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Beverley Head

Long journey looms for cloud in the regions

April 18, 2016 | Beverley Head
When IDC quizzed 200 mid-tier organisations in Australia it found that only about 15 per cent were truly optimised for cloud – and few of them are in regional areas… read more...
cybercrime

Is it time to turn the tables on cyber-crime?

April 15, 2016 | Beverley Head
Large enterprises could benefit from playing cyber criminals at their own game – but there are major risks for smaller organisations attempting any form of cyber vigilantism… read more...
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WiseTech lists as latest tech unicorn

April 13, 2016 | Beverley Head
The successful float of Sydney based logistics software company, WiseTech Global, this week signals continued investor appetite for local tech stocks… read more...
competition watchdog

Competition watchdog strains Nbn leash

April 12, 2016 | Beverley Head
The $1.6 billion deal between Nbn Co and Telstra, intended to speed the rollout of the national broadband network has raised concerns from the competition watchdog… read more...
department queue

A fraction too much friction

April 11, 2016 | Beverley Head
Anyone who has ever stood in a department store queue knows that stripping friction out of the retail process helps the consumer – but it turns out it also helps the retailer… read more...
Digital Pulse

ACS places finger on Australia’s digital pulse

March 21, 2016 | Beverley Head
The Australian Computer Society has published the 2016 Digital Pulse report which provides a snapshot of the nation’s ICT sector and people… read more...
Australian startups

Second valley of death looms for tech sector

March 17, 2016 | Beverley Head
Australian start ups are facing a “valley of death” in terms of poor access to later stage funding which peaked at $90 million in 2007, but had halved by last year… read more...
Innovation deadline

Australia faces innovation countdown

March 16, 2016 | Beverley Head
The clock is ticking for Australian innovation with the nation’s peak ICT research body giving the nation just a three to five year innovation window… read more...
Qualtrics unicorns

Qualtrics selects Sydney, warns about unicorns

March 15, 2016 | Beverley Head
Cloud based insight platform Qualtrics has made Sydney its Asia Pacific headquarters and slated its ambition to grow its workforce and triple local sales during 2016… read more...
MyNetPhone

ISP warns NBN model may wreck competition

March 14, 2016 | Beverley Head
Listed telecommunications business MyNetFone has warned that the economic foundations of the NBN will crumble without significant reform… read more...
transformation blockers

Blow up the transformation blockers

March 10, 2016 | Beverley Head
For the last five years, Gary O’Brien has worked with some of the world’s largest enterprises on their digital transformation initiatives and he’s identified five key blockers… read more...
3dprinted shoes

Technology takes on the catwalk

March 9, 2016 | Beverley Head
The fashion industry has already been disrupted by online commerce – the advent of 3D printers, wearable technology and mass customisation will make that seem like child’s play… read more...
Insurance

Insurance sector faces mass disruption

March 8, 2016 | Beverley Head
One in four Australians would be quite happy to buy insurance products through a technology company like Google in the future; it’s a wake up call for the insurance sector… read more...
Happy birthday Atlassian

Atlassian turns teenage years into gold

March 8, 2016 | Beverley Head
Atlassian turns 14 this month, and now boasts 54,000 customers, 1,400 employees, revenues north of $US320 million and a market capitalisation of around $US5 billion… read more...

First stand up for Government’s innovation agenda

March 3, 2016 | Beverley Head
The 100 day “anniversary” of Malcolm Turnbull’s $1.1 billion innovation statement falls this month, and already questions are being asked about what has really been achieved… read more...
CSC-UXC merger

Dust settles on CSC/UXC merger

March 2, 2016 | Beverley Head
Of the 2,500 organisations that CSC and UXC provide services to in this region, there are apparently only about ten where there is any significant overlap… read more...
5g-network

Comms giants ratchet up 5G push

March 1, 2016 | Beverley Head
Once a year the mobilerati gather in Barcelona to sketch the future of communications – this year it was all about Samsung’s new baby and the future offered by 5G – one is really important… read more...
MYOB cloud finance

MYOB edges closer to all-cloud business

February 29, 2016 | Beverley Head
Accounting software company MYOB has released its first set of financial results since it relisted on the sharemarket last May… read more...
data velocity

Data velocity forms flash’s new frontier

February 25, 2016 | Beverley Head
Deakin University is one of the local organisations testing the veracity of the latest tech sector jargon – data velocity… read more...
Collaboration trends

Convict heritage shapes collaboration trends

February 24, 2016 | Beverley Head
Australians’ “convict heritage” could be the reason why employees are leveraging consumer grade collaboration platforms more widely than their international peers… read more...

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