Article: Why strategic partnerships are the only path to successful digital transformation

Authored by Jose Del Rio – General Manager, Business Transformation Group at xAmplify

Publication: SMBtech January 30, 2026

Australian organisations are struggling to meet their digital transformation capability needs. Take the Australian Public Service (APS) as an example. It needs thousands of additional technology workers to meet government policy and service delivery requirements, with some estimates suggesting the APS must effectively double its current digital workforce within the next few years. Organisations in the broader economy require well over 1 million additional tech professionals.

Australia faces a critical choice. Take the Australian Public Service (APS) as an example. It needs thousands of additional technology workers to meet government policy and service delivery requirements, with some estimates suggesting the APS must effectively double its current digital workforce within the next few years. The broader economy requires well over 1 million additional tech professionals.

This isn’t a hiring problem. It is a structural constraint that makes traditional delivery approaches impossible.

The real problem isn’t just talent shortage. It’s a flawed delivery model.

Government agencies and large enterprises face the same challenge: digital and AI-enabled reform is outpacing their internal capability to deliver it. Most organisations respond by trying to hire faster or building everything in-house. Both approaches tend to fail.

Read full article at https://smbtech.au/thought-leadership/why-strategic-partnerships-are-the-only-path-to-successful-digital-transformation/