Skills shortage stories - Page 5

Skills-focused cyber talent strategies can save firms over USD $125,000 per hire, boosting retention, speed to recruit and women's leadership.

Entrepreneurs increasingly see AI as a tool for efficiency and cost-cutting, not a springboard to new markets or sustainability goals.

Leaders at Parliament House warn Australia's cyber defences hinge on fixing a stark gender gap, with women just 17% of the workforce.

Australian firms boost AI spending for customer experience, but skills, data gaps and staff concerns show ambitions outpacing readiness.

First Nations-owned cyber security provider Baidam has named long-serving executive Beau Hodge as its new Chief Executive Officer.

SMBs are bullish on AI but a new ECI report finds poor data, scarce skills and unclear use cases are stalling real-world results.

OpenAI will run a week of hands-on AI workshops for Australian founders and developers in Adelaide and Sydney to speed startup product building.

AI trainer jobs jumped 283% in 2025, as Deel says firms increasingly plug skills gaps by hiring technical talent across borders.

Cisco and UTS have opened Innovation Central Sydney, a new AI-focused hub in Tech Central to link research with industry and government.

IT teams report limited visibility across hybrid setups, fuelling tool sprawl and silos as they increasingly turn to AI for observability.

Virtana debuts system-wide AI observability as enterprises battle double-digit AI job failures and mounting hybrid, multi-cloud fragility.

Enterprises ditch plug-and-play AI as Cognizant research shows buyers now favour bespoke builds and services-led, long-term partnerships.

Employers plan to cut junior hiring as AI expands, leaving most staff feeling unprepared for rapid shifts in work and skills demand.

Fortinet debuts cloud SOC preview and unified FortiEndpoint as it leans on agentic AI to automate security ops and cut endpoint sprawl.

OpenText rolls out its revamped Secure Cloud in Australia, targeting MSPs with unified security, backup and local AUD $ billing tools.

Gallagher Security is rolling out a trainer-led AR hardware installer course in Australia, with bookings from 1 April and sessions from 23 June.

Businesses must turn generic cyber threat data into tailored, actionable intelligence or risk paying more for security that feels no safer.

Nvidia survey finds AI now widely embedded in operations, driving revenue gains, cost cuts and fresh spend as firms move beyond pilots.

Women engineers say AI is accelerating careers but remain wary of bias and blurred accountability for machine-generated code at work.

Women tech leaders mark IWD by demanding structural change on trust, mentorship and pay, warning UK firms lose GBP £2bn-£3.5bn a year.