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Of trees, woods and Hadoopable problems
Structured, unstructured and lots of it – but does more data translate more sense?… read more...

Five ways to botch your RPA rollout
A software robot army, ready and willing to do your bidding? Not quite… read more...

Start-up accelerators, incubators, and mentors are epic fails
Experienced Indian angel investor, advisor and mentor Ajeet Khurana makes harsh criticisms and valuable observations which resonate in Australasian markets… read more...

The participation trophy myth: The real secrets to managing millennials
Hiring staff between now and 2030? here’s what you need to know… read more...

‘This is a terrible time to buy ERP’
Hold on to those purse strings, says ERP expert… read more...

Attention Slackers: Don’t expect privacy around the digital watercooler
Report charts rise of office messaging tools, reveals troubling privacy assumptions… read more...

Digitisation could deliver big buzz for beekeepers
Spatial intelligence and more seeks sweet spot with honey producers… read more...

Silicon Valley’s sexual harassment epidemic
We chew over the recent wave of sexual harassment complaints coming out of the centre of the tech universe… read more...

Why the death of on-premise ERP is greatly exaggerated
It’s curtains for on premise ERP software, right? Not quite; the situation is a little more nuanced… read more...

ERP Market Commentary: 2018 a user odyssey
Upon release of its 2017-18 ERP Buyer’s Guide, iStart reflects on factors influencing the market… read more...

JUCY: How a platform approach drives digital transformation
Business innovator takes a ‘whole of stack’ approach to its use of Microsoft technology… read more...

‘When I grow up I want to work in IT’
Said the young girl never… read more...

Dropping in on MYOB’s journey upmarket
It has been a busy time for MYOB, the onetime provider of the most popular accounting package in New Zealand and Australia… read more...

‘Democratised data’ drives customer awareness
Customers expect to engage and receive resolution for issues from any device, anytime and anywhere… read more...

Field service at the sharp end of digital transformation
Doing the same thing again and expecting a different result is, apparently, at least one definition of insanity… read more...

Technology no panacea in delivering education
Much has been said about the use of technology in schools, writes Anthony Caruana, but some principles just don’t change… read more...

Automation and the death of work
The end of the world will arrive through sheer indolence… read more...

Chatbots hit the perfect pitch
With bots taking over the world, isn’t it a good thing they are so friendly… read more...

Data science gets automated, but the devil is still in the detail
More than 40 percent of data science tasks will be automated by 2020 reckons Gartner… read more...

Patterns in toast: How algorithms make machine learning work
Ever seen Jesus in a piece of toast? How algorithms and machine learning mimic the mind… read more...