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• IAG appoints chief digital officer

  News Corp Australia’s chief product officer, digital, Mark Drasutis will join IAG as its chief digital officer, the insurer has announced.

• Yahoo7 finds speed, scale with Docker and Node.js

  Yahoo7 has begun the process of relaunching its key consumer sites on a new technology stack, switching out a custom PHP-based framework for Node.js and running on containers instead of VMs.

• IAM platform delivers efficiencies for TAL

  Having streamlined the on-boarding and off-boarding of its internal workforce, life insurer TAL is now preparing to use its identity access management platform to help proactively address compliance requirements across the organisation.

• TechnologyOne threatens $50m damages claim against Brisbane council

  Brisbane City Council will be lumped with a $50+ million damages claim if it attempts to wriggle out of its contract with TechnologyOne, the software company has said.

• Why 'experiental' marketing will be a massive IT challenge

  Marketing is all about experiences now; to succeed it will need the two-letter technologies: AR, VR and A.I. And to scale it will need smartphones, selfies, live-streaming and social media.

• What is app wrapping? One way to more secure mobile apps

  As part of a mobile application management strategy, app wrapping allows developers and administrators to apply security enforcement policies to a mobile app without changing its look or functionality.

• JavaScript for squares: The incredible rise of TypeScript

  The web needed a freewheeling programming language like JavaScript, but now it’s time to set some rules

• Star casino launches gamer den

  ​Sydney’s Star casino has opened a themed studio space aimed squarely at gamers.

• UK govt opens inquiry into AI's societal impacts

  The UK government has opened an inquiry into artificial intelligence that will assess the economic, ethical and social implications of advances in the field.

• Gallery: Oracle Code 2017

  Oracle staged its Oracle Code 2017 event on 18 July at Doltone House in Pyrmont, Sydney.