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April 2020 | Newsletter| The coronavirus Economic Stimulus package increases the instant asset write-off thresholds for businesses. Find out if you qualify, what kind of assets you can purchase and when the cut-off date is.
March 2020 | Newsletter| The competition for students wandering attention is steeper than ever. Snapchatting has replaced note passing, and push notifications distract from even the most interesting lessons. For most students, cell phones and electronic devices are the centre of their budding universe.
But that can actually work to a teacher’s advantage.
The classrooms of tomorrow embrace tech, using a variety of device-supported, interactive learning methods to fully engage students in the material.
March 2020 | Newsletter| As modern medicine embraces technology, keeping patient data secure is now becoming one of the industry’s most pressing challenges.
This is not an issue that can simply be left to your IT department to take care of security needs to be a company-wide concern, and one that has strong buy-in from the top down. Here are some steps that will help your organisation protect its data:
March 2020 | Newsletter| Modern manufacturing is all about innovating with digital prototyping and technologies like 3D printing – all of which require a high degree of raw computing power.
Workstations are ideal for providing this resource, where their large processing power can crunch complex formulas and graphics, while a screen provides a valuable visual interface for an engineer or operator.
March 2020 | Newsletter| Advances in digital technology have transformed the way we experience the world, including how citizens interact and engage with public institutions. People now have high expectations of public services in terms of their effectiveness, accountability and performance.
The harsh reality is that many government institutions fall behind the private sector when it comes to tech and harnessing the latest information communication technology (ICT). The often slow adoption of technology is due to a variety of factors, with budget constraints, higher levels of accountability and general bureaucracy all at play.
March 2020 | Newsletter| People who have returned from overseas should isolate themselves at home and monitor their health closely. If you develop symptoms including a fever and cough you should seek medical advice. People who think they may have been in close contact with a confirmed case of coronavirus, should also isolate home, monitor their health and seek medical advice if key symptoms develop.
April 2020 | Newsletter| As the world struggles to come to terms with the ongoing reality of the coronavirus disease, there’s going to be an inevitable impact on small business in Australia. But the Federal Government recognises that businesses – and small to medium businesses in particular – are the lifeblood of the Australian economy. The government’s March 2020 Economic Stimulus Package, in response to challenges created by the spread of coronavirus, further extends the already very useful instant asset write-off taxation provisions for business.
The aim of this article is to give you an overview of the new instant asset write-off provisions. In the coming months, and before the end of the financial year, we’ll be providing further information about how to claim and what you can claim for, with explanatory case studies.
March 2020 | Newsletter| "As a service" – in our digital age, pretty much anything and everything can come with those three words as a suffix, which is exactly why we have the term XaaS: the mysterious "X"-as-a-service!
But "everything" is the broadest of definitions, so here are 10 of the most important "aaS" offerings:
February 2020 | Newsletter| In order to run a successful business, your website's content should be accessible to people of all abilities. More specifically, it should have certain audio-visual accommodations to help users who require the help of assistive devices to navigate your site.
This website accessibility checklist will help ensure your business starts the New Year off with a more inclusive site.
February 2020 | Newsletter|In the past, attending college meant attending in person – which created significant barriers for working professionals needing to balance school and a full-time job.
Today, online education programmes are plentiful, making it easy for students to plan around their work and family schedules. But before online learners can succeed in the virtual classroom, they’ll first need to do their homework.
February 2020 | Newsletter| Business success will only come if your people have the right tools for the job. And when it comes to computing hardware, a one-size-fits-all approach will simply not cut it. Just as a tradesperson needs the specialised tools relevant to their trade, so office workers require the right computing equipment for their particular roles.
Professionals such as engineers, architects, scientists, developers, data analysts, videographers and CAD and graphic designers will likely require much more computing power than your average employee. Here’s why you need to hook them up with a high-end workstation computer.
February 2020 | Newsletter| There’s a lot of speculation about the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the medical field. Could it be the new surgical assistant or medical records clerk? In some cases it already is. Might AI someday replace doctors altogether? Probably not anytime soon. For now, patients can take comfort knowing they’ll still get their exam – and post-visit lollipop – from an actual person.