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Commbank claims Agile crown
The Commonwealth Bank claims to now have the largest Agile community in the Southern Hemisphere – with its CIO saying it’s ready to “create the future”… read more...
Wearables could break $1 billion barrier
Chief information officers may have breathing space despite the rise of consumer demand for wearables according to a new report from Frost & Sullivan… read more...
Retailers face heightened security risk
Insecure point of sale systems and high staff turnover are rendering A/NZ retailers vulnerable to cyber attack… read more...
Sharing economy faces tax scrutiny
Crowdsourcing is in the firing line of the Australian Taxation Office which has people selling time in their cars or homes in its sights… read more...
Promapp takes aim at flowcharts and Word
If spreadsheets and shoe boxes are the nemesis of accounting software, so flowcharts, Word and “trust me” are the mortal enemy of process mapping software… read more...
Cloud, mobiles and IoT prompt identity rethink
Enterprise enthusiasm for cloud computing and mobile access are prompting a rethink of approaches to identity and access management… read more...
Australian start-ups lack financial savvy
A startling lack of financial savvy among Australia’s start-up community has led software house Intuit to invest in financial education initiatives… read more...
Businesses fail to fully exploit ERP
Australian enterprises invest millions of dollars each year on ERP platforms – but under-use of the investment is widespread according to recent research… read more...
Budget targets tech titans, supports start-ups
After being almost entirely ignored in last year’s Budget, the tech sector this year has a starring role… read more...
Verint checks callers on black and white list
CRM customer support and service provider Verint is launching an upgraded platform that can identify callers from their voice alone, and analyse what they are saying and their emotions on the fly… read more...
Board veteran admits extent of gulf between CIO and board
Former Woolworths boss and Fairfax chairman, Roger Corbett, has confirmed the gulf that can exist between IT and the C-suite… read more...
Government lays out “terrifying” transformation plans
The acting CEO of Australia’s Digital Transformation Office has admitted to being “just a little terrified” at the Minister’s vision for the organisation… read more...
Leading CIO kicks industry’s cloud claims
One of Australia’s leading chief information officers has delivered a sharp kick to the information technology industry for clinging to old business models at the expense of cloud… read more...
Light touch required for sharing economy to flourish
A NSW Government minister yesterday used the opening day of CeBIT to call for light touch regulation of the emergent “sharing economy”, in order to allow peer-to-peer services to flourish… read more...
Canva enterprise tool targets non-professional designers
Online design software house Canva – which already boasts 2.3 million international users for its free version – has seen an opportunity to streamline the marketing design process… read more...
Agile enterprises must embrace quarterly planning
Enterprises which want to wring the most benefit from Agile processes and practices need to shift away from annual plans to more regular quarterly planning sessions… read more...
Australian business lags on electronic payments
Fewer than half of all Australian organisations accept electronic payments suggesting there is still a lot of room for financial disruption and business reform… read more...
Enterprise grapples with shifting IT expectations
The overwhelming majority of global business leaders (96 percent) recognise that digital technology has forever changed the rules – only some are ready for the challenge however… read more...
CeBIT gathers Australia’s tech faithful for 14th year in a row
Australia’s leading showcase of enterprise technology, CeBIT, will kick off in Sydney next Tuesday with no fewer than nine separate conference streams, plus a sold out start-up event… read more...
Jade Software sculpts and dances its way to the future
Jade Software is planning to reveal more of its creative chops this year to demonstrate to customers the benefits of a design-led approach to software development… read more...
