This Month
Endeavour delays its technology separation from Woolworths until 2030
The owner of Dan Murphy’s and BWS was spun out of the supermarket giant in 2021, but has told staff that plans to run its own store platforms are on hold.
June
Executives converge on Washington to halt Trump’s foreign investment tax
A provision in the budget bill would allow the US to impose additional taxes on companies and investors from countries that it deems to have punitive tax policies.
March
‘No winners’: CEO of software giant SAP urges end to Trump tariff war
The head of the group, which lists clients such as Coles, Woolworths and Woodside, says all countries and businesses will lose if the trade war continues.
February
SAP partner DyFlex embarks on acquisition strategy with Five V backing
The investment, from Five V’s new frontier fund, will be used to kickstart DyFlex’s acquisition strategy as it seeks to capture a boom in SAP cloud migration.
January
Atlassian rockets to three-year high after earnings surprise
Mike Cannon-Brookes says the company has had some “massive customer wins”, sending its shares soaring almost 20 per cent on Friday.
November 2024
Investors cheer TechnologyOne’s earnings surprise
Shares in the Brisbane-based enterprise software firm soared on evidence a new sales model and UK growth were helping it take on giants like SAP.
April 2024
Consulting giant builds $300m Aussie cyber group with acquisitions
Following a string of acquisitions, Fujitsu has created a 300-strong team of cyber professionals to take on IBM, Accenture and CyberCX in Australia and New Zealand.
March 2024
Government contracts on the line if gender targets not met
Companies like BAE Systems, Microsoft, SAP and the big consulting firms stand to lose billions in government contracts if they can’t prove they’re meeting targets.
January 2024
White-collar jobs tumble, but shares soar as investors back AI future
Australian staff are likely to make up some of the 8000 jobs software giant SAP says will be affected by an AI-driven global restructure, as its shares hit a record.
November 2023
How to avoid another Canberra tech wreck
The ditching of a new $400 million back office system yet again reveals the federal government’s deeply flawed approach to technology and digital transformation.
September 2023
Why these companies relied on staff – not consultants – to transform IT
Endeavour Energy and Superloop have pulled off complicated digital upgrades by relying on employees who understand customers and know the ins and outs of their businesses.
The other AI start-ups that raised huge money in 2023
Despite a supposed ‘funding Winter’ hitting start-ups, some artificial intelligence companies have raised dizzying amounts of money to try and change the world.
July 2023
SAP invests in new Aussie facility to target critical infrastructure deals
The Australian arm of German software giant SAP has opened a new sovereign cloud computing facility, at an undisclosed location, to meet increased demands from government agencies and some companies.
December 2022
Melbourne Uni start-up pulls in $15.8m from tech giants
Apromore is in one of the hottest M&A fields in tech, and Salesforce has bought into the local start-up to enter the emerging sector.
September 2022
More US workers are back in offices. It’s still nothing like before
Office occupancy in the United States remains below half of what it was in 2019, with a growing divergence between office attendance on the coasts and elsewhere.
March 2022
Newcrest mines data in the cloud for a $100m virtual goldmine
Australia’s biggest gold miner, Newcrest will turn to emerging digital twin technology to improve the performance of its flagship Cadia mine, by replicating it virtually.
September 2021
Microsoft buys Brisbane start-up Clipchamp
The video editing software start-up, founded by a group of former SAP executives, will be integrated into Microsoft’s suite of online software products, in a win for local investors.
How an IT snag threatened a $1.7b paper merger
The alarming experience of Opal Group is an example of difficulties merged entities face when trying to integrate and harmonise technical applications in the new organisation.
July 2021
Brisbane’s Go1 becomes Australia’s newest ‘unicorn’ with mega-raise
The online training marketplace, founded by four former high school friends in 2015, is now worth more than $US1 billion after raising $US200 million.
Young Rich Lister makes $200m bet on tech for airports
Aaron Hornlimann’s Elenium Automation will fund a program designed to help install post-pandemic technology such as touchless check-ins and biometrics.