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Cloud costs come down, but there is no price war
On-demand cloud pricing has fallen 2.25 percent, while the cost for customers that commit has dropped 12 percent… read more...
Government stats prick cloud bubble
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has taken a very sharp pin to the hyperbole regarding cloud deployment by enterprise Australia… read more...
Treasurer wants tax and innovation to play nicely
The nexus that exists between taxation and enterprise innovation has been broached by the Treasurer, Joe Hockey, who has sent strong signals of looming changes to the nation’s tax regime… read more...
Enterprise IT ranks, but Google rules
When asked to rank their enterprise IT department 77 percent of Australians gave them an A or a B, just 2 percent scored an F… read more...
Enterprise cloud works best with feet on the ground
Cloud solutions only as good as local support is… read more...
AppDynamics gears up for migration to Amazon cloud
AppDynamics, which monitors applications performance, is updating the platform so that it can be deployed in Amazon’s cloud, potentially also in Australia… read more...
Five signs you need to rethink accounts payable systems
Think your accounts payable systems are automated? Think again… read more...
Mobile payments weave complex payments plans
Thought navigating mobile phone contracts was tricky? There are even more Brobdingnagian challenges for merchants looking for mobile payment solutions… read more...
Fujitsu punts on rising enterprise demand for Chromebooks
Gartner has forecast that there will only be 225,000 Chromebooks sold across the whole of the APAC region this year – but Fujitsu still reckons it’s a market worth a punt… read more...
The end of an error as Microsoft nukes Nokia handsets
Nokia handsets are dead and Microsoft killed them. Where to for the Surface… read more...
Technologists turn attention to older Australians
Most Western nations are grappling with the challenges of ageing populations and the impost that will have on their economies and healthcare budgets in particular. Can technology help?… read more...
Tighter APRA controls put a damper on cloud
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has delivered a damning report card on the checks and balances undertaken by regulated entities when moving to the cloud… read more...
Australia appoints digital tsar for five year stint
Paul Shetler has been named chief executive officer of the Government’s Digital Transformation Office (DTO) charged with updating the way commonwealth services are delivered… read more...
Empired doubles headcount on revenue surge
West Australia based Empired has upped its revenue forecasts for both the last and current financial year after a boost from acquisitions and new customer deals… read more...
Digital disruption fires up consulting space
Consulting firms are hitching on to the digital disruption train which is hurtling through just about every sector of the Australian economy – including Government… read more...
Bulletproof primes for cloud migration
Listed technology company Bulletproof has launched a cloud focused professional services group that will support enterprise users of cloud from cradle to grave – as long as they use the right cloud… read more...
Fog day afternoon: Networking supremo goes large on Internet of Things
Knowing a good thing when it sees it, Cisco has announced a broad portfolio of products and solutions to get more things on the internet… read more...
Australian app aims to close the loop on shopping
A mobile app which will alert shoppers that an item they have browsed online is available in a nearby store is about to be released in Australia… read more...
Mid-market ERP is for masochists says Greentree boss
Creating ERP solutions for mid-market customers is work “for masochists” according to Greentree CEO Peter Dickinson… read more...
Business is taking charge of digitisation effort
Line of business managers are taking a far more direct role in choosing the technology they use, working alongside, rather than under, their IT team… read more...