At the AWS re:Invent 2021 conference in Las Vegas the company announced robots take centre stage in the company’s future plans, while data continues to be a hot topic.



Melbourne-founded mobile payments company Mr Yum has raised $89 million in a Series A funding round led by investment firm Tiger Global.

A powerful new artificial intelligence-driven counter-fraud capability designed to stop online crooks in their tracks has been switched on by Aussie debit payments scheme eftpos, as the organisation "doubles on security smarts to help level the battlefield for consumers, merchants and crime fighters."

Businesses of all sizes recognise there is valuable information hidden within their troves of data, yet AWS research identified 62% of ANZ organisations have a basic or beginner level of data maturity. AWS wants to help and has brought its free Data Lab program to this region. iTWire has already tested it out and can tell you what to expect.

Intel has appointed Steven A. Long as general manager of Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) region.

Much of what we do in the last 20 months or so has changed to become end-to-end digital experiences and consumers expect organisations to continue their investments in cloud services. Yet, companies pursuing digitalisation in a fast-changing landscape can forget data governance lies at the heart of success and plays a critical role in every strategic initiative.

And as always there's plenty more today, so for all the news please visit www.itwire.com.

Stephen Withers, newsletter editor, iTWire

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