Ransomware attacks on infrastructure and mid-market businesses are tipped to rise, while the use of AI cyber tools will grow as IT customers seek more signal and less noise from vendors.
The continued rise of AI in 2024 will require IT to overcome significant challenges, including prioritising competing projects, building a data culture, finding talent and winning more investment in innovation.
AI and machine learning will be the sixth biggest area of IT spending growth in Australia and New Zealand in 2024, though CIOs are working with flat budgets overall in making spending decisions.
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The rise of remote work, access via third-party providers and machine identities are just three reasons why cyber security depends on good identity and access management, Gartner has said.
Edge computing adoption in Australia has been slowed by challenges including cost and tech stack complexity, but IBM’s Utpal Mangla said global use cases are growing amidst the rollout of 5G.
Risky cyber security behaviours are putting employees at risk of phishing and other attacks, according to Proofpoint research, with many employees still unclear security is their responsibility, too.
Australia is going through a period of disruption, as IT companies acquire to gain skills and pivot into new markets. IT pros need to update their certifications to find the best opportunities.
Burnout and fatigue among cyber professionals are leading to flow-on consequences like more data breaches, employee apathy to cyber duties and turnover of cyber workforces during a skills crisis.
Professional services firm RSM Australia has embraced robotic process automation and AI as it seeks to engage different generations in their work and create savings in time and investment over time.
According to Gartner, the Australian government is enthusiastic about AI; however, Robodebt and other mistakes of the past, as well as small budgets, are forcing them to be selective.
APAC IT leaders will need to be pragmatic about data management, budgets and roadmaps to deliver AI-powered CRM, says Rimini Street.
Australia’s private practice law firms are recruiting next-generation AI lawyers in the form of custom legal AI models. This could allow them to deliver accurate legal advice faster and at cheaper rates.
LinkedIn also released its 2024 Workplace Learning Report, which found that more people want to learn AI skills. Plus, LinkedIn Learning is offering new career development and internal mobility features.
Data management has become critical to drawing value from generative AI, according to research from Informatica. Senior VP for the Asia-Pacific region Richard Scott argues cloud architecture is key.
Despite appetite in digital twins across Australia’s governments and companies, a lack of understanding about the technology is currently limiting successes with it.
Have a clear guiding vision, focus on the end customer and be ready to pivot mid-project are some of the learnings offered by Salesforce customers at the vendor’s recent World Tour in Sydney, Australia.
Telcos in the Asia-Pacific are fighting hard to boost revenue from 5G networks and cut costs from operations. AI is playing a role, as are cloud providers like Amazon Web Services.