Spotlight on Industrial Spotlight on Industrial

At a time when advances in computing and technology are reshaping both the society and the global economy we live in, it’s never been more important to keep track of the developments and trends that influence the future.

And while phenomena like the fourth industrial revolution, the rise of artificial intelligence and mass automation are all upon us, innovation is still really down to the people that strive for improvements in what they do – irrespective of the difficulty of the challenge.

Each year, the iTnews Benchmark Awards celebrate and showcase excellence in technology leadership across Australian business and government, and nowhere are advances more dynamic than in the industrial sector.

As a comparatively small nation now in the throes of transformations across manufacturing, energy, transport and agribusiness, those who propel progress in the industrial sector through technology will carry the nation’s prosperity on their wave. This year saw the calibre of nominations in the iTnews Benchmark Awards raise the bar to a new high, with a particularly strong showing from smaller and mid-sized enterprise.

The winners will be revealed at the Benchmark Awards ceremony in KPMG’s new Sydney office in on March 7th. Who will the finalists be?

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Data to calculate road charges, cut red tape.
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Critical industrial control vulnerablilty discovered

Cars, food and manufacturing vulnerable.
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Pirtek to switch hosted ERP systems

Pirtek to switch hosted ERP systems

Building model to deploy to franchisees globally.
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Video: Inside Victoria's desalination plant control centre

Contractor open doors on contract milestone.
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Security firm finds Siemens industrial systems flaw

Security firm finds Siemens industrial systems flaw

The German vendor disagrees.
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US warns of SCADA flaws

Nuclear plants and gas refineries at risk.
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Telstra workers to strike again

Telstra workers to strike again

Unknown number of workers to walk.
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Telstra strike cancelled

Strike called off as two out of three requests met.
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Telstra and unions snagged on small detail

Agreement hangs on when to call in the arbitrator.
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Telstra mends relationship with unions

Telstra mends relationship with unions

Positive step to an enterprise agreement.
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Union plans to continue Telstra sabotage

Union plans to continue Telstra sabotage

Telstra workers will continue to strike this week in a targeted effort to delay work scheduled by the carrier's largest corporate and Government customers.
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Opinion: Time for IT service's industrial revolution

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Service providers that have embraced industrialised service delivery will prosper in the recession, writes the Bathwick Group's Katy Ring.
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Ex-Intel man accused of taking secrets to AMD

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An engineer who moved from Intel to rival chip maker AMD has been accused by the FBI of nicking top secret files on the way out the door.
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HP snaps up industrial inkjet firm

HP snaps up industrial inkjet firm

Hewlett-Packard has acquired an Israeli manufacturer of industrial wide-format digital inkjet printers for US$117.5m..
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Israeli police nab industrial espionage trojan

Israeli police nab industrial espionage trojan

A married couple accused of developing trojan to spy on top Israeli companies have been arrested by police in that country.
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NIST-led group offers industrial cybersecurity requirements

NIST-led group offers industrial cybersecurity requirements

An industry group led by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a set of cybersecurity requirements for computer systems used to control industrial processes for water, electrical power, and other infrastructures.
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