Since starting his practice, Rob Livingstone has written articles for a diverse range publications both in Australia and overseas, where he offers expert, independent and well researched opinion and thought leadership on a wide range of topics dealing with how modern digital technologies are reshaping our world.
The articles are categorised by publication or channel:
The Conversation
- The future of online advertising is big data and algorithms [13 March 2017]
- Three ways to build innovation into your organisation [13 April 2016]
- How to guard your career against rapid technological change [12 June 2015]
- What Facebook’s device tracking means for advertisers … and you [14 August 2014]
- Your life in their hands – privacy and your mobile device [29 July 2014]
- What’s your IT department’s role in preventing a data breach? [21 May 2014]
- ‘Digital by default’ – efficient eGovernment or costly flop? [5 May 2014]
- When data privacy goes missing, will the regulators hear it cry? [7 March 2014]
- Easy Target? The shadow hanging over online retail [17 January 2014]
- The year that was: 5 advertising trends from 2013 [26 December 2013]
- Cloud price wars could drive ‘volatility as a service’ [20 December 2013]
- What is near field communication (and how secure is it)? [6 November 2013]
- No more cookies: Google wants to own the whole bakery [12 October 2013]
- Smile! Face recognition for Google Glass is here, thanks to hackers [29 July 2013]
- Who’s afraid of the bad, big data? You might want to read this [16 April 2013]
- Will Apple’s Passbook be a pocket rocket in the digital wallet wars? [13 Sept 2012]
- Digital economy: why tech firms want a piece of your wallet. [30 January 2012 ]
- The NBN and cloud computing … a marriage made in heaven? [13 December 2011]
- Your online soul could be e-immortal with the help of a ghost writer [28 October 2011]
- Is Google Wallet a virtual game-changer? [20 September, 2011]
Mainstream media
- Surviving in a fast-changing world – Sydney Morning Herald [July 21, 2015]
- Shades of 1984 in 2015 data debate – Sydney Morning Herald [March 16, 2015]
- Career resilience: Tips on core skills, strategies and actions that will future-proof your work – Sydney Morning Herald [22 Feb 2015]
- Casualisation shifts onus for career planning to individuals – Sydney Morning Herald [13 February 2015]. (Syndicated to The Age, The Brisbane Times )
- Career future-proofing is only part of the picture CIO NZ [20 Feb 2015]
- How CFOs can become trusted business partners Techtarget [9 April 2014]
- Phenomenons amongst fads Education Review – March 2014
- Rob Livingstone: Google stole the cookies from the jar. New Zealand Herald – 15 Oct 2013
- Bombs, Black holes, big data and your business CFOWorld.com.au [3 July 2013]
- The Big Disruptor Campus Review [June 2013]
- Keeping Ed. in the Clouds Education Tech Review – June 2013
- Seeing through Google’s rose coloured glass darkly Computerworld [14 June 2013]
- Governments and Cloud Computing – a Broken Marriage? FutureGov Asia Pacific [14th December 2012]
- BYOD — don’t let it become Bring Your Own Disaster – CFOWorld.com.au [30th July 2012]
- Coming to grips with the systemic risks in hybrid cloud– CFOWorld.com.au [26th July 2012]
- Clouding over due diligence in enterprise IT – CFOWorld.com.au [17th July 2012]
- The innovator’s perfect storm: Agile, Project Management, Information Security and Cloud– Computerworld [Whitepaper 5 July 2012]
- 8 project risks in pubic enterprise cloud – Article in Projectmanager.com.au [September 30, 2011]
BRINK (USA)
BRINK (part of the Marsh & McLennan group) focuses on Risk from a range of perspectives: Economic, Environmental, Geopolitical, Societal and Technological.
