How NAB unwound Teradata’s ‘tentacles’ to decommission it

NAB has detailed its 2023 Teradata decommissioning publicly for the first time, revealing how the data team rebuffed pressure to build a ‘like’ replacement, and its surprise discovery of “payments and lending processes” running inside Teradata instead of the core banking system. Image credit: Joanna Gurry/LinkedIn. The bank migrated data and “use cases” for that […]

SA Water plans ‘once-in-a-generation’ core technology uplift

SA Water is embarking on a multi-year IT transformation program focused on redesigning and modernising its core systems. Elise Vervetjes (SA Water) Known as the Core Systems Capability Transformation (CSCT) program, the six-year project will focus on replacing or “significantly upgrading” several ageing systems, including finance, asset management and CRM, among others. Speaking to iTnews, […]

WhatsApp banned on US House of Representatives devices

Meta Platforms’ WhatsApp messaging service has been banned from all US House of Representatives devices, according to a memo sent to all House staff. The notice said the “Office of Cybersecurity has deemed WhatsApp a high risk to users due to the lack of transparency in how it protects user data, absence of stored data […]