The new technology of software defined networking is already providing real benefits to organisations, with two networking companies – Pacnet and Megaport – employing the technology to enable organisations to ‘dial up’ high capacity links between data centres by the hour, the day or longer… read more...

Deloitte has identified five possible disruptors likely to have an impact on organisations over the next 18 to 24 months. Topping the list is the CIO as venture capitalist… read more...

When Google bought Nest Labs for $US3.2 billion in cash last month it sent a clear signal that the ‘internet of things’ was probably more important than a candidate for buzzword bingo… read more...

Mining and construction businesses in Western Australia have driven sales at specialist ERP vendor IFS over the last 12 months, but the company is now seeing a spike in New Zealand activity as the economy picks up… read more...

Companies are failing to exploit the full value of cloud computing by signing up for contracts which simply provide facsimiles of their on-premise solutions… read more...

The BYO trend is impacting corporate travel budgets as employees use online booking services such as Wotif and Webjet to book accommodation and trips… read more...

Thousands of businesses rely on Greentree daily and, following Greentree’s announcement of its Web3D Project, they will soon be able to do so entirely in the cloud – if they desire… read more...

The re-engineered enterprise software platform developed by Technology One borrows from consumer technology to halt the update treadmill… read more...

Accounting software company Reckon will this month make available its cloud based system Reckon One – but it’s got its work cut out to sell it… read more...

Establishing NBN Co to roll out Australia’s national broadband network was a “spectacularly risky” strategy – the job would have been better left to the private sector… read more...

The accounting software company has announced a number of cloud and mobile product releases and a naming refresh at its 2014 Roadshow but mention of the developer ecosystem was scarce… read more...

The Australian Information Industry Association and Deloitte are among many now arguing for the removal of taxes on employee share option programmes (ESOPs) that are impeding start-ups… read more...

The big guns are out in the accounting software world with Xero, MYOB and Intuit this week ramping up their efforts to build or shore up market share… read more...

The CRM software company has announced its intention to invest in the expansion of its market share in the Asia Pacific region by replicating its successful American model… read more...

The latest IDC MarketScape report for companies which implement Salesforce solutions confirms the rise of a new class of services business which is focused entirely on cloud solutions… read more...

Australia’s new privacy regime comes into force early next month; the clock is ticking down fast for organisations which have been slow to ensure compliance… read more...

The white-anting of chief information officers continues with the rise of a new c-suite executive – the chief data officer… read more...

Telstra, which last year established its start-up accelerator programme muru-D, has revealed the list of ten organisations that will receive six months’ specialist support and a $A40,000 kicker… read more...

While Google Glass and other wearable technologies might still have something of a gimmicky feel about them, they will inevitably percolate the enterprise and CIOs need to be ready… read more...

Technological change is accelerating as are business demands on IT – so how well are IT professionals placed to respond? According to some commentators there’s a “dangerous disconnect” brewing… read more...