Industry News
Unlocking more time for teachers
Ways to reduce unnecessary administrative work for teachers were a topic of discussion at the Sydney Morning Herald Schools Summit this week. [ + ]
Reforming literacy and numeracy testing
Senior secondary students in Victoria will have their literacy and numeracy skills measured against new standards in a reformed GAT from this year. [ + ]
Blockchain's next boom could be in gaming
UNSW Professor Salil Kanhere predicts that gaming and Facebook's Metaverse could be the next big growth areas for blockchain technology. [ + ]
STEM remote learning during COVID-19
A small wireless multimeter, DSO and logger is being used by students studying STEM subjects remotely. [ + ]
Aussie Broadband's Britt named MD of the Year
Aussie Broadband co-founder Phillip Britt has been named Managing Director of the Year by CEO Magazine at the 2021 Executive of the Year awards. [ + ]
COVID crisis causing Australians to embrace flexible work
Six in 10 Australian employees now rate flexible work more highly than career progression in terms of their positive impact on mental health, research suggests. [ + ]
APAC businesses lead investments in digital CX
Asia-Pacific businesses are ahead of their global peers, with ANZ businesses ahead of their peers in the region, by investments in digital customer acquisition. [ + ]
Monday.com announces alliance with KPMG
Australian Work OS developer monday.com has forged an alliance with KMPG aimed at building joint solutions for KPMG member firms. [ + ]
Genesys, Thrive seek to tackle employee burnout
Genesys has teamed up with Thrive, a company founded to tackle employee burnout, to embed employee wellbeing tools into customer service agent workflows. [ + ]
Digital collaboration centre launched in Sydney
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has launched an innovation and digital collaboration centre in Sydney, designed to help businesses navigate transformation. [ + ]
Thales, Google Cloud step up cloud security
Thales and Google Cloud have launched a joint solution aimed at shoring up data security for customers migrating their workloads to the Google Cloud Platform. [ + ]
payo launches QR code payments for hospitality
Australian e-commerce company payo aims to revolutionise restaurant bill payments and splitting at the table with its new payo checkout offering. [ + ]
Australian boffins use facial expressions to navigate VR
A team led by a University of Queensland researcher has developed technology designed to allow users to navigate VR environments using only facial expressions. [ + ]
Adelaide's EIC building snags CBA as a tenant
Quintessential Equity has announced its EIC building open for leasing, with the Commonwealth Bank committed to a tenancy. [ + ]
Celebrating 70 years since Australia's first computer conference
The Pearcey Foundation has announced a summit to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Australia's first computer conference, which was held in August 1951. [ + ]
