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Greentree defies the recession with rapid UK expansion
Tough times are providing the ideal growth environment for Greentree software with the announcement of several new UK partners and customers for the ERP software provider… read more...
TV3’s ERP implementation a ratings winner
TV shows succeed by creating and keeping an audience. Through total staff involvement and a determination to have some fun, broadcaster MediaWorks showed how a new computer system should be produced… read more...
Simple hack spells big problems for Apple, Apple users
A simple social engineering-based hack has seen Apple suspend password changes over the phone as internet journalist’s online information, as well as iPhone, iPad, and MacBook content, is erased… read more...
Telstra makes two new senior appointments
John Allan will head Telstra’s directory business Sensis, while David Burns will run the company’s Network Applications and Services business… read more...
Telstra scoops $474 million UC deal with Department of Human Services
The Department of Human Services and Telstra have announced the signing of a new agreement worth $474 million that will see the telco build and manage a new unified communications network over the next five years… read more...
New NBN-specific cloud-based ISP launched
A new ISP designed to exploit the NBN rollout says it has secured funding and plans to launch a low-cost, high bandwidth service before the end of the year… read more...
Nike stores running ERP in the cloud
A deal has been signed to bring cloud-based ERP and BI solutions to Nike Australia franchise, as the company focuses on integration and analytics to power aggressive growth… read more...
Aus lags NZ with cloud computing industry code of practice
Industry group the New Zealand Computer Society (NZCS) has released the first draft of its voluntary code-of-conduct document, the Cloud Computing Code of Practice, one of the first of its kind in the world… read more...
Support communities are where customers are won and lost
Support communities, indeed social media in general, is how a potential customer finds out what an organisation is really like, says Gerry McGovern. So why are so many companies getting the support community model all wrong?… read more...
When supply chain meets eHealth – GS1 healthcare conference
With representatives from nearly 30 countries already confirmed, registrations are running hot for the 21st GS1 Global Healthcare Conference, to be held in Sydney from 20-22 March 2012… read more...
Telstra offers free credit to flooded customers
Telstra is offering relief packages for residential and small business customers in Moree Plains Shire Council and Tamworth Regional Council areas as well as Mitchell, Roma, Charleville and surrounding districts who have lost services as a result of the current flooding… read more...
Turbulent economic climate predicted for 2012
IDC is predicting uncertain economic times for 2012 with market volatility expected to reach an all time high… read more...
Acer to supply 65,000 notebooks to Queensland schools – govt. to foot the bill
Acer Computer Australia has won the Queensland Department of Education and Training tender to supply 65,000 3G-enabled notebooks for round three of the National Secondary School Computer Fund by the end of this year… read more...
Jetstar launches in-flight iPads
Jetstar announced this morning the roll-out of 3000 Apple iPad 1 and iPad 2s across its fleet. read more...
Bigger than Apple – Samsung surges ahead to become world’s biggest smartphone seller
Samsung has kicked Apple off the top of the heap as sales of Samsung electronics overtake those of former market-dominator Apple Inc… read more...
Fujitsu entices SMEs with free cloud offer
Fujitsu is targeting SMEs and ISVs by offering a free trial of its Australian-based computing cloud platform as it attempts to push beyond the enterprise sector… read more...
Telstra shareholders green light NBN handover
Telstra shareholders have overwhelmingly voted to hand over the company’s fixed line network to the National Broadband Network in an $11 billion deal… read more...
Australian business leaders unwilling to embrace technology
Even though most agree that technological innovation will be the greatest agent of change for their organisation over the next 10 years, fear of the unknown is keeping executives from embracing it, says two new research studies looking at the attitudes of Australian decision makers… read more...
Infor announces new apps for Force.com; Salesforce buys in
Software vendors Infor and Salesforce.com have revealed plans to release three new applications for Force.com, integrating Infor’s ERP solutions into the cloud platform… read more...
Apple defeats Samsung in European court
Apple has achieved a decisive victory in the ongoing patent war with Samsung with a Dutch judge banning the sale of three Samsung devices from mid-October onwards… read more...
