Recent articles by Simon Sharwood

Dept of Jobs and SmallBiz prepares for 2020 core app update

Dept of Jobs and SmallBiz prepares for 2020 core app update

Agile changes culture for devs and stakeholders.
Simon Sharwood Oct 29 2018 6:50AM Strategy
Merch wars: why free socks are walking all over t-shirts

Merch wars: why free socks are walking all over t-shirts

They're cheaper, lend themselves to great puns and save your prospects from buying their own.
Simon Sharwood Oct 26 2018 9:49AM Strategy
Xero’s DevOps drive zeros in on twice-daily updates

Xero’s DevOps drive zeros in on twice-daily updates

AWS migration swept away infrastructure team.
Simon Sharwood Oct 18 2018 11:19AM Strategy
Virtual graphics cards create critical VMware risk

Virtual graphics cards create critical VMware risk

Guest-host escape on vSphere and desktop hypervisors.
Simon Sharwood Oct 17 2018 10:09AM Security
Cisco says WebEx is totally fixed now (except for two problems)

Cisco says WebEx is totally fixed now (except for two problems)

Outage and subsequent wobbles lasted 20 days.
Simon Sharwood Oct 17 2018 6:52AM Cloud
Urbis files plans for Brisbane data centre build

Urbis files plans for Brisbane data centre build

Correction: AirTrunk not involved in four-hall 10 MW affair.
Simon Sharwood Oct 16 2018 6:03AM Financial Services
BI-trained execs dip into data lake at cargo company LINX

BI-trained execs dip into data lake at cargo company LINX

“Data insiders” program makes analytics self-service.
Simon Sharwood Oct 15 2018 8:46PM Cloud
IBM brings elastic licensing to mainframes

IBM brings elastic licensing to mainframes

Z gets a little bit cloudier.
Simon Sharwood Oct 14 2018 3:57PM Hardware
Senate inquiry signs off My Health Record's new private parts

Senate inquiry signs off My Health Record's new private parts

But ALP and Greens call for extension of opt-out and extra protections.
Simon Sharwood , Matt Johnston Oct 12 2018 6:07PM Strategy
NSW Family Services staff given IT veto during transformation

NSW Family Services staff given IT veto during transformation

Staff slashed from 22,000 to 8,000, with new workflow engine to ease the pain.
Simon Sharwood Oct 12 2018 5:32PM Strategy
iTnews survives autonomous bus ride

iTnews survives autonomous bus ride

Survives the boredom, that is.
Simon Sharwood Oct 12 2018 10:54AM Strategy
TGA to update regulation for health apps

TGA to update regulation for health apps

Or as medicos call them, “software as a medical device”.
Simon Sharwood Oct 11 2018 10:48AM Security
Flight Centre tech team apologised for doubting power of ITSM

Flight Centre tech team apologised for doubting power of ITSM

Sometimes a transformation can just be proper processes.
Simon Sharwood Oct 10 2018 12:00PM Strategy
Comms Minister Fifield flags interest in GDPR-like laws

Comms Minister Fifield flags interest in GDPR-like laws

Says Internet no longer an ‘ungoverned space’ and era of hands-off regulation may need to end.
Simon Sharwood Oct 10 2018 6:36AM Security
ALP calls for crypto law debate to slow, for years if needed

ALP calls for crypto law debate to slow, for years if needed

And a reboot for NBN debate to focus on its purpose.
Simon Sharwood Oct 9 2018 9:51PM Security
Intel releases first Meltdown-and-Spectre-proof CPUs

Intel releases first Meltdown-and-Spectre-proof CPUs

Not all variants nobbled.
Simon Sharwood Oct 9 2018 12:12PM Security
Google Cloud product lead bails, explains why it lags AWS and Azure

Google Cloud product lead bails, explains why it lags AWS and Azure

Ignored containers for too long while it stressed startups and catchups.
Simon Sharwood Oct 9 2018 11:44AM Strategy
Big Dell investor to vote down re-float plan

Big Dell investor to vote down re-float plan

Demands higher price for VMware tracking stock.
Simon Sharwood Oct 8 2018 3:30PM Financial Services
AI to translate 700 Victorian medicos

AI to translate 700 Victorian medicos

Bendigo Health goes for cloudy integration and transcription.
Simon Sharwood Oct 8 2018 10:02AM Cloud
Cisco automatically deleted VMs hosting WebEx Teams

Cisco automatically deleted VMs hosting WebEx Teams

Causing week-long service outage.
Simon Sharwood Oct 5 2018 11:36AM Cloud

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