September
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.
- Edmund Tadros
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.
- Paul Smith
July
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.
- Tom Burton
December 2022
- Exclusive
- Funding
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.
- Yolanda Redrup
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.
- Taylor Telford
March 2022
- Exclusive
- Cloud
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.
- Paul Smith
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.
- Paul Smith
- Exclusive
- Cloud
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.
- Lucas Baird
July 2021
- Exclusive
- Funding
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.
- Paul Smith
- Exclusive
- Software
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.
- Jessica Sier
June 2021
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
How Macquarie blitzed the mortgage market
Each month when the prudential regulator releases mortgage lending data for individual banks, the first thing competitive bankers do is look at the performance of Macquarie Bank.
- Updated
- Tony Boyd
May 2021
- Exclusive
- Business IT
SAP Australia back in black despite slump in services revenue
The software giant has returned to profitability in Australia for the first time since 2014, but revenue fell dramatically as projects were delayed by the pandemic.
- Yolanda Redrup
February 2021
- Exclusive
- Business IT
Aussie with a seat at SAP’s top table plots permanently changed world
Ballarat native Scott Russell is the first ever board member at the global tech giant to be based outside Europe or America. He says Australia has a big role in post-COVID growth.
- Paul Smith
- Exclusive
- Venture capital
Trade Ledger scores $24 million from US and UK VCs
Steve Cohen’s Point72Ventures and DocuSign founder Court Lorenzini are two of the major backers in Trade Ledger’s latest capital raise.
- Yolanda Redrup
November 2020
Salesforce reportedly in talks to buy workplace app Slack
Cloud-based software company Salesforce.com Inc is in talks to acquire workplace messaging app Slack Technologies as it seeks to expand its offerings to businesses, people familiar with the matter have said.
- Greg Roumeliotis and Krystal Hu
October 2020
- Exclusive
- Digital transformation
'An impossible job': how Toll bungled its tech reboot
When the logistics company tried to rein in its powerful divisions, uncomfortable questions emerged about its finances, writes Aaron Patrick.
- Aaron Patrick
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
SAP's move to the cloud spells admin drama for companies
It is rare for a profit downgrade to have such profound implications for so many companies, but the news contained in the announcement this week by SAP will affect hundreds of Australian companies.
- Tony Boyd
- Exclusive
- Entrepreneur
Tech giant targets Australia for $1m a year social-good push
The Australian arm of of global enterprise technology giant SAP will spend about $1 million a year with social enterprises that aim to do good for society.
- Yolanda Redrup
September 2020
PwC poaches Deloitte partners to target tech spending boom
Big four consulting firm PwC has poached seven of rival Deloitte's highest-profile technology experts, to target an expected boom in post-COVID-19 tech spending.
- Edmund Tadros
The quick trip home that stretched into six months
Stuck in Australia since March, Scott Russell, Asia-Pacific and Japan president for SAP, has been spending his days on video calls and honing his barista skills.
- Sally Patten
