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• Top 10 IT outsourcing service providers in 2019

  Accenture, TCS, and Cognizant remain atop an IT service provider market marked by a return to growth, according to Everest Group’s fourth annual rankings.

• SAS invests US$1B in AI over next three years

  Focus will be in three areas - software innovation, education and expert services

• The rise of ‘DARQ’ power

  Organisations are setting their sights beyond digital transformation, and many realise they need new technology in their arsenal to succeed, writes Justin Gray of Accenture

• CIO upfront: Voice activated technology must evolve in order to truly transform the workplace

  Misuse of data could compromise privacy or individual rights, prompt incorrect decisions or a misapplication of skills and, ultimately, drive a very consequential loss of employee trust in the organisation, writes Ben Morgan of Accenture Interactive NZ

• Why corporates should recruit a CISO to the board

  Accenture report calls on CEOs and C-suite leaders to step up efforts to secure the digital economy

• Accenture acquires PrimeQ

  Accenture says it is now the largest Oracle Cloud systems integrator in Australia and New Zealand

• CIO upfront: Multi-cloud is the new reality

  Suraj Sowki of Accenture explores how organisations can respond and capitalise on the forces shaping cloud management.

• CIO upfront: 9 forces shaping New Zealand’s cloud management

  Operating in the cloud requires a new cloud-based operating model, and along with it, people with new skills and new roles, writes Suraj Sowki of Accenture

• AI oversight not optional: study

  Those that have been more successful with the technology recognise AI oversight is not optional

• Meet customer expectations with the right analytics

  The transformation must begin at the top. You must move the entire company to get it done, writes Ben Morgan of Accenture NZ

• Cost of cybercrime surges by 62 per cent in 5 years

  Malware infections are the most expensive attacks – costing $2.4 million per incident, according to Accenture and Ponemon Institute

• CIO upfront: Data is king in age of disruption

  Employees will need to apply the right technologies – automation, analytics and artificial intelligence – to data to identify growth opportunities, innovate and nip problems in the bud, writes Suraj Sowki of Accenture NZ.

• Arts degree key to technology sector success

  The talk has shifted to the importance of the education sector bringing together the arts with science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) subjects, leading to the rise of another acronym, STEAM, writes Justin Gray of Accenture.

• Into the Internet of Thinking

  In this second article of a two-part series we will reveal the final three major IT trends outlined in Accenture’s 2018 Tech Vision, which are powering the transformation and influencing how people live.

• 8 essential roles for a successful digital transformation

  CIOs scouring the earth to fill technical roles are likely ignoring the 'medium digital' skills required to round out their digital transformations. Here are the lesser-known digital roles CIOs should target.