Two major solar projects and an agreement with and energy wholesaler has allowed Pernod Ricard Winemakers to become Australia’s first major wine company to source all its electricity from renewables. Pernod Ricard Winemakers Operations Director Australia Robert Taddeo (left) and Chief Operations Officer Brett McKinnon. Picture: Ben McPherson. Energy company AGL has installed more than […]
Stopping website leaks will reduce cyberattack risk
Protecting users against ‘leakage’ of private information from websites they are browsing is at the heart of new South Australian research, which aims to reduce the risk of cyber attack. The research will focus on microarchitectural threats where attackers can read or ‘sample’ data to potentially steal information. University of Adelaide cyber security expert Dr […]
This is what workers of the future will look like
Working long hours in the office can take a toll on your well-being. If you aren’t convinced yet about the impact of modern work on your overall health, then perhaps it’s time for you to meet Emma – an ultra-realistic replica of your future workmate. “We’ve created a representation of the work colleague of the […]
Manager ex machina: a look at the possibility of a robot bos...
Why workers might welcome the prospect of a robot takeover – at least in some ways. The word “robot” was coined by the Czech writer Karel Čapek for his 1921 play R.U.R., drawing inspiration from the Czech words robota, meaning forced labour, and robotnik, or serf. As soon as we named them, humanity conceived of […]
Fighting fire with tech: How holograms, AI and drones can ai...
As we embark on an early start to the bushfire season in Australia it is worth thinking about the ways technology can help in the prevention and fighting the fires. Australia continues to experience unprecedented destruction from bushfires. Now is the time to harness our technological tools, and find innovative ways to help alleviate the […]
What’s next: Aussie executives gave us
As this year winds to a close, we took a look at some of the big tech trends business executives predict will take off in the next one. Food printers and drone delivered pizzaMary Sue Rogers manages ForPurposeCo., a social enterprise owned by Australian food rescue charity OzHarvest. Rogers thinks 2020 will be a big […]
Cyber security training centre to fuel growing industry
A good news story for Adelaide. A cyber security training centre has opened in Adelaide to help provide the next generation of professionals to the growing industry. The state-of-the-art training centre is located at TAFE SA’s Adelaide City campus and will be home to one of the vocational training institution’s fastest growing courses, a Certificate […]
Web-based valuation calculators cause an ‘epidemic of underi
Thousands of Australian homes could be underinsured by as much as 66% due to error-prone online valuation calculators, according to new research from MCG Quantity Surveyors. The finding was based on a review of web-based calculators against a detailed professional cost estimation of a home in Sydney’s southwest. A professional valuation made on a property […]
Why business owners should manage their business as an asset
For many business owners, their business provides a means of employment and an income. Often, they started the business for that very purpose. However, by not treating their business as an asset, they could be missing out on growth opportunities, on the potential to move from running the business day-to-day to a more flexible and […]
We remember
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. From : For the Fallen, a poem by Laurence Binyon
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