iTWire Wednesday, 19 May 2021 10:14 Lycamobile cops $600,000 penalty for public safety ‘failures’ Featured
Mobile phone services provider Lycamobile has been penalised $600,000 by the telecommunications industry regulator ACMA after prolonged and large-scale customer data failures, which could have put people in danger.
The ACMA investigation found 245,902 instances where Lycamobile did not provide accurate customer information to an industry database used by police, fire and ambulance services, and 4,207 instances where it failed to comply with ID check rules before signing up prepaid mobile customers.
The ACMA says Lycamobille’s failure to undertake proper customer ID checks when activating prepaid services is also a public safety issue, as police investigations into criminal activity are hampered when the owner of a mobile phone cannot be identified.
iTWire Tuesday, 18 May 2021 12:10 Healthcare leaders note ‘resilience’ of healthcare system, but want investment in ‘predictive health’ technologies
Shares Physicians consult Philips Medical Tablet with IntelliVue XDS software to monitor their patients remotely.
Australian healthcare leaders believe Australia’s healthcare system has shown resilience in the face of the pandemic, but that their hospital or healthcare facility needs to invest in predictive healthcare technologies.
According to Australian healthcare leaders interviewed for health technology company Philips
Future Health Index (FHI) 2021 Australian report: ‘A Resilient Future: Healthcare leaders look beyond the crisis’, 81% of Australian healthcare leaders believe Australia’s healthcare system has shown resilience in the face of the pandemic - while (29% say their hospital or healthcare facility most needs to invest in implementing predictive healthcare technologies, like arti
iTWire Tuesday, 11 May 2021 13:02 City of Sydney revises net zero carbon emissions target Featured
Lord Mayor Clover Moore said the revised target, a feature of the proposed new
Environmental Strategy 2021-2025, underscores the City’s commitment to action on climate change.
“We’re in the middle of a climate emergency, yet the Federal Government continues to ignore the community, expert advice and international pressure,” the Lord Mayor said.
“Australia’s emissions have been going up since 2014, and in the face of the Government’s shameful inaction we are stepping up to reduce our emissions steeper and sooner.
“The City of Sydney was the first local government in Australia to become carbon neutral in 2007 and our operations are now powered by 100% renewable electricity.
iTWire Wednesday, 05 May 2021 11:15 Infosys, Deakin University team up for strategic engagement in research, innovation and skill development Featured Deakin University, Geelong waterfront campus
Indian outsourcing giant Infosys has joined forces with Australia’s Deakin University to develop a strategic action plan for research, innovation and skill development.
Under the collaboration, the organisations will work together, combining their strengths in emerging technologies and design to innovate at scale.
The collaboration was formalised this week by Professor Iain Martin, President and Vice Chancellor, Deakin University and Ashok Mysore, Vice President and Regional Head – Delivery and Operations, Infosys, who signed an agreement at the University’s Burwood campus in Melbourne.
iTWire Tuesday, 04 May 2021 14:03 SafetyCulture raises $99 million in funding round Featured
Workplace safety solutions company SafetyCulture
has completed a $99 million funding round led by global venture capital and private equity firm Insight Partners,
SafetyCulture says its valuation has soared to $2.2 billion following the funding round and “smashing past” its previous unicorn status from April 2020.
Insight Partners, along with existing investors Tiger Global,Index Ventures and Blackbird, will support the expansion of the business as it continues to evolve from a checklist app into an operations platform for working teams.
SafetyCulture says it currently helps 28,000 companies improve every day by streamlining the flow of critical information through their user-friendly, mobile-first platform.