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Robotic Process Automation (RPA): You still can’t beat good process management

Whether processes are being simplified, transformed or automated, they should be organised and controlled through solid Business Process Management (BPM). The workforce of the future will be a seamless blend of humans and machines doing those tasks they are more suited to. Whether it’s a human or digital pair of hands that’s actually completing the work, poor process management will only drive inefficiencies and errors.

Taming Office365 & SharePoint On-Line

Your organisation has likely gotten caught up in the world-wide trend of migrating to Office365 and SharePoint on-line.  In doing that you have probably had conversations with various IT staff where you’ve heard words and phrases like: “Teams, Dynamic Groups, Channels, AIP, Flow, LogicApps, PowerApps, evergreen” to the point where it sounds like English, but you have no idea what they’re talking about, let alone understanding the risks and advantages. 

US could learn how to improve election protection from other nations

Hacking into voting machines remains far too easy. It is too soon to say for sure what role cybersecurity played in the 2020 Iowa caucuses, but the problems, which are still unfolding and being investigated, show how easily systemic failures can lead to delays and undermine trust in democratic processes. That’s particularly true when new technology – in this case, a reporting app – is introduced, even if there’s no targeted attack on the system.

Australia's National Digital ID is here, but the government's not talking about it

The Australian government’s Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) has spent more than A$200 million over the past five years developing a National Digital ID platform. If successful, the project could streamline commerce, resolve bureaucratic quagmires, and improve national security. The emerging results of the project may give the Australian public cause for concern.

Caution urged for AI investment

The massive amounts of hype and promise surrounding AI and related technologies like machine learning and deep learning, is preventing organisations from making critical innovation and investment decisions, according to a new report from research and advisory firm Lux Research.

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