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Leader 07.06.2019 10 min The reasons why today’s CIO has the hardest job in the business I am amazed at the challenges CIOs and IT leaders deal with day to day. To help us all understand and empathise with the challenges they face, I thought I’d summarise just the last six months of our interactions with them, outlining the many challenges they face and the variety of jobs they are tasked with. 07.06.2019 | 10 min

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Grow 06.06.2019 10 MIN Weekly Research Thought – ADAPT Overview: IBM Think Summit “Dear Tech” ADAPT attended the Australian leg of IBM’s Think Summit, a global event designed to showcase how technology can be a positive force in the world, improving the environment and diversity, safety, travel, medicine, intellectual property, retail, telco – across all of society. 06.06.2019 | 10 MIN

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Innovate 03.06.2019 3 min Playing word association with cloud and data centre thought leaders It’s an intense two days of sharing practical insights and networking with expert stakeholders and high calibre peers. We captured off the cuff thoughts of leaders on trending topics in the changing digital landscape. A word association exercise gives great insight into what the buzzwords actually mean. 03.06.2019 | 3 min

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Transform 27.05.2019 20 min How are market leaders using modern technology to gain competitive advantage? ADAPT analysts were onsite as part of the 2019 AWS Executive Forum. They conducted a series of face-to-face research and advisory briefings around ADAPT’s 2019 Cloud Migration Study, based on surveys with 500 local business and technology leaders over the last nine months. 27.05.2019 | 20 min

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Data 08.05.2019 11 min Designing Data Centres around Humans with Matt Gurr Increasingly, data centres are being built to balance maximising facility capacity and incorporating equipment for uptime and efficiency. But Matt Gurr is introducing a new era that focuses on the user experience: human-centred design. Sitting down with Senior Director of Advisory Services at ADAPT Anthony Saba, the two find the new crux of tomorrow’s data centres. 08.05.2019 | 11 min

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Security 15.05.2019 10 MIN Weekly Research Thought – Why trust is important Trust is the most important commodity in the world. It underpins our society and is fundamental to business. Now, in the second decade of the 21st century. Trust is under threat on many fronts. We feel we are being let down badly by businesses, by institutions and by governments. Studies show trust levels at an all-time low. 15.05.2019 | 10 MIN

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Deliver 13.05.2019 8 min Tyro Payments poised for breakout growth, driven by innovation and a commitment to fair and transparent banking ADAPT’s Partner Matthew Hanley caught up with Tyro Payment’s CTO Dave Coombes at ADAPT’s Connected Cloud & Data Centre Edge where they discussed how Tyro Payments is poised for breakout growth, driven by innovation and a commitment to fair and transparent banking, alongside the benefits of Tyro’s growth by building and fully owning all of its technology.   13.05.2019 | 8 min

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People 09.05.2019 8 min Activity-based working with Australian Bureau of Statistics’ Technology Infrastructure Branch Head Helen Robson oversees ABS’ platforms, end user computing, and data management. At Connected Cloud & DC Edge, she sits down with our Senior Director of Advisory Services Anthony Saba to give her take on activity-based working and the flexibility it brings technology teams. 09.05.2019 | 8 min

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Innovate 13.05.2019 11 min The Snowflake of Cloud Guild with NAB’s Paul Silver Meet Paul Silver, NAB’s resident Cloud Warrior. Paul has championed the creation of the NAB Cloud Guild, a training program which has up-skilled over 2,000 employees in new cloud technologies. He is an avid developer actively driving innovation across the bank. Proud to be just one of just 20 Cloud Warriors across Australia and New Zealand (the highest accreditation possible in Cloud technology) – Paul sits down with ADAPT’s Partner Matthew Hanley to discuss how the influence of cloud is driving change culturally across NAB. 13.05.2019 | 11 min