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Financial Services firms under threat from FinTechs
A new PwC survey shows that financial services firms believe almost a quarter of their business is at risk from bullish FinTechs… read more...
Nine in ten businesses caught out by unplanned growth – Epicor
Some 89 percent of companies across the globe were left exposed to risk in 2015 due to the impact of surprise expansion… read more...
SugarCRM talks your language with new acquisition
The new acquisition is one of three in the last couple of years and will help Sugar users be more emotionally intelligent… read more...
IoT will be the only way by 2020
SVP of IDC Vernon Turner offers his thoughts on why IoT will be the new IT in less than five years’ time… read more...
Gartner’s Top 10 IoT tech predictions
The global analyst firm has outlined ten technologies that it believes will allow organisations to go full speed ahead with the Internet of Things over the next two years… read more...
Good bye Dick Smith
In a statement issued by receivers Ferrier Hodgson, it was today announced that the remaining Dick Smith and Move stores (excluding airport locations) in Australia and New Zealand will close… read more...
CDOs ‘not aware how to successfully design organisation’ – Gartner
The rapid adoption of the chief data officer (CDO) role — from 400 in 2014 to 1,000 in 2015 — raises important questions about the structure and positioning of the office of the CDO in organisations… read more...
Insurance industry next on IT innovation hit list
Insurers are starting to take stock of how IT can help boost business as the industry exits its rocky patch… read more...
Technology lock-in could be holding your company back
One of the single biggest barriers to digital strategy is the impact of capital depreciation and multi-year licensing contracts… read more...
Technologies to disrupt digital commerce in 2016
Juniper Research reveals top transformational technologies in e-commerce… read more...
Worldwide BI to hit US$16.9 billion in 2016
Especially solid growth for analytics in ANZ in otherwise tepid IT market… read more...
Bulletproof to acquire Cloud House
NZ AWS partner snapped up by Australian cloud service provider… read more...
SAP enterprise omnichannel software available as a service (but not yet in ANZ)
A new agreement between systems integrator Dimension Data and SAP makes the vendor’s Hybris Commerce available on a software-as-a-service (SaaS) basis for the first time in APAC… read more...
Five trends which will revolutionise customer experience
Interactive Intelligence shares its predictions for the five trends set to disrupt customer service… read more...
Worldwide IT spending to grow – but only just
Just how much will the tech-crazy world blow on IT in 2016? Around US$3.54 trillion… read more...
Private equity firm takes stake in StorageCraft
TA Associates to invest U$187 million in backup and recovery software provider… read more...
The PC party is over as worldwide shipments deflate
Worldwide PC shipments of 75.7 million units in the fourth quarter of 2015 are 8.3 percent down the same period in 2014 said Gartner… read more...
IFS named a Leader in Gartner’s 2015 ERP Magic Quadrant
Enterprise applications company named a Leader in Single-Instance ERP for Product Centric Midmarket Companies… read more...
Five steps to a successful integration
With Australian mergers and acquisitions (M&As) on the rise, organisations need to consider how they will integrate for a smooth transition… read more...
Australians embrace digital engagement – with security and data privacy caveats
Australians are enthusiastic supporters of digital engagement, with seven out of ten noting a positive influence on their interactions… read more...
