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Avanade's Green IT Enabler to supercharge sustainability

Avanade launches Avanade Green IT Enabler, a sustainability service that helps organisations automate monitoring and reduce their carbon impact.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Tue, 20th Jun 2023

Clean technologies

PALO IT appoints Xavier Rizos as Global Chief Strategy & Impact Officer

PALO IT has appointed Xavier Rizos as its new Global Chief Strategy & Impact Officer to leverage tech as a force for good.

By Tom Raynel • 2 min read • Fri, 14th Apr 2023

Internet of Things

Claroty joins World Economic Forum as Global Innovator

Claroty will engage with the Forum's Centre for Cybersecurity, and the company's CEO Yaniv Vardi will attend the annual meeting in Davos in January 2023.

By Gaurav Sharma • 3 min read • Fri, 16th Dec 2022

Supply Chain

Accenture - a collective security approach a driving factor for cyber resilience

Accenture's new report highlights the need for CEOs to prioritize cyber resilience and take action against increasing cyber threats.

By Mitchell Hageman • 3 min read • Thu, 26th May 2022

AI Security

Protecting Australia's critical infrastructure with AI

Australia's critical infrastructure, including power grids, is under constant threat from cyber attacks, according to Darktrace's Tony Jarvis.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Wed, 26th Jan 2022

Data Analytics

Acceleration of digital tools in COVID-19 pandemic increased risk of cyber crime

The pandemic has increased the risk of cyber crime due to the acceleration of digital tools, says Sridhar Iyengar, managing director for Zoho Europe.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Tue, 18th Jan 2022

Platform-as-a-Service

Deliveroo joins World Economic Forum Charter to improve worker opportunities

Deliveroo joins World Economic Forum Charter to improve worker opportunities, promoting principles for good platform work, including safety, pay, and education.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Thu, 30th Jan 2020

Cybersecurity

Why 5G and AI will determine cybersecurity strategy for the next decade

5G and AI are poised to reshape cybersecurity strategies for the next decade, warn experts from BI.ZONE and the World Economic Forum.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Mon, 8th Jul 2019

Financial Systems

How AI is reshaping financial services

AI is revolutionising financial services, shifting operations and reshaping competition. A new WEF and Deloitte report outlines profound industry changes.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 3 min read • Mon, 17th Sep 2018

Data Analytics

New IT training initiative targeting 1m people launched by World Economic Forum

The Initiative has the goal of sorting the global skills gap and addressing job displacement arising from automation - with a number of big partners.

By Ashton Young • 6 min read • Thu, 25th Jan 2018

Data Analytics

Australia leading the world in AI technology

Australian businesses are spending big on AI technology, investing on average $6 million a year - a huge sum that is second only to the US.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Wed, 18th Jan 2017

Supply Chain

NZ Super Fund's Orr says responsible investing now a groundswell globally

NZ Superannuation Fund chief executive Adrian Orr said long-term and responsible investing has become a groundswell globally, rather than a ripple.

By Pattrick Smellie • 3 min read • Tue, 25th Nov 2014

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IT Budget

New Zealand's strong ICT sector ranked 17th on global index

New Zealand's ICT sector is strong, ranking 17th out of 139 countries, according to the World Economic Forum's Global Information Technology report.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Thu, 7th Jul 2016

IT Budget

Australia's ICT future is bright, finds Global Information Technology Report

The World Economic Forum's Global Information Technology Report paints a rosy picture of Australia's ICT sector, placing it 18th out of 139 countries.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Thu, 7th Jul 2016