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Digital marketers grasp the B2C nettle

November 18, 2014 | Beverley Head
There has been a surge in confidence regarding digital marketing from professionals in Australia and New Zealand… read more...
kiwi fruit

Zespri world first with SAP move to Azure

November 14, 2014 | Newsdesk
The kiwifruit marketer has chosen the US Azure cloud to help it combat disaster recovery and scalability issues in its business… read more...
data lake

Interest surges in data lakes as enterprises seek customer insights

November 13, 2014 | Beverley Head
There has been a surge in interest in data lakes over the last three months according to technology analyst Gartner, as enterprises scramble to make sense of their data… read more...
open source cloud

New Australian Government site embraces open source in the cloud

November 13, 2014 | Beverley Head
The Federal Government has created a Drupal-based web content management system and relocated its homepage to the public cloud in the search for savings and flexibility… read more...
Asset management

New asset management solution seals gap in SMB market

November 11, 2014 | Newsdesk
Cloud Awakening has opened shop, selling a cloud-based asset management solution targeted at mid-sized businesses in Australia and New Zealand, plugging what it considers a major market hole… read more...
Driverless car

Driverless cars zoom into focus for A/NZ

November 11, 2014 | Newsdesk
Within two decades driverless vehicles could become a significant feature on Australian and New Zealand roads – if Governments invest in supporting technical infrastructure and update road rules… read more...
Sale sign

Cheap software fails to sell Intuit message

November 6, 2014 | Newsdesk
Intuit’s strategy of selling its cloud-based accounting system on the cheap in order to spur demand has backfired – and from the end of the year the $4.99 price tag seems set to revert to $35… read more...
vcloud

VMware pairs with Telstra to spin up local cloud

November 5, 2014 | Newsdesk
VMware has announced that it is working with Telstra and other local partners in order to deliver an Australian hosted version of its vCloud Air service available next year… read more...
virtual meeting

Fancy a free holiday? Stop turning up late to meetings

November 5, 2014 | Newsdesk
Meetings are the bane of the workplace; the average worker attends five a week, an executive ten – and because of habitual late starts we lose several days of productive work time each year… read more...
beautiful timeline

Infor steps up search for “beautiful” software

November 5, 2014 | Newsdesk
Global enterprise software company Infor has embarked on a mission to develop and deliver “beautiful” software and hired New York-based designers to help… read more...
Filing Cabinet

Government flags two year metadata storage plan for ISPs

November 4, 2014 | Beverley Head
Internet service providers will need to store two years’ worth of customer metadata under new legislation introduced to the Parliament last week… read more...

Success not guaranteed: preparing an ERP business case

October 31, 2014 | Hayden McCall
A rigorous business case establishes a foundation for discovering the potential benefits of a new technology solution… read more...
Cloud phone

Australian Interactive has Europe running scared

October 30, 2014 | Beverley Head
Australian enterprise demand for Interactive Intelligence’s software looks set to allow the local subsidiary to eclipse the company’s performance across Europe… read more...
Australia Post parcel service

Australia Post/NetSuite collaboration to rival Amazon’s delivery service levels

October 29, 2014 | Newsdesk
Australia Post and NetSuite are working together to develop a system that will allow retailers to manage everything from online sales to customer delivery from within one cloud-based system… read more...
cloud aussie

Microsoft switches on local cloud, software store

October 29, 2014 | Newsdesk
Microsoft has switched on its Australian cloud, operated out of data centres in Sydney and Melbourne, announced Equinex and Telstra as express network partners, along with a cloud marketplace… read more...
heart monitor

Newly privatised BMC beefs up R&D spend

October 29, 2014 | Newsdesk
Getting out of the public eye has allowed BMC to redirect shareholder funds into R&D and help it live up to its new motto “bring IT to life” – something that could refer to either the company or its customers’ IT projects… read more...
mobile shopping

Mobile cast as the great retail leveler

October 23, 2014 | Newsdesk
Mobility has been identified as retailers’ biggest ally – able to restore some of the balance to the retailer-customer relationship which has been skewed by the internet… read more...
small business loan

PayPal offers Aussies business loans; lines blur between technology and finance

October 22, 2014 | Beverley Head
Three of Australia’s biggest banks open innovation centres to spur technology development while PayPal offers small business loans as the lines blur between the technology and finance sectors… read more...
NBN Co FTTN

NBN adds 140 suburbs to rollout plan

October 21, 2014 | Beverley Head
NBN Co has added 140 new suburbs to its rollout plans as part of a technology test, taking the number of homes and businesses that will be able to connect to the national broadband network to 950,000… read more...
Australian Innovation

Australia finally opens its innovation kimono

October 21, 2014 | Beverley Head
After being taken to task by the chief scientist for its lack of an innovation policy, the Australian Government has finally revealed its innovation and competitiveness agenda… read more...

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