Interview
Articles by Byron Connolly
Interview
CIO50 2016 #4: Bill Le Blanc, SA Health
Reducing the risk of medication administration error rates from 1 in 20 to 1 in 3,000 was just one of several benefits SA Health has achieved by deploying centralised enterprise systems that provide shared electronic health records.
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Mike Schuman leaves Woodside
Mike Schuman has moved on from his role as transformation business advisor at oil and gas giant, Woodside Energy.rnrn
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Tourism Australia CIO Dave Rumsey quits
Tourism Australia’s CIO, Dave Rumsey is moving on from the organisation after five years in the role.
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Banks, cotton supplier complete landmark blockchain transaction
Commonwealth Bank, Wells Fargo and Brighann Cotton have completed what they claim is the first global trade between two independent banks using blockchain and smart contract technologies.rnrn
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AGL phishing scam hits local inboxes
A new phishing email is hitting inboxes that impersonates energy company AGL and scams vulnerable people affected by recent storms and flooding into believing they could receive additional help with their bills.rnrn
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Simon Wheeler new Brennan IT CIO
Managed service provider, Brennan IT, has appointed former Bauer Media CIO, Simon Wheeler as its new IT chief.
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Qantas tapping data to improve flight efficiency
Data scientists, engineers and software designers from Qantas and GE will analyse some of the 10 billion data points produced by the aviation sector annually to help the carrier cut fuel costs and carbon emissions.rnrn
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Hardware failure was ‘complex and unprecedented’: ASX
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has produced a post-mortem report on ?a hardware failure which temporarily halted trading on Monday night and early Tuesday morning?.
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CPSU defends ABS over Census debacle
The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) has defended Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) staff who worked on the 2016 Census saying they displayed a high level of professionalism “under difficult circumstances and significant funding pressures.”rnrn
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‘3 pounds of potential’: How EMOTIV’s technology unleashes the brain’s power
Tan Le is on a mission to use digital technology to unlock the potential of the human mind while assisting some two billion people worldwide who are afflicted with brain illnesses.
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CBA, Barclays in mobile payment integration
Commonwealth Bank and Barclays have announced a technology partnership that will enable both banks’ retail customers to move money between Australia and the UK using their mobile numbers.
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ANZ rejigs tech and operations team
ANZ on Thursday announced changes to its technology, operations and shared services operating model which will see CIO, Scott Collary report to the bank’s CEO, Shayne Elliott later this year.
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Carl Duckinson new Aurecon CIO
Toll Group’s former interim CIO, Carl Duckinson, is the new IT chief at the Melbourne office of global engineering and advisory company, Aurecon.rn
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ACCC concerned about Telstra’s role in NBN
NBN Co and Telstra have agreed to work with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to ensure Australia’s largest telco won’t gain an unfair advantage over competitors rolling out the national broadband network.rnrn
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NDIS’s payment portal issues almost fixed: Christian Porter
Social services minister, Christian Porter claims technical issues that have plagued the National Disability Insurance Scheme’s (NDIS) payment portal are almost fixed.
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NBN Co, Nokia in XG-FAST copper trial
NBN Co and Nokia on Wednesday announced a trial of XG-FAST, the latest generation of broadband access technology operating over existing copper networks.rnrn
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Data Republic launches world’s first open data marketplace
Data Republic has unveiled what it claims to be the world’s first governed marketplace that enables organisations to list, exchange, and collaborate on data exchange projects in a secure environment.rnrn
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Medibank expects core system to be ready by 2017
Medibank expects its new core policy management system, Project DelPHI, to be fully operational by 2017 despite initial implementation issues, the health insurer’s chief executive, Craig Drummond said today.
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Cyber attacks have hit most Australian companies: report
Australian organisations are firmly in hackers’ sights with 85 per cent reporting that they have been breached sometime in the past, well above the global average of 60 per cent, according to a new report.rnrn
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Children’s Cancer Institute turns to data analytics in quest for a cure
When you are trying to deliver insights that will help clinicians identify tailored treatments for children with high risk cancers, using basic spreadsheets to collate and analyse information doesn’t quite cut it.rn
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CIO roundtable: Driving transformation through continuous delivery (Melbourne)
Senior IT executives gathered at Melbourne's Vue De Monde restaurant to discuss how they are tapping their data to improve operational intelligence. The luncheon was sponsored by Splunk.
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Telstra CIO Erez Yarkoni to depart in October
Telstra's CIO, Erez Yarkoni is departing the telco in October to move back to the United States. Erez’s wife, Charlotte Yarkoni, is also leaving her position as president of Telstra Software Group.
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?How a GIS expert’s simple app became Google Street View
Mel VanderWal was hired on a $10,000 software development contract. A prototype app he created was the beginning of what is now Google Street View.
