, Webcentral received an offer in July from Web.com of AU$0.10 a share which amounted to approximately AU$12 million. On 15th...
TPG Telecom strikes fixed & mobile network services deal with NAB
Australian telecom giant TPG Telecom has struck a deal with National Australia Bank (NAB) to provide the latter with its fixed-line and mobile network services. The deal is the telco’s first major deal after TPG’s $15 billion merger with Vodafone Hutchison Australia. The agreement will...
AI Media: A $180 Million Tech Innovator Debuts on ASX
Introduction Sydney-based Access Innovation Holdings Limited (ASX: AIM), popularly known as Ai-Media will now be listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) with a $177.4 million market capitalization. The Australian media company with international operations will list on the exchange from 15th September with a...
ASX-Listed Change Financial to acquire payment fintech Wirecard ANZ
A US-based fintech-focused company Change Financial has launched a capital raising to acquire the Australia and New Zealand arm of payment fintech solution provider Wirecard. The ASX-listed Change Financial announced that it has entered a binding agreement to successfully acquire Wirecard ANZ’s all business assets...
MSPs Tecala & Forum Group join forces to broaden range of services
IT services provider Tecala Group and managed services firm Forum Group have entered an exciting partnership that will see the two Australian MSPs exchange services with each other to add more service range. The alliance is a part of Forum Group’s growth strategy through which...
