AI, 5G, and big data: CIOs talk macro trends at Summit

The recent CIO Summit saw executives across Australia coming together to discuss cutting-edge technology trends and management strategies. The event featured a heavyweight line-up of speakers and moderators, carefully selected to encourage discussion and challenge the status quo. IT Brief spoke to Huawei Australia chief technology officer David Soldani about his key takeaways from the event. That the world is changing fast, profoundly impacting every person, home, and organisation. For example, by 2025, 80% of people will have access to mobile broadband and the mobile traffic per day will rise from 30MB to 4GB per day; 75% of households will enjoy broadband services with 20 billion devices connected, with 12% of those being smart robots.