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4.6 million jobs at risk within a decade
Up to 4.6 million jobs could be at risk within a decade if Australia fails to create a workforce for the future, according to a new discussion paper released by startups advocacy group, StartupAUS.rn
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Australian firms face growing cyber litigation threat
Australian companies face ‘US levels’ of litigation if they fail to prepare for mandatory data breach reporting requirements which are likely to come into effect this year, a lawyer has warned.
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What the feds can learn from NSW about e-voting
Ian Brightwell, the former NSW Electoral Commission CIO, discusses his experience with e-voting during the 2015 state election and what can be changed at a federal level.
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Cloud shift pays off for aged care provider
How a move to the cloud is helping Kincare stay competitive in an aged care sector undergoing significant change.rn
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IT issue delays release of Medibank tax statements
A glitch in Medibank’s IT systems is likely to prevent the health insurer from providing annual tax statements to the majority of its customers by July 15.rnrn
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Real estate agents gain some data intelligence
How JLL uses ‘locational intelligence’ to move agents out of the data dark ages.
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Qantas CIO quits
Qantas’ CIO, Luc Hennekens, has quit his post and will leave the airline at the end of September to move closer to his family and pursue a new role at an organisation in France.rnrn
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Mick Campbell new Navitas CIO
Education services provider, Navitas, has appointed former Ramsay Health Care IT chief Mick Campbell as its new CIO.rnrn
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University of Melbourne debuts ‘Spartan’ HPC service
The University of Melbourne has switched on a new high performance computing service, which it claims is unique in the education sector.rn
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NEC to establish Adelaide cyber security centre
NEC Australia will spend $4.38 million to build a cyber security centre in Adelaide.rn
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Government won’t outsource Medicare payments system: Turnbull
The rollout and management of an updated Medicare payments system will not be outsourced to the private sector, prime minister Malcolm Turnbull reaffirmed last night.rnrn
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Only 50 per cent of businesses are ‘innovative active’: Kim Carr
Government talk about agility and innovation is quite worrying for some Australians, and only 50 per cent of businesses are ‘innovative active’, Labor’s Kim Carr told the National Press Club on Monday.rnrn
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Samsung takes on Apple with new mobile payment service
Samsung has thrown its hat in the mobile payment ring with a new contactless offering that lets Citibank and American Express credit card customers pay for products and services in-store with their smartphones.rn
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Labor promises to dump fibre-to-the-node
Labor has promised that it would roll out fibre-to-the-premises to up to two million additional homes and businesses, and phase out the government’s fibre-to-the-node NBN under a broadband policy announced on Monday.rnrn
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Exclusive: Claudine Ogilvie new Jetstar CIO
Claudine Ogilvie has been appointed as Jetstar’s new CIO, replacing Grainne Kearns who will depart in August after helping restructure the low cost airline’s IT team.rnrn
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Woolworths CIO Clive Whincup quits
Woolworths’ CIO Clive Whincup has quit after just over two years in the role.rn
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$15M for startups not enough: StartupAUS
Startup advocacy group, StartupAUS, said the Turnbull’s government’s $15 million pledge to boost the sector is far from sufficient.rn
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Agile culture pays dividends for Tatts Group
CIO Mandy Ross discusses Tatts Group’s progress in adopting agile ways of working as well as the organisation’s cloud strategy.rn
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Sarah Harland appointed Suncorp CIO
Suncorp Group has appointed Sarah Harland as its new CIO, coming across from Medibank where she spent the last five months as executive general manager, technology and operations, based in Melbourne.rn
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Working with startups: IT execs share their stories
Former iiNet CIO Matt Toohey, Bankwest’s IT chief Andy Weir, and Atomic Sky co-founder Andy Lamb discuss how a startup culture can infiltrate a business.
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UNSW appoints Kate Carruthers as chief data officer
The University of New South Wales (UNSW) has appointed Kate Carruthers as chief data officer amid a restructure that has also seen the university remove the CIO and senior ICT change program director roles.rn
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Coalition pledges $99M for new immigration system
The Department of Immigration and Border Protection will receive $99.2 million for a new system to boost its visa risk assessment capabilities.rn
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CIO profile: Berys Amor
Corrs Chambers Westgarth’s IT chief leads a team building customised technology solutions that improve how the firm's clients do business.
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Budget 2016: $199M for childcare IT, $50M for myGov
The government is allocating $199.4 million over the next four years to fund the building of an IT system to support the implementation of child care measures announced in last year’s budget.
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Budget 2016: Taskforce to crack down on tax avoidance
The government is creating a new operational taskforce of more than 1,000 specialist staff at the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to prosecute companies, multinationals and high wealth individuals who are not paying enough tax.
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