In less than a decade the typical family home in Australia and New Zealand could contain several hundred internet connected devices as the cost of making a device internet-smart drops to around $1… read more...

The experts at UXC Eclipse say there are a number of technologies that are driving the Life Sciences market forward… read more...

Only one organisation based in Australia has made the cut for Gartner’s annual list of the most effective supply chains in Asia Pacific – and New Zealand fails to rate a mention… read more...

Salesforce has released software templates that allow organisations to build communities of customers, resellers or employers so they can interact and collaborate in the cloud including from mobiles and wearables… read more...

SuitBids, an online marketplace for professional services launched July with the aim of providing a new avenue for professionals to connect with clients and tender for live jobs… read more...

A gap between reality and rhetoric seems to have emerged in terms of ICT companies’ success in selling to the public sector, which has been revealed by comments on a Government blog… read more...

Bitcoin is neither money nor foreign currency according to the Australian Taxation Office which has issued guidance that may force start-ups and businesses to rethink their Australian plans… read more...

ThemeForest has cracked the top 100 website list compiled by Alexa – at time of writing it’s at number 79 on the list – just after dropbox.com but ahead of Google.com.au… read more...

City-wide wi-fi networks could be harnessed by enterprising organisations that want to deploy internet connected sensors or devices – but is business ready to seize the nettle?… read more...

Analysis which will identify in near real-time the underlying technology skills being sought by enterprises across A/NZ could also be used to shape the nations’ immigration and education policies… read more...

A wrap-up of news stories that caught our eye over the the past quarter of ICT news including appointments, departures, deals done, implementations completed, mergers, acquisitions and partnerships… read more...

Following months of speculation and leaks, MYOB has today announced that it has acquired HR and Payroll solutions company PayGlobal… read more...

For more than three and a half decades, Oracle has set the standard among top tier of database technology and enterprise applications; and as it has evolved and acquired best-in-class companies, that leadership has expanded into new areas… read more...

Demand for the technology smarts to stream and monetise video content is increasing as the cost of production and delivery falls, and consumer appetite balloons… read more...

While ubiquitous internet connectivity is benefitting businesses, it’s also providing a rich seam for cybercriminals who continue to seek out enterprises’ weakest links… read more...

Australia and New Zealand’s share of the digital universe is shrinking – from 2.6 percent in 2010 to 2.2 percent today – by 2020 it will be even lower even though enterprise data stores will balloon… read more...

The Department of Finance has released a discussion paper which sets out the framework for the Australian Government’s cloud computing panel expected to be live by Christmas… read more...

Apple may have single handedly disrupted the music industry with iTunes, but it may have missed the boat in terms of its ability to disrupt payments… read more...

An IT security blindspot has left the world’s critical infrastructure at risk from targeted attacks by nation-states and criminal organisations, and rendered other industry sectors vulnerable as a result… read more...

Digital technologies can be anything but benign for business according to the head of the Business Council of Australia – and Australia needs to be ready to make changes in order to prosper… read more...