KPMG says its survey of 198 Australian business leaders conducted in collaboration with global analytics platform Faethm shows “a concerning lack of readiness for technological change amongst Australian organisations” with most business leaders unprepared for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), which it describes as “the convergence of the physical, digital and biological worlds.” The 2020 […]
Piers Hogarth-Scott to chair IoTAA executive council
Piers Hogarth-Scott, national leader IoT at KPMG Digital Delta, has been appointed chairman of the executive council of the IoT Alliance Australia (IoTAA), the senior stakeholder advisory committee of the IoTAA. He replace Communications Alliance CEO John Stanton who has held the positions since IoTAA was spun out of Comms Alliance in 2016. The executive […]
KPMG launches IoT security suite for smart cities
KPMG Australia has launched two IoT initiatives: the first IoT LoRaWAN gateway for Melbourne’s Docklands, and a suite of cyber security IoT products to support the development of smart cities. They were launched at an event in Melbourne at which the IoT Alliance Australia and Communications Alliance launched their IoT Security Guideline. The LoRaWAN gateway […]
IoT players form alliance to promote Hypercat IoT standard
A group of Australian IoT industry players – KPMG, the Knowledge Economy Institute and Giant Ideas – along with UK firm Flexeye have launched Hypercat Australia, a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting the UK developed Hypercat standard for interoperability in IoT, particularly in support of development of smart cities. In collaboration with the UK’s Hypercat […]
KPMG Australia launches IoT practice – seeks staff
KPMG Australia has launched an IoT practice, part of the firm’s management consulting business and the first such practice within the global KPMG network. It will be led by Piers Hogarth-Scott, previously a director in KPMG’s digital consulting practice and KPMG aims to grow it to more than 30 IoT specialists within two years. It is already […]
