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Currency rout could warrant budget rethink
Analyst Gartner has warned CIOs they may need to rethink their technology budgets because of the rising US dollar which is still used to price most tech products and services… read more...
Xero reaches quarter million milestone, adds partners
Cloud accounting specialist, Xero, has now passed the 250,000 Australian user milestone and added new partners to its 400 strong ecosystem including DropBox, Adobe and Bigcommerce… read more...
Keep calm and carry on with government transformation
In a recent blog post, titled Keep Calm and Carry On – England’s mantra during World War II – the new leader of the UK equivalent of Australia’s Digital Transformation Office called for more support… read more...
Almost 30,000 premises face copper cut off on Friday
By Friday another 30,000 homes and businesses around Australia will have been forced into the decision of whether to sign up for the national broadband network or rely on their mobile… read more...
NetSuite looks to boost regional profile
After six months in the role, Lee Thompson, senior vice president and general manager for cloud ERP vendor NetSuite in Asia Pacific Japan, has issued a “must do better”… read more...
Microsoft Dynamics CRM users beware: Not supported on Windows 10
While Windows 10 upgrades are available for business users, those using Dynamics CRM should exercise caution… read more...
Where weapons maker meets cupcake baker
Privately held enterprise software company Infor prides itself on providing “the last mile” in ERP solutions, tailored for specific industries… read more...
The price, perils and persistence of cloud computing
When Microsoft’s Australian based cloud solutions went down for an extended period last month, Jason Zander, corporate vice president of Azure, was on holiday… read more...
SAP: Just 20% in the cloud is good news for growth
The first fifth is the hardest, says partner operations veep… read more...
Student innovators showcase the future
The cloud, smartphones, wearables, augmented reality and Raspberry Pi hold the key to the future of computing – if student innovators are any guide… read more...
Subscription economy? I’ll take that as a service, thanks
The subscription economy means almost anything can be delivered as a service… read more...
SAP identifies Australia’s digital “experience gap”
A survey of 3,000 Australians has uncovered an “experience gap” between the digital experience consumers want and the one they receive… read more...
Data scientists are the advertising execs of the future
Digitisation of publishing means automation and information driven decision-making… read more...
Adobe leads but faces two pronged threat
Adobe has taken the lead in the supply of digital marketing platforms – but it’s already under threat, particularly from Oracle and Salesforce… read more...
Tablet sales join PC doldrums
Turns out there isn’t a tablet for the hangover which comes after the PC party… read more...
Gamification company talks cloud, delivers less
Getting consumers to behave in a certain way at a certain time is manna for large enterprises, and increasingly gamification is being used by marketers to influence behaviours… read more...
Post-PC Windows 10 eyes up Internet of Things
The timing has never been more challenging for the launch of a new version of Microsoft’s flagship operating system… read more...
Two thirds of IT roles face the chop
The IT shop floor faces the sort of radical overhaul that factory floors endured two decades ago – and about two thirds of current IT roles will disappear as enterprises disrupt themselves… read more...
Enterprises warned: double-cross startups at your peril
Australian organisations looking to leapfrog the competition by leveraging new companies should treat them with kid gloves or risk being cold-shouldered by the entire startup community… read more...
Complexity causing data centre blues? Hyperconvergence to the rescue
The physical contents of data centres tend to stealthily expand, becoming increasingly difficult to manage… read more...
