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Digital marketing is the star and spending soars

May 27, 2013 | Newsdesk
Digital marketing accounts for almost a third of marketing budgets in Australia with email and search engine optimisation (SEO) investments leading the pack while social network spending is also rising… read more...
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SuccessFactors’ cloud plugs in to SAP

May 23, 2013 | Newsdesk
Enterprise users of SAP’s HR, payroll and workforce management services are the target for a new service which will support the transition of those applications to the cloud… read more...
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Reckon plans to join the cloud crew

May 22, 2013 | Newsdesk
Reckon’s journey to the cloud inches along with the company this week showcasing Reckon One, its first home-grown cloud product which will be available in beta from July… read more...

Cyber security takes centre stage

May 21, 2013 | Newsdesk
Australia’s Government has dubbed this National Cyber Security Awareness Week in a bid to encourage people to take the issue more seriously – seems we haven’t in the past… read more...

SAP, Oracle and Salesforce integrate social networking

May 16, 2013 | Newsdesk
Plans to launch a tool able to integrate content from SAP, Oracle and Salesforce systems with SharePoint social networking plug-in NewsGator are on track for a June release… read more...

Autodesk and NetSuite combine in the cloud

May 16, 2013 | Newsdesk
The vendors have tapped in to the growing cloud manufacturing trend that will see almost half of all manufacturers using SaaS by 2015… read more...

BT says cloud aids regional expansion

May 15, 2013 | Newsdesk
Ahead of offering its service in Australia the vendor has not named any local clients, but is touting private clouds built on established infrastructure as the key to rapid regional expansion… read more...

Expedia floats local cloud

May 14, 2013 | Newsdesk
A locally hosted instance of Expedia’s cloud-based services will allow Australian airlines, travel and tourist operators to use the company’s smarts to develop richer cost-effective information systems… read more...

Loyalty initiative targets IT contractors

May 14, 2013 | Newsdesk
By some estimates as many as one in ten of Australia’s IT professionals is a contractor – now a recruitment agency has launched a novel loyalty programme to woo more talent for its clients… read more...

Epicor woos execs with iPad app

May 9, 2013 | Newsdesk
The company is offering a mobile KPI analysis app to wholesale and distribution managers on the go… read more...

Business Process Management suites becoming mainstream and intelligent

May 8, 2013 | Newsdesk
Gartner says it expects Australian organisations to spend almost $70 million on business process management suites (BPMS) in 2013… read more...

NBN rollout to be accelerated, if Labor wins

May 7, 2013 | Newsdesk
Communications minister Senator Stephen Conroy has released an updated three-year rollout plan for the National Broadband Network… read more...

Salesforce.com beats SAP to top CRM spot

May 2, 2013 | Newsdesk
The SaaS-based vendor has overtaken industry stalwart SAP in Gartner’s worldwide CRM revenue rankings as organisations of all sizes seek alternatives to legacy applications… read more...

Coalition defends NBN policy

May 2, 2013 | Newsdesk
Two weeks after releasing the Coalition’s plans for a National Broadband Network, shadow communications minister, Malcolm Turnbull has published in defence of the policy, a comprehensive list of responses to ‘frequently asked questions’… read more...

Microsoft boosts Excel’s BI capabilities but gaps remain, says Ovum

May 2, 2013 | Newsdesk
Research firm Ovum says that Microsoft has taken steps to simplify its business intelligence (BI) software strategy, centred on Excel, but still has a way to go in particular to address the growing market for mobile BI technology… read more...

A healthy future for big data and machine-to-machine communications

April 30, 2013 | Newsdesk
The introduction of electronic patient records and myriad devices that monitor patients and upload information is set to transform the healthcare industry… read more...

Ovum recommends CIOs explore design-thinking techniques

April 30, 2013 | Newsdesk
Human-centered design thinking and approaches are gaining mainstream credence among private sector decision-makers focused on innovation but the concept seems unfamiliar to most CIOs offices in the public sector, says the research firm… read more...

Vectoring technology could boost Coalition’s NBN plan

April 26, 2013 | Newsdesk
The Coalition’s National Broadband Network plan that envisages retaining copper for the ‘last mile’ has received a boost with the news that ‘vectoring’, the latest technology to increase the data carrying capacity of copper, is rapidly gaining market acceptance… read more...

Big data: big rewards and big challenges

April 26, 2013 | Newsdesk
New research is showing significant return on investment for big data projects and a growing demand for people who can turn data into useful information… read more...

Infor invites enterprises to Ming.le on its social platform

April 26, 2013 | Newsdesk
The vendor has announced a new social workflow tool that is embedded in core business applications to transform productivity… read more...

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