- Cybercrime Regulation, Legislation Struggling to Keep Up [February 2015]
CIO Magazine (Australia and NZ)
CIO Magazine is Australia’s premier magazine for CIOs and IT leaders
- When conventional business and IT leadership capabilities meet the new world CIO NZ – 17 December 2015
- Calling IT to account or accounting for IT? CIO Australia Spring 2015
- Gaining the digital strategy high ground: IT vs. the organisation? Who wins? CIO New Zealand [14 August 2015]
- CIO Upfront: Why accounting for IT is as important as calling IT to account. CIO New Zealand [15 May 2015]
- Balancing outsourcing with Agile development – CIO Autumn 2015
- CIO Upfront: How to lead through technology fuelled disruption – CIO New Zealand [17 March 2015]
- Career future-proofing is only part of the picture – CIO New Zealand [10 February 2015]
- Why best practice is risky [Summer 2014]
- Can business IT projects succeed? [Spring 2014]
- The Chief Confused Officer [March/April 2014]
- Who is scared of SCADA? [Summer 2013]
- IT Vendor Management 2.0 [September/October 2013]
- The Technology Evangelist [July/August 2013]
- Why the fuss about big data? [May/June 2013]
- The downside of success. [March/April 2013]
- Changing jobs. Is the latest trend in IT Career-as-a-Service? [Summer 2012]
- Don’t let BYOD become bring your own disaster [Sept-Oct 2012]
- Get in the fast lane [July-Aug 2012]
- 4 things I’ve learned [May/June 2012]
- Your personal business Plan [May/June 2012]
- IT Careers [May/June 2012]
- Demanding times – Disaster Management – Feature [April / May 2012 Edition]
- Will legacy data kill your Cloud migration [Summer 2011]
- A positive influence [Sept – Oct 2011]
- Global warming and your IT career [July / August 2011]
- Storm Clouds [May / June 2011]
- What’s your brand? [March / April 2011]
- The IT innovation paradox [December 2010]
- ERP systems: Putting lipstick on a pig? [October 2010]
- What do Cloud computing and a sub-prime mortgage have in common? [September 2010]
Finance and Accounting
- How has enterprise technology complicated the CFO role? – TechTarget – February 9, 2016
- Should CFOs care about the rise in mobile payment systems? – TechTarget – February 16, 2016
- What do CFOs need to know about customer data security? – TechTarget – February 15, 2016
- How can CFOs use financial data to gain a competitive edge? – TechTarget – February 16, 2016
- From Search Financial Applications (TechTarget March 2014 thru May 2014)
- Navigate the cloud-based financial software buying process
- Five critical factors that define ROI of IT projects
- How to get IT and finance to agree on governance models
- Clearing the roadblocks to predictive business analytics adoption
- How CFOs can become trusted business partners
- Seven considerations before launching driver-based planning
- Four steps to get started with rolling forecasts and Data Privacy
- Ask the expert: Are rolling forecasts right for every company? – TechTarget March 2014
- Excel automation tools save time but don’t eliminate error potential – TechTarget April 2013
- Who’s blocking the adoption of cloud financial accounting software? SearchFinancialApplications.com (Techtarget) February 2013
CFO.com (USA) – Predominantly on Cloud Computing
CFO.com offers daily stories geared specifically for finance executives.
- Obstacles to Protecting Data Abound [October 24, 2013]
- Time to Dust Off Your IT Vendor Strategy [August 26, 2013]
- Internal Technology Evangelist: Angel or Devil? [July 16, 2013]
- NSA Leak Could Cause Cloud Repercussions [June 12, 2013]
- Emerging Tech: Are CFOs Blind to the Risks? [June 3, 2013]
- Taming the Hydra of Big Data [May 9, 2013]
- Five Steps to Smarter IT Vendor Management [April 9, 2013]
- Cloudmageddon. [12 Mar 2013]
- The cloud success trap. [31 Jan 2013]
- Do CFOs Need a Service Provider for Service Providers? [11 December 2012]
- Sandy’s Gone, but the Threats Remain [17 Nov 2012]
- Their Business, Your Risk [17 Oct 2012]
- 5 Sneaky Tripwires in Your SaaS Contract [18 September 2012]
- When Clouds Collide, You Get Lightning [1 August 2012]
- IT Risk- Your Audit Checklist [19 June 2012]
- 10 Things You Just Gotta Have in Your Cloud Contract [1 May 2012 ]
- Four Barriers to Cloud Due Diligence [12 April 2012 ]
- Choosing a Cloud Application: A Hornets’ Nest of Complexity [7 March 2012 ]
- Who Knows What Evil Lurks in Your Public Cloud’s Data Center? [14 February 2012 ]
- When Disaster Thunders Through The Cloud [24 January 2012 ]
- Cost Surprises Hidden by Clouds [8 December 2011]
- Cloud: Risks of a Model Still Maturing [October 17 2011]
- Packing Up Your Legacy Data to Move to the Cloud [September 28]
- The data sovereignty minefield [August 11, 20110
- How Low Cost Is That Low-Cost Cloud? [September 8, 2011]
- Pay-As-You-Go Only Works If You Know Where You’re Going [August 23, 2011]
- Why the Cloud Can Be Like a Subprime Mortgage [1 August, 2011]