Executive Columns

Commercial disputes are inevitable, especially in emerging areas of science and technology where the subject matter expertise of those involved in putting deals together frequently leads to misunderstandings and disagreements down the track, which in turn are highly disruptive, distracting...

Take a quick look at the payment cards in your wallet or purse. There’s a good chance at least one of them sports a shiny embedded chip. You may have got this card quite recently. It may even have arrived...

With the growth of global organised crime and terrorism, the role of the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) in combating money laundering, terrorism financing and other major crime is increasing.Money laundering is turning ‘dirty’ money into ‘clean’ funds,...

Tim O’Reilly is widely credited with coining the term Web 2.0. His definition is “the business revolution in the computer industry caused by the move to the Internet as platform, and an attempt to understand the rules for success on...

The modern era of the CIO evolved from the period of 1995 to 1998, with the growing public realisation that the internet was able to deliver information and connectivity easily to their grasp. This explosive take-up, akin to the proliferation...