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Beverley Head

digital transformation

CDOs lead the way on digital transformation – for now

October 19, 2015 | Beverley Head
Chief digital officers may be all the rage among transforming enterprises – but they could find themselves with a very short corporate shelf life according to new research… read more...
Big Dell Deal

Dell deal top of mind for VMware forum

October 15, 2015 | Beverley Head
For the Australian VMware users already signed up to attend vForum in Sydney next week, there will be just one topic of conversation – what will the Dell takeover of EMC mean?… read more...
Hardware sales

Economy and dollar send chip sales south

October 14, 2015 | Beverley Head
The impact of a higher $US are taking their toll on hardware sales – and the future’s also looking shakier than usual given semiconductor forecasts… read more...
non-cash transactions

Banks and fintechs face technology tsunami

October 13, 2015 | Beverley Head
The 2015 World Payments Report has demonstrated Australians’ continued enthusiasm for non-cash transactions with the country ranking fourth in the world… read more...
hackathon

Government experiments with policy hackathon

October 13, 2015 | Beverley Head
Australia will hold its first “policy hackathon” in Sydney this Saturday – presumably to come up with at least some minimal viable innovation policies for the new Turnbull Government… read more...
aussie startups

Sydney stars as startup central

October 8, 2015 | Beverley Head
Startups have until the end of the month to apply for one of up to ten seed capital investments worth up to $60,000 from the Telstra-backed muru-D incubator… read more...
Algorithm

CIOs to spend US$2.5 million per minute on IoT

October 7, 2015 | Beverley Head
The Internet of Things is eating IT budgets, with Gartner forecasting that next year CIOs will spend $US2.5 million a minute on IoT deployments… read more...
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CSC targets UXC in AU$428 million takeover bid

October 6, 2015 | Beverley Head
US giant CSC has given itself just five weeks to complete the due diligence on Australia’s largest listed software and services business, UXC Ltd, ahead of a planned $A428 million takeover… read more...

Technology One opens wallet, plans expansion

October 5, 2015 | Beverley Head
Listed software company Technology One announces third merger for 2015 with $10 million deal to buy asset management specialist… read more...
hybrid cloud

Buttonwood smoothes path for hybrid cloud

October 1, 2015 | Beverley Head
Canberra based start-up Buttonwood is putting the finishing touches to its cloud exchange platform designed to bring greater flexibility to hybrid cloud solutions… read more...
IT dollars

CMOs and CIOs tussle over IT dollars and direction

September 30, 2015 | Beverley Head
A survey of 255 A/NZ chief marketing officers has found that 91 percent are making technology purchasing decisions, while more than half of all marketing departments have a dedicated IT budget… read more...
Teleco consolidation

Telco consolidation gathers pace

September 29, 2015 | Beverley Head
Just three months after getting the green light to purchase Amcom, Vocus is itself now the subject of a merger agreement with M2, as ANZ telecommunications consolidations gathers pace… read more...
atlassian float

Sydney’s Atlassian gears up for US float

September 28, 2015 | Beverley Head
Within hours of announcing it had achieved the 50,000 customer mark Sydney software company Atlassian was dominating the news for a very different reason – its looming US float… read more...
gartner digital agenda

CIOs seek balance between innovation and thrift

September 24, 2015 | Beverley Head
Australian CIOs are engaged in a balancing act – attempting to deliver the digital agenda that boards and investors crave, while keeping tight rein on costs… read more...
amazon jump through hoops

Amazon jumps through hoops before DevOps

September 23, 2015 | Beverley Head
Teams at Amazon which want to innovate must start by writing a press release before developing anything… read more...
shadow IT

Shadow IT seduces CFOs

September 22, 2015 | Beverley Head
The lure of cloud computing for CMOs is well understood and has seen more of the IT budget head to that department – now it’s the CFO’s turn… read more...
cloud testing

ANZ leaders embrace cloud based testing

September 17, 2015 | Beverley Head
Australian and New Zealand technology leaders are leading the world in terms of their adoption of cloud based quality assurance testing – but there are still gaps in the repertoire… read more...
business analytics

Pega integrates analytics across its range

September 16, 2015 | Beverley Head
Business software supplier Pegasystems is riding the coattails of market demand for analytics, making its customer decision hub an integral part of its software suite rather than an optional bolt on… read more...
malcolm turnbull

Communications minister Turnbull moves into top job

September 15, 2015 | Beverley Head
Australia has appointed former communications minister Malcolm Turnbull as Prime Minister after a leadership spill last night which evicted Tony Abbott from the role… read more...
intercompany hub software

Software promises financial fillip for multinationals

September 14, 2015 | Beverley Head
Financial software company BlackLine is readying a new version of its intercompany hub software to better support global organisations’ transfer pricing arrangements… read more...

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