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Gartner revises IT spending forecast down for 2014
Worldwide IT spending is still increasing, but not as much as Garter initially predicted due to changes in the market… read more...
Aussie’s Vocus could shake up NZ data solutions market with FX acquisition
The purchase means Vocus is now an integrated provider of fibre, data centre and internet in New Zealand and aims to replicate its successful Australian formula across the Tasman… read more...
Want to sell online? Go Android mobile
Companies that want to sell goods and services online must support mobile devices – especially Android tablets and smartphones which are used to make two out of three e-commerce sales… read more...
Australia boosts powers for online surveillance
Australia’s Attorney General plans to introduce legislation to the Parliament next month to overhaul the rules governing how online information can be examined once a warrant is obtained… read more...
Tool shows A/NZ software developers are world class
A benchmarking tool that lets software teams compare themselves with the world’s best suggests that Australian and New Zealand development teams outperform their peers in terms of quality… read more...
Gen-i enters Aussie agreement with Telstra
The ICT services company is renewing its focus on New Zealand businesses and the Telstra partnership will remove the burden of its Australian clients while offering expanded services… read more...
Deloitte: Digital disruption widens business winners-to-losers gap
Deloitte Digital has revisited its landmark Digital Disruption report from 18 months ago and found that in those sectors most impacted by digital change there is a growing gap between the winners and losers… read more...
Cloud sign-on system ramps up in Australia
Cloud-based single sign on identity management and authentication service Okta, which costs roughly $2 per user per month to deploy, is ramping up its activities in Australia… read more...
Digital Post halts mail delivery
From today Digital Post Australia will stop delivering online mail, and users of the service have until the end of July to retrieve any stored documents as the service shuts its doors… read more...
Countdown commences for electronic superannuation
Australia’s SuperStream regime comes into force from 1 July this year which will require superannuation contributions to be sent and received electronically – and business has been warned to get ready… read more...
Microsoft dominates Asia Pacific enterprise applications
Australia’s market for enterprise applications grew by 7.7 percent in 2013, considerably faster than the 6.5 percent growth registered across Asia Pacific, and Microsoft continues to dominate… read more...
SAP cloud lures 46 percent of user base
There are already 35 million users of SAP cloud services worldwide – but that is likely to prove just the tip of the iceberg according to a new study of 100 of the world’s biggest enterprises… read more...
Salesforce releases developers’ kit for wearables
Software-as-a-service giant Salesforce has released a developers’ kit to support the creation of apps for wearables that can be integrated with Salesforce enterprise applications… read more...
IDC outlines the tech battlefields of the future
After 205 years’ continuous operation Australia Post has confirmed its original business model has been savaged by technology, this week re-organising itself and confirming 900 job losses in the process… read more...
Australia Post braces for further digital disruption
After 205 years’ continuous operation Australia Post has confirmed its original business model has been savaged by technology, this week re-organising itself and confirming 900 job losses in the process… read more...
IDC forecasts end of IT vendor dinosaurs
Technology analyst IDC Australia has forecast a “mass extinction event” among technology vendors which fail to transition their business models to cope with what it terms the “third platform”… read more...
Market snapshot: internet of things on accelerated growth path
The ‘internet of things’ has moved beyond the buzz and is forecast to exceed $7 trillion by 2020, according to IDC… read more...
Retailers chase their e-tails
The retail markets in both Australia and New Zealand are in a state of technology-induced flux even though consumers in both countries still spend less than $7 out of every $100 online… read more...
Cloud video services feed marketers’ needs
Appetite for video as a marketing tool is starting to drive local demand for video cloud services business Brightcove – and the move is being steered by CMOs with CIOs largely staying out of the picture… read more...
Gartner: Microsoft /Salesforce partnership “pragmatic”
Last week’s partnership announcement between Microsoft and Salesforce shows a pragmatic Microsoft leadership that wants to integrate more with existing ecosystems… read more...