Interview
Articles by Byron Connolly
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CIO50 # 26-50: Darren Oliver, Herron Todd White
Having a specific date when a technology project will be finished is not as important as having transparency into the progress. This is the view of Darren Oliver, the former national director, business and technology solutions at Herron Todd White.
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CIO50 2017 # 26-50: Mathews George, Energy Action Limited
Early in his career, Mathews George’s focus was on large transformation projects that were too big to fail.
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CIO50 2017 #9: Simon Noonan, Sportsbet
“When I first started working at Sportsbet, I wasn’t sure what to expect,” CIO Simon Noonan says.
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CIO50 2017 #26-50: Mark Cohen, Domain
You can talk to a hundred people in a room about something exciting you need to do,” says Domain’s chief technology officer, Mark Cohen.
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CIO50 2017 #26-50: Kevin O’Hara, Tulla Private Equity Group
Kevin O’Hara once developed a large enterprise risk and compliance management system that streamlined processes for clients, optimised data efficiency, and provided a massive return on investment.
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CIO50 2017 #26-50: Rohan Penman, Adairs Retail Group
This financial year saw Adairs Retail Group finalise ‘Project Lightyear’ a technology project to replace disparate financial, inventory management and retail solutions with an end-to-end, customised implementation of Microsoft Dynamics AX. It also included a data warehouse and middleware platform for standardising integrations.
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AI experts urge Australia to support autonomous weapons ban
Australian researchers in robotics and artificial intelligence have called on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to take a stand against weaponising AI.
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Is automation the future of cyber security?
The WannaCry and Petya ransomware outbreaks damaged enterprise networks around the world and struck fear into the hearts of IT and security chiefs everywhere. And for every enterprise, particularly those in financial sector, it’s not a matter of ‘if’ they will get attacked, it’s ‘when.’
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Tech bosses to increase temp headcounts
Australian chief information officers say they plan to increase the number of temporary staff in their teams over the next 12 months, according to research.
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Mathew Doughty leaves the ASX
The Australian Securities Exchange’s long-standing GM, technology, Mathew Doughty has left the organisation, an ASX spokesperson confirmed on Wednesday.
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NAB launches virtual banker for business
National Australia Bank is piloting a ‘digital virtual banker’ for its business customers that will answer more than 200 questions which were previously handled by call centre staff.
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Regional NBN contractors sacked
Around 55 technicians working on the Telstra copper network connecting and maintaining the national broadband network were sacked on the spot on Friday, the CEPU said.
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Workplace automation won’t destroy finance jobs: report
More finance jobs will be created than replaced by technology-led automation, new research claims.
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RACQ overhauls digital strategy following QT merger
Queensland-based motoring club and mutual organisation RACQ is overhauling its digital strategy just eight months after completing its $3.9 billion merger with QT Mutual Bank.
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A look back at last year’s CIO50: #1 Mark Gay, ME
How Mark Gay steered the online bank through a complete overhaul and redesign of its technology architecture from the ground up.
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A look back at last year’s CIO50: #2 Wayne McMahon, Domino’s Pizza Enterprises
Domino's CIO Wayne McMahon explains why the pizza franchise is in a constant mode of transformation driven by technology innovation.
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A look back at last year’s CIO50: #3 Tim Thurman, Australian Securities Exchange
Former ASX CIO Tim Thurman discusses the organisation's $50 million technology transformation.
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A look back at last year’s CIO50: #4 Bill Le Blanc, SA Health
Bill Le Blanc is leading the charge to make electronic health records a reality across seven hospitals and two rehabilitation centres in South Australia.
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A look back at last year’s CIO50: #5 Alastair Sharman, Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service
How Alastair Sharman and his team deployed technology that gives children with physical and communication impairments the ability to navigate, control and access apps, the Internet, music, e-books, social media, and games through natural eye movements.
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A look back at last year’s CIO50: #6 Scott Collary, ANZ
How ANZ's former CIO Scott Collary drove consistency in the way the IT group works with the business to deliver technology for customers and staff, and worked with executive to deliver more projects using Agile methodologies.rn
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Data privacy law compliance ‘not an obstacle’: NetApp lawyer
Ensuring compliance with data privacy laws is not an obstacle for enterprises, it’s a competitive advantage, claims NetApp’s chief privacy officer Sheila FitzPatrick.rnrn
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A look back at last year’s CIO50: #7 Leigh Berrell, Yarra Valley Water
How staff satisfaction with IT services at Yarra Valley Water jumped from as a low as 30 per cent to 86 per cent under the leadership of the utility's former chief information officer Leigh Berrell's leadership.
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A look back at last year’s CIO50: #8 Rob James, William Hill
How William Hill's former CIO Rob James restructured and refocused teams at the betting company to deliver a more marketable product, which led to $60 million in new revenue growth for the organisation.
