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Australian Border Force hit by SmartGate kiosk outage
6 days ago · Impacts passengers arriving and departing major airports. Australia's immigration SmartGates went down for several hours today after an outage hit the Australian Border Force's (ABF) kiosk systems ...
Telstra customers' details included in leaked data file
Apr 11, 2024 · About 3000 Telstra customers with OptiComm-based broadband services have had some personal information leaked as part of a data file published to a hacking forum. The customers had names, email ...
Essential Energy maps out $200m tech investment - iTnews
Mar 3, 2023 · Starting 2024. Essential Energy has laid out the details of a massive technology refresh, worth nearly $200 million in today’s dollars, that it plans to commence in 2024. The energy company’s ...
Meet ChatIT, CBA's AI-enabled IT support chatbot built with Azure ...
Aug 22, 2024 · The chatbot, called ChatIT, was highlighted in the bank’s annual report [pdf], as a new AI-powered capability introduced during FY24. “We introduced ChatIT, our generative AI-enabled IT ...
Woolworths digital and analytics capabilities to only grow in ...
Aug 23, 2023 · Over the year, Woolworths spent $274 million on IT, up from $197 million the prior year. Digital spend over the year was $151 million, up from $121 million in FY22.
Coles Group brings real-time intelligence to its operations
May 22, 2023 · The system will make use of an events-based architecture that Coles is creating to replace its current core, which relies heavily on batch processing. CTO John Cox told the iTnews Podcast that the ...
Torrens University unpacks its digital transformation
Jul 22, 2024 · Torrens University used generative AI to analyse and clean up the ‘look-and-feel’ 60,000 web pages of course content as part of a broader digital transformation. Speaking to the iTnews Podcast ...
NSW Health taps Epic for statewide, single digital patient record
Nov 23, 2022 · NSW Health has selected US healthcare software provider Epic to unify its core clinical and laboratory information management systems under a state-wide, single digital patient record (SDPR). NSW ...
Telstra to pay out $25m in refunds over underperforming NBN
Jul 7, 2021 · Given a 'remedial direction' by the regulator. Telstra is expected to refund a total of around $25 million to tens of thousands of NBN users that paid for services that their lines could not ...