Seeking to learn about how companies are approaching innovation today, UL (Underwriter Laboratories) recently conducted a study among C-level executives and high-level professionals regarding their challenges, capabilities and insights. Based on those responses, UL developed the following top five trends…
A recent Deloitte report commissioned by Google Cloud Australia & New Zealand, entitled ‘Clean cloud: meeting the climate challenge in Australia & New Zealand’, found that 34% of businesses still don’t have a climate strategy, and of those that do,…
WorkSafe Victoria (WorkSafe) is reminding employers and tradies across regional Victoria to put safety first as construction activity continues to ramp up across the state. WorkSafe accepted 772 claims from construction workers in the regions in 2021, an increase on…
NBN Co recently completed its Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) upgrade of 157,000 premises in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia currently served by Fibre to the Curb (FTTC); and is now inviting consumers living and working in the…
In response to the 2021 Australian Regional Telecommunications review, the federal government is investing AU$1.3 billion in regional telecommunications. The centrepiece of the Government’s response is the $811.8 million Connecting Regional Australia initiative, delivering targeted investment across regional, rural and…
Recent Parks Associates research found that 51% of smart-home device owners in US experienced a recent problem with one or more of their devices, with the majority of problems related to wireless connectivity, contributing to recent high return-rates for these…
Recent research from Deloitte and Swinburne University of Technology found that, as Australia emerges from two years of COVID, flexible working options and a focus on wellbeing are non-negotiables for Australian workers. The report – ‘Reset, Restore, Reframe: Making Fair…
The major construction phase of the New Zealand Government’s multi-billion-dollar investment in health infrastructure was marked at a recent ceremony in Dunedin. “Covering two city blocks, the new Dunedin Hospital is one of the biggest infrastructure projects ever undertaken in…
According to a recent Dell’Oro Group report, the global Datacentre Switch sales grew robustly in Q1 2022, reaching the second-highest revenue ever captured in the market, just 2% below the record sales-level achieved in the prior quarter. The report takes…
A recent Parks Associates white paper identified that over one-third of US multi-dwelling unit (MDU) property managers offer Internet of Things (IoT) or smart-home devices to residents in at least one property that they manage. The white paper, entitled ‘Simplifying…
Since its introduction in 2019, Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 6 has seen rapid adoption, surpassing 50% market-share in three years compared to four years for Wi-Fi 5. This accelerated adoption is driven by demand for Wi-Fi performance in phones, tablets, PCs, the…
A recent Gartner survey of CEOs and senior executives revealed significant shifts in their thinking regarding people, purpose, prices and productivity in 2022, specifically on matters of sustainability, workforce and inflation. Notably, for the first time ever, CEOs place environmental…
What do the 2020 Wiring Rules changes mean for Australia? In August 2020, the mandatory telecommunications cabling regulations (AS/CA S008 – ‘Requirements for customer cabling products’ and AS/CA S009 – ‘Installation requirements for customer cabling (Wiring Rules)’) were updated to…
What do the S008 changes mean to cabling suppliers? In August 2020, the mandatory telecommunications cabling regulations (AS/CA S008 – ‘Requirements for customer cabling products’ and AS/CA S009 – ‘Installation requirements for customer cabling (Wiring Rules)’) were updated to accommodate…
According to a recent Gartner survey conducted in May 2022, CFOs are raising prices as their primary strategy for combating high levels of inflation, but they recognise that this strategy is unsustainable if inflation persists long-term. The survey of 182…