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  • UBank launches AI-powered budgeting tool

    UBank has partnered with Australian fintech Basiq to provide a machine learning-powered budgeting tool that provides its 560,000 customers with spending insights across 40 categories.

    Written by Byron Connolly10 Dec. 19 07:00
  • Paul Keen moves to Qantas

    Former Airtasker CTO Paul Keen is the new head of software engineering at Qantas. Keen, who left the gig economy player last month, is reporting to Qantas chief technology, Rob James who joined the airline last May.

    Written by Byron Connolly26 June 18 13:50
  • Updated: Airtasker CTO Paul Keen quits

    Airtasker’s chief technology officer Paul Keen has left the Australian gig economy player after just over two years in the role.

    Written by Byron Connolly01 June 18 11:18
  • IT chiefs need to consider ‘human cost’ of cloud migration journey

    The human cost of cloud migration - and the power to effectively communicate with key stakeholders - is getting overlooked as IT leaders are under intense pressure to lead business transformation and tasked with ‘people, process and technology’ decision-making.

    Written by Jennifer O'Brien30 March 18 16:15
  • In pictures: How to sell your cloud migration strategy to your biggest critics: Sydney CIO Breakfast Event

    ​CIO Australia, in partnership with Rackspace, hosted a breakfast event in Sydney for tech chiefs to learn about the cloud migration journey. Certainly, the decision to move business workloads and applications to the cloud impacts all parts of the business and isn’t a decision isolated to the IT team. CIO presented some research findings - which revealed what more than 200 c-suite executives said they would have done differently in the cloud migration journey. Additionally, Rackspace A/NZ GM Angus Dorney touched on the human cost of the cloud, while Airtasker’s Paul Keen, and Specsavers’ Julian Mcall dished out lessons learned in a panel discussion.​

    Written by Jennifer O'Brien28 March 18 09:45
  • Unions NSW calls for gig economy to be regulated

    Unions NSW has begun a national push for a new body to regulate the ‘gig economy’ after an unlicensed asbestos removal was done through job posting website, Airtasker.

    Written by Byron Connolly09 March 18 15:56
  • API push paying off for Australian businesses

    The adoption of APIs in Australia continues at pace with half of businesses having an API strategy already in place, according to a survey. Another third (32 per cent) will implement one this year.

    Written by George Nott28 March 17 12:08
  • At home with Airtasker: The start-up's CTO Paul Keen on building for hypergrowth

    Airtasker is a company in hypergrowth. Last year the job outsourcing marketplace hit half a million members, secured $22 million in a funding round led by Seven West Media, recorded its fifth year of consecutive revenue growth and ran ads during the AFL grand final half-time break.

    Written by George Nott27 March 17 16:46
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