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Tax minimisation: Singapore booms as Australia fumes
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...
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Dallas downloaders face studio backlash
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...
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Ripple sets up shop in Sydney
US payments start-up Ripple is looking for software talent in Sydney, which will host its newly announced Asia Pacific subsidiary… read more...
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Gov CIOs feel pressure to perform
Asia Pacific government CIOs are facing more budgetary pressure than their international or private sector peers… read more...
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Investors vote with wallets in Xero v MYOB battle
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...
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Commbank hangs its hopes on Pi and Albert
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...
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Legislative tsunami washes through Australian IT
A flurry of legislative changes is altering many of the rules affecting Australia’s information technology suppliers and users… read more...
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Australia sets up IoT think tank
Australia’s telecommunications industry body has announced plans to review rules and laws that might impede internet-of-things (IoT) deployments… read more...
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SAP hits a six for the Cricket World Cup 2015
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...
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Telco shakeup forecast for Australia
Australian internet pioneers Simon Hackett and Michael Malone have predicted yet more shakeout for the nation’s communications landscape… read more...
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Oracle seeks 1000 cloud salespeople across APAC
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...
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Cisco ponies up $15M for local IoT centre
Cisco has pledged US$15 million to be spent over five years setting up an internet-of-everything innovation centre in Australia… read more...
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Kiwis and Aussies square off over start-ups
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...
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CBA and CSC tangled in deception web
A former Commonwealth Bank senior technology executive was hauled in front of a NSW magistrate yesterday to answer allegations of bribery… read more...
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Australian boards must pull up their techno socks
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...
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Asset-focused ERP prepares for IoT and cloud
Mining and other asset-rich industries are in line to be transformed by IoT deployments and tighter IT/operations integration say experts… read more...
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NZ’s EQC first for go-live on Govt cloud
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...
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Subscription appetite fuels Zuora funding
A global shift toward subscription style business models has helped deliver a US$115 million funding kicker to Zuora… read more...
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APIs the saviour of big business
Traditional operating structures in many industries are under strain to embrace the agility that cloud software provides. Enterprises can stay in the race by using APIs to liberate their data – but only if they do it well… read more...
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AppWrap: ICT news wrap up Q1 2015
A wrap-up of news stories that caught our eye over the the past quarter of ICT news including appointments, departures, deals done, implementations completed, mergers, acquisitions and partnerships… read more...