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On the subject of IPOs…
Technology investor, industry champion and some-time cynic Ben Kepes contemplates crazy tech IPOs and asks what companies down under should really do to succeed on the stock market… read more...
Clean data is healthy data
Cleaning doesn’t stop at home or around the office, it extends to the information inside your business too as Michael McCash and Trudi Masalski discuss… read more...
Telco complaints laid bare
John Stanton, CEO of the Communications Alliance, reveals why telco customer service levels will soon be in the spotlight again… read more...
Who is handling your data?
With data privacy a hot topic at present, Brenda Aynsely of the Australian Computer Society asks how to keep data safe… read more...
Q&A: How to get your website mobile-ready
Your prospective customers are already using mobile devices to search for the things that you sell. Is your door open when they come knocking? Or is your website a member of mobilus horribilus?… read more...
Frankly speaking… honesty’s the best online policy
Ben Kepes cuts to the chase about building an online following for business – and he should know since he’s managed to drum up 14,700 followers on Twitter alone… read more...
Don’t be a twit: tweet
Paul Brislen describes the moment Twitter started making sense and why he tries not to deal with companies that don’t tweet… read more...
Unmasking the new CIO
Owen McCall reflects on the characteristics of a successful CIO in today’s technologically saturated enterprises – and questions whether these have changed since the inception of the role… read more...
Getting rid of website bloat
Customer engagement specialist Gerry McGovern explains why the traditional distributed model of website management was a failure and what you should do instead… read more...
Ways tech has changed my life in the last 12 months
Technology industry and Microsoft veteran Warwick Grey has been helping business owners leverage technology for business success for almost 25 years. Here he shares his personal technology journey of the last year… read more...
Goodbye status quo
Ben Kepes reflects on the up-and-coming technology that could see your industry turned on its head… read more...
Political change lags behind technology revolution
The much hailed positives of smarter technology and the digital economy could be disguising a wider problem says Paul Budde… read more...
The fibre acceleration
Paul Brislen talks about why we can never have enough bandwidth and that’s not a bad thing… read more...
Systems planning pays dividends for new businesses
The formative years of a new business can define future success or otherwise. Selecting the right processes and support systems, and resourcing them appropriately, are critical factors in building long term value… read more...
People think ‘products’ when trying to solve problems online
Many customers think first about the product they have; even when they are looking for support for that product. Organisations can use this to their advantage when designing user-friendly websites, says Gerry McGovern… read more...
What content farms teach us about content
Gerry McGovern says that on the web, content is the enabler… read more...
Why broadband black spots are damaging the economy
Filling in broadband black spots would boost productivity says Rob Stummer… read more...
Five ways the cloud increases innovation and productivity
As one of the major step-changing technologies of this decade, expert Craig Deveson discusses how cloud computing has transformed innovation and productivity in the enterprise IT landscape… read more...
Avoiding the tech apocalypse
Paul Budde offers his thoughts on how new open ‘people technologies’ could help us to avoid a cataclysm and create a smarter society… read more...
Is HR just an administrivia?
Gartner’s “Maverick” research is designed to spark new, unconventional insights, in order to deliver disruptive ideas. Here Morgan Yeates offers some provocative thoughts on HR technology… read more...
