Australia’s National Blood Authority saves A$10m as mobile and data innovations inject efficiency into the supply chain
Few organisations invest heavily in IT to make sure their clients use less of their product, but that’s the battle Australia’s National Blood Authority (NBA) is fighting – and winning – as it leans heavily on data and mobile technology innovations to optimise a real-time supply chain that involves most of Australia’s more than 1,300 hospitals.
For government CIOs, establishing an e-government model is just the first step on a journey to becoming a mature digital services organisation.
The first thing to realise is that while e-government is judged by the number of services made available to citizens, digital government will be measured by a reduction in the number of discrete services in favour of an integrated experience.
By 2019 the average Australian household will have around 24 Internet-connected devices - up from nine devices in 2015 - and we will spend $3.2 billion on connected devices and services by the end of the decade, according to newly published research from analyst firm Telsyte.
Telsyte says the almost 11-fold growth in Internet-connected devices and services over the next four years – detailed in the fourth edition of its infographic style report book, Digital Nation – shows that Australians are increasingly comfortable using and adapting to new technologies.
Read more: Aussies fuel boom in use of Internet-connected devices: Telsyte
The National Archives of Australia’s Digital Continuity 2020 Policy is a cornerstone mandate that underpins the Australian Government’s wider digital transformation initiatives, as well as driving the adoption of e-Government.
Part roadmap, part rulebook it’s the vital ‘go-to’ guide for all public sector executives and professionals working in, and around, information management and is based on three individual policy statements that are all intertwined.
Read more: AU: Digital Continuity 2020 - A Vendor's Perspective
More than 400,000 Queensland homes and businesses have access to the network so far, with another 600,000 to be added this year.
The National Broadband Network could add $400 million a year to Queensland’s economy, a new study reveals.
Analysis of the impact high-speed internet connection will have on the bottom line of businesses forecasts a 1.8 per cent lift in GDP. But companies remain frustrated at the time the program is taking to reach them.