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A look back at last year’s CIO50: #9 Kim Wenn, Tabcorp
How Kim Wenn drove Sun Bets, the largest global venture the multi-billion dollar gaming and wagering organisation, Tabcorp, has undertaken in its 22-year history.rnrn
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Government’s encryption backdoor plan flawed: SafeSwiss chief
The chief executive of a Swiss digital encryption app provider has lambasted the Australian government’s proposed new laws that will compel tech companies to help local security forces access encrypted messages.rnrn
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A look back at last year’s CIO50: #10: William Daniel Confalonieri, Deakin University
How William Daniel Confalonieri and his team have used technology to transform the way education is delivered at Deakin University.
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State of the CIO 2017
What areas of business and technology are your peers focusing on now and in the near future? How are CIOs and their teams being viewed by the rest of the business? Find out in this year’s State of the CIO study.
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A look back at last year’s CIO50: #11 Roger Burgess, Scentia
How Scientia's Roger Burgess and his team built a 100 per cent cloud environment from the ground up.
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A look back at last year’s CIO50: #12: Christian Mc Gilloway, Retail Zoo
How a mobile app created by Retail Zoo's head of digital Christian Mc Gilloway and his team drove more than $1 million worth of revenue for the organisation over eight weeks.rn
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A look back at last year’s CIO50: #13 Malcolm Thatcher, eHealth Queensland
Dr Malcolm Thatcher describes how integrated electronic medical records are increasing the quality of care and safety for patients in Queensland.rnrn
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CIOs to vendors: Your service is average
Many tech chiefs believe that the service provided to their organisations by IT vendors is average, according to new research.
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A look back at last year’s CIO50: #15: Kenneth Edward Udas, University of Southern Queensland
How the University of Southern Queensland's CIO Kenneth Edward Udas and his team create a technology suite that enabled prisoners to gain the digital skills they need for future employment.
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Central ICT funding model failing NSW schools
Ageing IT equipment and inadequate wireless networks, along with variable student and teacher access to devices are reducing the effectiveness of technology in NSW classrooms.rnrn
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A look back at last year’s CIO50: #17 Christopher Johnson, 20th Century Fox
How 20th Century Fox's Asia-Pacific IT director, Christopher Johnson drove a large technology project for the global organisation.
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Aussies don’t mind being tracked by GPS at work
How would you feel if your boss tracked your movements at work? Many Australians don’t care if new research is to be believed.rnrn
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ASD gets clearance to fight offshore cyber crooks
The government has given the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) the go-ahead use its ‘offensive cyber capabilities’ to fight offshore cyber crooks.rnrn
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Queensland’s water systems wide open to cyberattacks: audit
Control systems running Queensland’s water supply are open to attack, according to a new audit report.rnrn
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A look back at last year’s CIO50: #25 Andrew Clowes, JLL Australia
How Andrew Clowes and his team led a technology transformation at the commercial real estate giant.rnrn
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NT govt readies for $259M health IT rollout
The Northern Territory government has selected InterSystems to replace four obsolete clinical IT systems with a single platform across NT’s entire public health system.rnrn
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Trim your governance and get agile: CBA’s Stuart Mitchell
Organisations must trim the layers of governance built up over many years for traditional waterfall tech projects or fall victim to more agile startups, says CommBank’s senior agile coach, Stuart Mitchell.rnrn
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IT security concerns reach new high
The Australian public’s concern about security issues is the highest it has been in the last 10 years, according to research.
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ACCC asks Australians to sign up for broadband speed tests
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is calling on Australians to be part of a program that will measure and compare broadband speeds across the country.rnrn
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NBN starts FTTC deployment
NBN, the organisation rolling out the national broadband network, has begun rolling out fibre-to-the-curb (FTTC) technology, which it claims will benefit more than 1 million homes and businesses by 2020.rnrn
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Hackathon participants create ‘world-first’ software for Carsales
A hackathon run by carsales.com last November has resulted in what the global online business claims is a ‘world-first’ piece of image recognition software.
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Launceston’s NBN 10 times faster than everyone else’s
Residents of Launceston in Tasmania are enjoying broadband services that are 10 times faster than the maximum speeds provided in other locations across Australia.rnrn
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NSW government unveils digital strategy
The NSW government has unveiled a new digital strategy that requires agencies to report their performance against the reform program every six months to government chief information and digital officer, Damon Rees.rnrn
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?UBank recruits IBM’s Watson for chatbot
UBank has used IBM’s Watson technology to build what it claims is Australia’s first virtual assistant to help potential home buyers and refinancers complete their online home loan applications.rnrn
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Australia’s gate ‘wide open’ for email spoof attacks
Almost all of Australia’s leading businesses and government agencies have their email fraud defences wide open, according to new research.rnrn
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