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Dick Smith

Consumer tech faces rocky start in 2016

January 13, 2016 | Beverley Head
While the New Year kicked off with the annual circus that is the Consumer Electronics Show, revealing gizmos galore, the portents for 2016 in this segment of the tech sector seem more dour… read more...
PC shipments

The PC party is over as worldwide shipments deflate

January 13, 2016 | Newsdesk
Worldwide PC shipments of 75.7 million units in the fourth quarter of 2015 are 8.3 percent down the same period in 2014 said Gartner… read more...
Data analytics

Data analytics enters new phase of maturity

January 12, 2016 | Beverley Head
Data analytics is about to get a whole lot more interesting as pioneering companies work out how to empower their business executives without unleashing information anarchy… read more...
Innovation agenda

Government spruiks innovation agenda

January 11, 2016 | Beverley Head
The Federal Government is planning to unveil a campaign that will telegraph to ordinary Australians the importance of innovation to the nation’s future… read more...
santa sack

Santa sacks outdated technology

December 17, 2015 | Beverley Head
Whatever the personal technology lurking under the tree next week – it’s about to get outdated quicksmart… read more...
virtual desktop

Desktop as a service delivers Treasury innovation edge

December 16, 2015 | Beverley Head
Demand for what amounts to “desktop as a service” continues to mount as enterprises look to offer anywhere, any device access to information – while retaining a level of control… read more...
dead unicorn

Dead unicorns on the horizon

December 16, 2015 | Professor Nuno Fernandes
Just as in the Game of Thrones series, the ‘winter is coming’, and with it, so are huge risks to investors and employees of the so called unicorns, writes IMD Professor Nuno Fernandes… read more...
IFS named leader

IFS named a Leader in Gartner’s 2015 ERP Magic Quadrant

December 15, 2015 | Newsdesk
Enterprise applications company named a Leader in Single-Instance ERP for Product Centric Midmarket Companies… read more...
oracle cloud

Oracle takes cloud fight to AWS, Microsoft and Google

December 15, 2015 | Beverley Head
Oracle is finalising its plans ahead of launching an infrastructure as a service offering out of a Sydney data centre in the first half of next year… read more...
Enterprise customers

Enterprise customers prove too big for Apple subsidiary

December 14, 2015 | Beverley Head
Organisations seeking to develop mobile custom apps that support just 100 users are about the limit for the FileMaker platform… read more...
data breach laws

Data breach laws pushed out to 2016

December 10, 2015 | Beverley Head
Australia has once more pushed out the deadline for its data breach legislation, although it has released an exposure draft available for public comment until March… read more...
oneworld platform

NetSuite gees up its global mojo

December 9, 2015 | Beverley Head
Cloud ERP vendor NetSuite has extended the range of countries, currencies, language and tax systems that its OneWorld platform can support… read more...
Chief customer officer

Another big IT company appoints a chief customer officer

December 8, 2015 | Donovan Jackson
Kaseya’s new CCO stops by in Australia and New Zealand; ‘as a service’ mobility means increased focus on customers… read more...
digital engagement

Australians embrace digital engagement – with security and data privacy caveats

December 8, 2015 | Newsdesk
Australians are enthusiastic supporters of digital engagement, with seven out of ten noting a positive influence on their interactions… read more...
innovation and science agenda

Australia unleashes $1.1 billion innovation agenda

December 8, 2015 | Beverley Head
In a bid to kick start Australia’s innovation engine the Government has unveiled its $1.1 billion Innovation and Science Agenda, replete with 24 separate measures… read more...
tech startups

Valuation speedbumps then full throttle to the future

December 7, 2015 | Beverley Head
A valuation rethink is due on some technology startups – but it will be just a temporary hiccup, with the longer term future for companies in the sector being bright… read more...
Enterprise Australia

Enterprise Australia forms incubator conga line

December 3, 2015 | Beverley Head
The trend for enterprise Australia to establish technology investment funds and incubators to piggyback on startup innovation continues – with food technology the latest beneficiary… read more...
Innovation

Microsoft clambers on innovation bandwagon

December 2, 2015 | Beverley Head
Just days out from the anticipated release of Australia’s innovation statement Wyatt Roy has given a big green tick to a Microsoft innovation report filled with its recommendations for the nation… read more...
Anthony Belsham

Fronde’s new CEO

December 2, 2015 | Newsdesk
Former Fisher & Paykel exec takes top job at tech solutions company… read more...
Substainable manufacturing

How can ERP support Australian manufacturers?

December 1, 2015 | Newsdesk
Being known as a sustainable business can be a competitive differentiator. But manufacturers have to be careful sustainability is not just a label or greenwash, and ensure it applies to the entire supply chain… read more...

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