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‘Nokiasoft’ partnership sees laggards in catch-up mode
Opinions may be split on the Microsoft and Nokia partnership but most agree the Finnish mobile phone maker did not have much choice… read more...
Payroll provider brings first .Net4 product to market
Australasian HR software provider PayGlobal’s chief executive Hugh Martyn says new product is the first to leverage the latest workflow tools from Microsoft… read more...
Smart reshuffle set to grow merchant services company
NZX listed SmartPay plans to expand in the Australian market with the help of newly appointed chief executive officer Andrew Donaldson… read more...
Fairfax’s tender take on online business
Australian-owned Fairfax Media’s portfolio has just got bigger with the purchase of another New Zealand online company… read more...
Australian FMCG market checking out new CRM system
Global CRM and decisions support solutions provider StayinFront’s new on-demand system aims to pick up the pace in the FMCG sector… read more...
European online FX trader heading down under
Foreign exchange retail broker FXPro Financial Services has got its eye on the Australasian market… read more...
Google ANZ pulls new managing director from News Ltd
Ex-Deputy CEO of News Ltd Australia Nick Leeder has been appointed as the regional manager of Google Australia and New Zealand after a lengthy search… read more...
NZ Post deal aims to improve New Zealand national security
Gaining the public’s confidence in information security management has proved a priority to the New Zealand Government… read more...
Frucor takes SAP system to Fujitsu’s cloud
Australasian beverage supplier Frucor sees benefit in moving ERP infrastructure to the cloud… read more...
Millions of Australians unhappy with their telcos
One in three Australians is unhappy with the way their telco has dealt with a complaint in the last year… read more...
Google and Microsoft meet in the cloud
Business users are testing a new Google Doc plug-in that enables it to sync with Word documents… read more...
New security challenges loom in 2011
Unisys’ predictions for the next 12 months note that the consumerisation of IT trend has created vulnerabilities in organisations’ network perimeters… read more...
Local companies fail to back up virtual systems
A Symantec survey reveals many virtual systems in Australia and New Zealand are not properly protected… read more...
Australian-owned company launches voice biometrics for mid-market companies
Australian-owned company Salmat had until now primarily deployed speech recognition and voice biometric systems for large-scale, multi-national organizations… read more...
Australia’s water storage information now on iPhone
The Bureau of Meteorology has launched a free water storage iPhone app… read more...
Brisbane takes leap towards leading edge e-Government
The Brisbane council awards a contract for the customer service needs of its 1.5 million residents… read more...
Blackberry upgrades local mapping application
BlackBerry users in Australia (and NZ) can now access a free Blackberry maps app that will help them find local direction fast… read more...
The Outlook for 2020: Stand by for the Internet of Things
A report looking at the technology space in 2020 predicts that soon there will not be many devices not connected to the internet… read more...
Online merchants get client-aware cloud
NetSuite marries a new Intel Web API and promises merchants a competitive advantage… read more...
Report reveals global mobile market almost saturated
A report out today reveals 90% of the world’s population now has access to mobile networks but growth is slowing… read more...