Australia’s farmers and agri-businesses are being urged to adopt advanced sensor and networking technologies in order to drive productivity and increase overall production… read more...

A communications start up has showcased an augmented reality app to mobile alliance partners Microsoft and Nokia and secured EUR 50,000 to allow them to complete the development… read more...

The leadership switch which has replaced Julia Gillard with Kevin Rudd as Prime Minister has also stripped the National Broadband Network of its two fiercest supporters… read more...

While only one in ten of the global 2000 enterprises employs vulnerability testing, the practice is almost non-existent in Australia… read more...

Telstra, which runs the biggest IT shop in Australia, has achieved an 80 percent reduction in infrastructure rollout cycle time, using a 55 percent smaller team – all thanks to Agile… read more...

While IT skills supply and demand remains a largely balanced equation courtesy of the economy, demand for IT university courses continues to slide, which is why the Government has stepped in… read more...

Amanda White answers the question thousands are asking with these highlights from her MBA thesis on the subject of businesses moving to public cloud technologies… read more...

Gartner has forecast almost two in five organisations will expect their employees to provide their own work technology by 2016. BT has just launched a service and tools to support the switch… read more...

Technology is disrupting the traditional structures of the financial services sector – but it is also providing Australia’s banks with their greatest ally in terms of crafting a survival strategy… read more...

Computer giant IBM has formally launched the Watson cognitive computing platform in Australia – its foundation technology for the next 50 years… read more...

Every time an organisation endures a data breach it costs $2.72 million – 23 percent more than it did a year ago – suggesting that the Government’s proposed mandatory reporting regime is timely… read more...

Google and Deloitte say employers who offer their staff the opportunity to bring their own device to work, flexible work options and access to social networks benefit from boosted productivity and lower staff churn… read more...

Microsoft has outlined the roadmap for its Dynamics CRM system which will see it place greater focus on mobility and integration of social media content and analysis into the tool… read more...

The world’s largest bulk commodity port is using geographical information system mapping technology to help build its future responsibly… read more...

Failed ERP projects litter business history books the world over. Here Sourya Biswas captures some of the lessons that time has taught those who have succeeded in getting their companies into the annals of IT infamy… read more...

Organisations which want to more closely engage with clients on social media first need to ensure their staff are properly engaged or risk missing out on the benefits… read more...

Accounting software cloud provider Xero will release the first modules in its tax package later this month that will allow accountants to file tax file number applications and BAS statements online… read more...

Retailing giant Westfield invested in a technology laboratory in the heart of Silicon Valley to get closer to an “ecosystem that doesn’t exist” in Australia… read more...

The Australian Government has unveiled a National Cloud Computing Strategy intended to boost public sector, consumer and enterprise cloud confidence… read more...

A major international survey of shoppers has found that Australians have apparently succumbed to “frugality fatigue” and are now expecting to spend more online in the coming year… read more...