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Digital gap widens as benefits crystallise
A widening gap is opening between digital leaders and digital laggards with 32 percent of medium to large scale organisations now having a digital business up and running… read more...
Industry needs to communicate cloud better
Cloud computing isn’t a technology discussion, it’s a business driver… read more...
Breaking down not-for-profit ‘brick walls’
Constantly searching for ways to keep a lid on operating costs while ensuring positive outcomes, not-for-profit organisations are recognising the benefits offered by integrated IT systems… read more...
SAP’s Ariba targets corporate slavery through data insights
Ariba, the procurement and business network subsidiary of SAP, is promoting its links with Made in the Free World to stamp out industrial slavery in Australian supply chains… read more...
Shamelessly hyping hyperconvergence (backed by guarantees)
Hyperconvergence infrastructure provider Simplivity has released new software with a slew of hyperbole… read more...
How Microsoft and Polycom are making video ‘phone easy’
The gold standard for any technology system today is still the plain old telephone system… read more...
Australia fails to grasp viewability advantage
The viewability of online advertisements has dropped in Australia, meaning advertisers risk missing their mark… read more...
How Microsoft’s Azure is commoditising the leading edge
It’s almost hard to believe that Microsoft’ Australian Azure data centres have only been in place for around a year… read more...
Get over security worries for cloud ERP gains
Australian equipment supplier Gym and Fitness has shifted into the cloud with by implementing the NetSuite OneWorld ERP solution… read more...
Cloud driving outsourced data centre market
As a result of increased adoption of cloud computing the Australian outsourced data centre market continues to grow strongly… read more...
Big bank signs $450m deal with Big Blue
ANZ – which spends $1.2 billion a year on technology – has signed a five year $450 million deal with IBM which will provide computing platforms to support the bank across the Asia Pacific region… read more...
LANDESK buys Melbourne’s Xtraction
IT systems management company LANDESK has bought Melbourne’s Xtraction Solutions for its digital dashboards that present IT systems data in an easy to understand format… read more...
Five megatrends on the minds of ANZ execs
ANZ CIOs and CxOs name economic change, technology innovation and changing consumer expectations as the biggest pending megatrends… read more...
Handley to step down from Snakk
Mobile advertising company appoints Peter James as executive director and chair… read more...
CSIRO and NICTA merge into Data61
After more than 12 months’ negotiations, the Government has confirmed that the IT research operations of CSIRO and NICTA are to be combined in an entity to be known as Data61… read more...
Modernisation and digital transformation behind enterprise application software growth
Worldwide spending on enterprise application software will grow 7.5 percent to reach US$149.9 billion in 2015… read more...
MYOB and Xero appeal equally to shareholders
The fortunes of accounting software rivals MYOB and Xero are at a curious inflexion point with shareholders valuing them equally at $1.7billion… read more...
NBN costs blow out by $15 billion
The national broadband network could cost $15 billion more than was originally anticipated – but the Government claims it’s still cheaper than Labor’s original plan… read more...
All-flash data centres around the corner, says HP
Faster enterprise storage means better business results read more...
Smartphone sales start slowing
The IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker revises expectations of smartphone shipments… read more...