
Industry News

Five ways your business suffers from downtime (only one of them is lost sales!)
Alarmingly, almost half of Australian businesses have seen an increase in IT downtime since the pandemic began. This includes outages – where an organisation’s services

The Walker Report: 2021 Q3
Welcome to the first edition of The Walker Report, a quarterly opinion piece about the IT Industry and Australian Business.

The Circular Economy And Its Benefits For Your Tech Business
The concept of a circular economy has been around since the 1960s. In recent years, it has been gathering momentum as a way for us to achieve our climate change goals and build a sustainable future.

What is “Climate tech,” and what value does it bring?
Climate Tech is the term used to describe technological solutions designed to alleviate the climate crisis.

What does a Cyber security test look like?
As an example of a security assessment methodology you could follow this 3-stepped approach.

What incorrect assumption do most IT service providers keep making?
They’re as happy to see an IT service professional as you are to see your dentist when you have a broken tooth.

Child Labour in the Electronics Industry
Solange digs by hand for a dull black metallic ore called Coltan in the mines of the Eastern Congo. This stone contains an essential metal

Is Software Giving Businesses a “Competitive Advantage” Anymore?
Competitor advantage that used to be delivered with digital enhancement now only manages to provide a fraction of that differentiation.

Blaming the Intern
Typical of this industry is that it’s always someone else’s fault, even though they have taken the money to protect a very sensitive environment and have failed to do that.