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NICTA boss quits after clash with board
A disagreement about the direction NICTA should take when it loses federal funding in 2016 has prompted the resignation of CEO Professor Hugh Durrant-Whyte… read more...
CIOs find themselves at odds with the C-suite
A survey of 1000 senior executives across Asia Pacific, conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit, has identified a mismatch between chief information officers and other C-suite executives… read more...
Local enterprises brace for relentless march of the mobile consumer
A global survey has found that more than three in four Australians aged 18-75 now own a smartphone – the fifth highest penetration in the world; enterprises need to prepare for the mobile consumer… read more...
Pencil and paper wins e-voting debate
Electronic and internet voting has been ruled out for Australians because of a fear of hacking and voter intimidation; paper and pencil are here to stay… read more...
NICTA turns to big data as latest saviour
National ICT Australia has announced another joint laboratory with a leading university as it shores up its education and industry links ahead of the loss of its federal funding from 2016… read more...
Industry veteran spruiks open cloud for innovation
Cloud computing is no longer simply delivering enterprises with a new way of managing their information systems, its generating entirely new business models according to Paul Maritz… read more...
Gartner: local CIOs continue to lose IT budget
The chief information officer’s hold on technology spending reins has loosened once again; while overall technology spending is up, A/NZ CIOs expect their own budgets to fall… read more...
Greentree plans US push with fourth generation ERP
The introduction of the first elements of Greentree4 which allows browser-based access to the ERP platform has delivered the impetus for the New Zealand company to tackle the US market… read more...
Digital marketers grasp the B2C nettle
There has been a surge in confidence regarding digital marketing from professionals in Australia and New Zealand… read more...
Zespri world first with SAP move to Azure
The kiwifruit marketer has chosen the US Azure cloud to help it combat disaster recovery and scalability issues in its business… read more...
Interest surges in data lakes as enterprises seek customer insights
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...
New Australian Government site embraces open source in the cloud
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...
New asset management solution seals gap in SMB market
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 cars zoom into focus for A/NZ
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...
Cheap software fails to sell Intuit message
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...
VMware pairs with Telstra to spin up local cloud
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...
Fancy a free holiday? Stop turning up late to meetings
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...
Infor steps up search for “beautiful” software
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...
Government flags two year metadata storage plan for ISPs
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
A rigorous business case establishes a foundation for discovering the potential benefits of a new technology solution… read more...