Archives
News
![Cloud collision](https://istart.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Cloud-collision-99x66.jpg)
Consumer and corporate collision calls for cloud
The collision between consumer and corporate consumption of technology is helping drive the migration to software-as-a-service and cloud-based solutions… read more...
![Microsoft u-turn](https://istart.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/u-turn-99x66.jpg)
Local 365/Dynamics turn-around signals change in Microsoft style
Australian hosting of Office 365 and Dynamics CRM, coupled with per-user pricing is being tipped to boost A/NZ demand for Microsoft’s cloud and shows the company is listening to its customers… read more...
![Money and technology](https://istart.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Money-and-technology-99x66.jpg)
Technology delivers banks and consumers with curate’s egg
Australia’s Financial System Inquiry has cast technology as banking’s curate’s egg – delivering the sector and consumers with enormous change that is ‘good in parts’… read more...
![E-Commerce](https://istart.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/E-Commerce-99x66.jpg)
Consortium to set up payments platform for ‘economy of the future’
A dozen institutions have committed to invest in a new payments ecosystem for Australia that when complete will cost upwards of $1 billion… read more...
![cyber safe](https://istart.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/cybersafe-99x66.jpg)
Government steps up campaign to keep nation safe online
The Federal Government has launched a six month review of its six year old cyber security strategy and is also introducing a bill to force social networks to take down cyber-bullying material… read more...
![Online fraud](https://istart.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/fraud-99x66.jpg)
AppNexus cracks down on click fraud
An initiative designed to block online advertisement fraud will be rolled out across Australia and New Zealand in the second quarter of 2015… read more...
![AppWrap ICT news](https://istart.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/AppWrap-99x66.jpg)
AppWrap: ICT news wrap up Q4 2014
A wrap-up of news stories that caught our eye over the the past quarter of ICT news including appointments, departures, deals done, implementations completed, mergers, acquisitions and partnerships… read more...
![](https://istart.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Durrant-Whyte-NICTA-99x66.jpg)
NICTA boss quits after clash with board
A disagreement about the direction NICTA should take when it loses federal funding in 2016 has prompted the resignation of CEO Professor Hugh Durrant-Whyte… read more...
![Angry Board members](https://istart.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/angry-board-members-99x66.jpg)
CIOs find themselves at odds with the C-suite
A survey of 1000 senior executives across Asia Pacific, conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit, has identified a mismatch between chief information officers and other C-suite executives… read more...
![Mobile consumer](https://istart.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Mobile-consumer-99x66.jpg)
Local enterprises brace for relentless march of the mobile consumer
A global survey has found that more than three in four Australians aged 18-75 now own a smartphone – the fifth highest penetration in the world; enterprises need to prepare for the mobile consumer… read more...
![AU elections](https://istart.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/AU-elections-99x66.jpg)
Pencil and paper wins e-voting debate
Electronic and internet voting has been ruled out for Australians because of a fear of hacking and voter intimidation; paper and pencil are here to stay… read more...
![NICTA Building](https://istart.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/NICTA-Building-99x66.jpg)
NICTA turns to big data as latest saviour
National ICT Australia has announced another joint laboratory with a leading university as it shores up its education and industry links ahead of the loss of its federal funding from 2016… read more...
![Open cloud office](https://istart.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Open-Cloud-Office-99x66.jpg)
Industry veteran spruiks open cloud for innovation
Cloud computing is no longer simply delivering enterprises with a new way of managing their information systems, its generating entirely new business models according to Paul Maritz… read more...
![](https://istart.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/losing-money-99x66.jpg)
Gartner: local CIOs continue to lose IT budget
The chief information officer’s hold on technology spending reins has loosened once again; while overall technology spending is up, A/NZ CIOs expect their own budgets to fall… read more...
![Greentree4](https://istart.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Greentree4-99x66.jpg)
Greentree plans US push with fourth generation ERP
The introduction of the first elements of Greentree4 which allows browser-based access to the ERP platform has delivered the impetus for the New Zealand company to tackle the US market… read more...
![digital Marketing](https://istart.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/digital-marketing-99x66.jpg)
Digital marketers grasp the B2C nettle
There has been a surge in confidence regarding digital marketing from professionals in Australia and New Zealand… read more...
![kiwi fruit](https://istart.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/kiwi-fruit-99x66.jpg)
Zespri world first with SAP move to Azure
The kiwifruit marketer has chosen the US Azure cloud to help it combat disaster recovery and scalability issues in its business… read more...
![data lake](https://istart.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/data-lake-99x66.jpg)
Interest surges in data lakes as enterprises seek customer insights
There has been a surge in interest in data lakes over the last three months according to technology analyst Gartner, as enterprises scramble to make sense of their data… read more...
![open source cloud](https://istart.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/open-source-99x66.jpg)
New Australian Government site embraces open source in the cloud
The Federal Government has created a Drupal-based web content management system and relocated its homepage to the public cloud in the search for savings and flexibility… read more...
![Asset management](https://istart.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Asset-management-99x66.jpg)
New asset management solution seals gap in SMB market
Cloud Awakening has opened shop, selling a cloud-based asset management solution targeted at mid-sized businesses in Australia and New Zealand, plugging what it considers a major market hole… read more...