Blogs by David Nixon
COVID–The death or resurgence of Strategy
Strategic planning is more important than ever. The approach and timeframes though are likely to remain disrupted for the next couple of years. It would be a brave leader that would commit to a long term strategy at the moment.
Cyber Security Starts at the Top
10 April 2017 Over the past couple of weeks, I attended a few seminars to improve my understanding of Cyber Security and realised that it is not an IT issue, but a board and executive issue. Cyber Security is about understanding your companies risk profile and that...
Big Data Analytics – Technology Basics
Big data analytics refers to the strategy of analysing large volumes of data, or big data. Industries hold and share large volumes of data including customer data, which is common to many other service businesses, asset and operational data. Which may be shared both...
Queensland Millennium Drought 2008
This summary was prepared by the Brisbane Drought Taskforce in June 2008. At the conclusion of the South East Queensland Millennium Drought. This story has never been told (Part 1) Until about 2001, Brisbane’s summer storms would rumble and crack low over the city’s...
Melbourne Cup won by the IT sector
2 November 2016 Yesterday’s Melbourne Cup is often known as the race that stops the nation (Australia that is). I am not sure if it stops all the nation but I know by seeing who is out and about, you know which sectors are rolling in the cash. (and probably ripping...
EU Water Transformation – Water Technology
Local digital transformation is often directed by trends and directions occurring overseas. The EU has a reasonable amount of effort in the area. Cognizant tells us that “Globally, utilities are the beneficiaries of advances in digital technology and analytics. Some...
Australian Water Digital Journey
The Water Services Association of Australia recently completed a report titled “Harnessing the Digital Economy”. That report identified benefits, challenges and risks associated with digitalisation, these included; Benefits Efficiencies within each business unit...
Queensland’s LNP state finances control
How can Queensland’s LNP get the state finances under control & keep popularity? http://wp.me/p2g64Q-2e 25 August 2012 I am sure there are several people in the LNP worried if they have taken the right track, getting the public sector finances under control and...
QLD 30 year Water Strategy Presentation
20 February 2014 Hon Mark McArdle the Qld Minister for Energy and Water Supply presented to an AWA Breakfast on 19 Feb 2014. http://wp.me/p2g64Q-2x The following is my understanding and commentary. Strategy The 30yr Water Strategy is aimed at providing a blueprint...
Emerging Communications Networks
Traditionally “physical” communications layers within the water sector include radio and mobile technologies, connecting SCADA and corporate systems. In more recent time private VPN’s and optical fibre networks have provided communications between sites. WSAA says...
