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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...
legacy to cloud

Seven considerations in the journey from legacy to cloud

December 1, 2015 | Newsdesk
Many organisations still rely on legacy systems and but are considering a transition to the cloud… read more...
tyro takes on banks

Tyro takes on big banks for small business

December 1, 2015 | Beverley Head
Fintech disruptor Tyro Payments is taking the fight right up to the banks’ front door after receiving a $100 million injection from investors… read more...
technology crash

Never mind property, a tech correction is coming

December 1, 2015 | Michael Wade
It’s not a matter of if but when, writes IMD Professor Michael Wade – and he calls the coming crash a good thing… read more...
agile movement

CA rallies call for next level Agile – breakout out of the IT silo

November 30, 2015 | Beverley Head
Having conquered a decent chunk of the IT profession’s hearts and minds the Agile movement has set its sights on a broader swathe of enterprise professionals as it seeks to achieve ‘next-level Agile’… read more...
Predictions for 2016

Frost & Sullivan’s five big predictions for 2016

November 26, 2015 | Newsdesk
Head of research shares insights on what to expect next year… read more...
mobile application testing

App wind tunnel blows right into Australia

November 26, 2015 | Beverley Head
Israel’s Perfecto Mobile is finalising arrangements with a local data centre to host an Australian instance of its mobile application testing service… read more...
tech startup

Tech startups achieve stellar growth rates

November 26, 2015 | Beverley Head
Fintech disruptor and online loan provider Prospa has won the Deloitte TechFast 50 for 2015, with a phenomenal 6,971 percent revenue growth rate for the year… read more...
mergers and acquisitions

How the right systems can determine M&A success

November 25, 2015 | Newsdesk
Acquiring a company or merging with a peer can strengthen a business but, like any financial strategy, there are risks involved… read more...

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