CallPlus has been acquired by Australian conglomerate M2 Group Limited for $250 million adding another layer to the shifting ISP sands… read more...

With investment in cloud and infrastructure a top-four CIO priority, VMware will face tough competition in the region from Amazon, Microsoft and Google… read more...

The extent to which multinational technology companies shift revenues and profits in order to minimise their global tax bills was on full display yesterday… read more...

A landmark Federal Court Decision will force leading ISPs in Australia to hand over the names and addresses of 4,726 people who may have illegally copied a movie over the internet… read more...

US payments start-up Ripple is looking for software talent in Sydney, which will host its newly announced Asia Pacific subsidiary… read more...

Asia Pacific government CIOs are facing more budgetary pressure than their international or private sector peers… read more...

The long anticipated re-listing of accounting software business MYOB on the ASX will allow investors – not just computer users – to signal whether they prefer it or arch rival Xero… read more...

The Commonwealth Bank is hitching its hopes for sales of tens of thousands of its tablet device to the 800 software developers it says have registered to use its Pi software platform… read more...

A flurry of legislative changes is altering many of the rules affecting Australia’s information technology suppliers and users… read more...

Australia’s telecommunications industry body has announced plans to review rules and laws that might impede internet-of-things (IoT) deployments… read more...

It’s not just VB and cucumber sandwiches that are powering the Cricket World Cup – hard working technology is enhancing the fan experience… read more...

Australian internet pioneers Simon Hackett and Michael Malone have predicted yet more shakeout for the nation’s communications landscape… read more...

Oracle’s cloud epiphany came late, now it’s playing catchup, looking to hire 1000 new salespeople across Asia Pacific to spruik cloud solutions, just as quickly as it can… read more...

Cisco has pledged US$15 million to be spent over five years setting up an internet-of-everything innovation centre in Australia… read more...

Equity crowdfunding is again in the spotlight in Australia with two organisations joining forces – but it’s still a stop gap solution until legislation catches up with the more progressive NZ laws… read more...

A former Commonwealth Bank senior technology executive was hauled in front of a NSW magistrate yesterday to answer allegations of bribery… read more...

The boards of Australia’s leading organisations are ill prepared for the second tsunami of technological change according to Stephen Burdon, a leading management professor… read more...

Mining and other asset-rich industries are in line to be transformed by IoT deployments and tighter IT/operations integration say experts… read more...

The massive expansion in operations following the Christchurch earthquakes led the New Zealand Earthquake Commission to be the first to put its financial management system in the Government cloud… read more...

A global shift toward subscription style business models has helped deliver a US$115 million funding kicker to Zuora… read more...