Kate Weber

Sydney

Editor at Digital Nation Australia

Saturday Breakfast host @NorthsideRadio. Opinions expressed are my own.

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Cessnock City Council creates CIO role

1 week ago | itnews.com.au | Kate Weber

Cessnock City Council has created a chief information officer role to lead the council’s information technology strategy. In the job posting, the NSW Hunter Valley council said the CIO “will play a key role in driving innovation, optimising technology investments and ensuring operational excellence across the organisation.”It is a newly-created role and will report to Cessnock City Council general manager, Ken Liddell.
Victoria University completes year-long search for CISO

2 weeks ago | itnews.com.au | Kate Weber

Victoria University (VU) has hired former PEXA information security management head Tara Dharnikota to fill its long-vacant chief information security officer role. The university has been looking to fill the CISO spot for just over a year, during which it undertook an organisational change program that led to a review of its security needs.
7-Eleven Australia tech leader moves on

2 weeks ago | itnews.com.au | Kate Weber

7-Eleven Australia’s general manager of strategy and technology, Stephen Eyears, has left the organisation, coinciding with a change to its "support office structure". Stephen Eyears 7-Eleven Eyears was with the organisation for close to a decade, first joining as general manager of strategy, innovation and business development back in 2014.
Quantum computing education for global policy leaders

2 weeks ago | blog.google | Kate Weber |Sundar Pichai |Ruth Porat

Quantum computing is one of the most exciting technologies of the future, with the potential to help solve some of society's most complex challenges. That's why it’s important to equip policymakers with the knowledge and skills needed to navigate the opportunities and risks it presents. Apolitical is launching a new course for decision-makers in government, with support from Google Quantum AI.
Australian Red Cross CIO departs

2 weeks ago | itnews.com.au | Kate Weber

Australian Red Cross CIO Brett Wilson has left the organisation after four years leading IT, with Abhishek (Abby) Tripathi named as interim replacement.
Monash College ran 60 scenarios in a week on foreign student caps

3 weeks ago | itnews.com.au | Kate Weber

Monash College overhauled its enterprise performance management as part of a broader finance transformation, helping it navigate and forecast the revenue impact of international student caps, among other challenges. The college, which prepares international students for Monash University, introduced IBM Planning Analytics (previously known as TM1), partnering with Cubewise on the implementation.
Case Study: Laing O'Rourke Australia builds out training library with AI assistance

3 weeks ago | itnews.com.au | Kate Weber

Laing O'Rourke Australia is using artificial intelligence tools to reformat existing content into videos that it can use on a centralised learning and development portal it stood up last year. The construction firm set up the central portal, LOR Learn, to give all of its 700 employees access to personalised, role-based learning modules to aid their career growth.
ASX faces fresh technical review of core system

3 weeks ago | itnews.com.au | Kate Weber

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) have called out the "slow" progress of improvements to ASX core systems, and demanded a technical review. The demands are part of the fallout from a December 20 incident that resulted in the delayed trade settlements.
CBA sets up 'Gen AI Network' community

3 weeks ago | itnews.com.au | Kate Weber

CBA is building an internal community around its adoption of generative AI, overseen by a former NAB leader that ran that bank's cloud skills and training program. The 'GenAI Network', as CBA's community is called, is run out of the chief analytics and data office, and "will enable the bank to uplift its [GenAI] knowledge and skills across the group", GenAI domain lead Martin Granell told Digital Nation.
Sydney Opera House sets expectations for AI

4 weeks ago | itnews.com.au | Kate Weber

The Sydney Opera House has laid out its thinking around AI use, with a desire to improve its online experience while still taking a cautious approach to the emerging technology. Chief financial officer Jon Blackburn told a Gartner CFO and Finance executive conference that as a government organisation it must be cautious, but opportunities exist.