In the mid-1990s, it would have been unheard of to have your location tracked by military satellites. Today, this happens around the clock with smartphone GPS and a host of location-based mobile services. It would have been equally odd that a high school acquaintance that you hadn’t seen in 10 years knew the details of […]
BEING Digital, with Google, Westpac, Harvey Norman and SmartClinics at the Sydney CDO Summit
Is your digital strategy only skin deep? Many organisations are finding it challenging to capture the full value of revolutionary breakthroughs in digital innovation. Some have figured out how to use digital technology to drive down costs and become more efficient, akin to “looking digital.” Others are grappling with how to take things further in […]
What Chief Digital Officers Need to Know About IoT, with Intel, Visa, Microsoft, and GroupM
By 2019, it’s estimated that up to 40 billion devices may be connected to the internet or each other. Welcome to the “internet of things,” or IoT. It’s a world where a refrigerator can send you a message on your phone when your milk is about to expire, and also a coupon to buy a […]
Meet Paul Shetler, the CEO of Australia’s Digital Transformation Office (DTO) at the Sydney CDO Summit
The government of Australia is encouraging an “ideas boom” by actively promoting collaboration between government, business, and academia. Its being driven by digital-friendly government initiatives such an unprecedented $1.1 billion AUD ($800 million USD) innovation investment, and the launch of the first-ever Digital Transformation Office (DTO). And one technology leader stands uniquely poised to take advantage […]
Historic Meeting of 3 Australian City Chief Digital Officers at Sydney CDO Summit
“We are just drifting into the digital age. Why aren’t we demanding it?” asked Jon Cumming, Chief Digital Officer at ACT (Australian Capital Territory) Government. Cumming is part of a new wave of public sector CDOs who want to bring about the “smart city,” where digital innovation improves public services, engages its citizens, and spurs […]