Sam Higgins

A decade ago, I completed the first ever assessment of Australia’s emerging “trusted” or private infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) market. I followed this up with a 2010 opinion-editorial calling for improved “cloud computing regulation” in Australia as a model for global oversight of a hugely important market segment. How important? The cloud computing market has become as […]

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and a global recession, the need for exceptional government customer experience has never been greater.

Principal Analyst Sam Higgins dispels the myth that having two technology portfolios run by two different leaders is the best approach.

I recently had the pleasure of congratulating Chris Fechner on his appointment as the new Queensland government chief customer and digital officer, a position announced by Minister for Digital Technology Mick de Brenni late last year. Chris leaves behind the role of chief digital and product officer for Service NSW, which itself was only created […]

Fifteen years ago, I faced a crossroads in my career. At the time, I was working for the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads, reporting directly to the CIO, leading a team of exceptional individuals in the innovation and planning unit of the Information Services Branch. In late 2004, my team had completed development […]