Looking to embrace the technology-based future, the Business Council of Australia (BCA) has joined the Internet of Things Alliance Australia (IoTAA), and will become a member of the Aussie alliance’s executive council.The IoTAA, chaired by John Stanton – also CEO of the

Communications Alliance – was created in 2015 as the voice of the IoT industry

in Australia.

Stanton yesterday hailed the BCA move, noting that it is made up of the CEOs of

more than 130 of Australia’s top companies. “We look forward to making use

of that horsepower to help ensure that Australia can benefit from the positive

disruptive force that is IoT,” he said.

He also noted that the alliance has created six workstreams working on issues

including spectrum availability, smart cities, network resilience, fostering

IoT start-ups, data sharing and privacy.