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Battle royal fires up over accounting software
The big guns are out in the accounting software world with Xero, MYOB and Intuit this week ramping up their efforts to build or shore up market share… read more...
SugarCRM looks for sweet spot in APAC
The CRM software company has announced its intention to invest in the expansion of its market share in the Asia Pacific region by replicating its successful American model… read more...
Cloud specialists challenge traditional services players
The latest IDC MarketScape report for companies which implement Salesforce solutions confirms the rise of a new class of services business which is focused entirely on cloud solutions… read more...
Clock ticks down for new privacy regime
Australia’s new privacy regime comes into force early next month; the clock is ticking down fast for organisations which have been slow to ensure compliance… read more...
CIOs face yet another white anting
The white-anting of chief information officers continues with the rise of a new c-suite executive – the chief data officer… read more...
Telstra unveils first round of incubator winners
Telstra, which last year established its start-up accelerator programme muru-D, has revealed the list of ten organisations that will receive six months’ specialist support and a $A40,000 kicker… read more...
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Wearables to worm way into enterprise IT
While Google Glass and other wearable technologies might still have something of a gimmicky feel about them, they will inevitably percolate the enterprise and CIOs need to be ready… read more...
Dangerous disconnect brews between business and technology
Technological change is accelerating as are business demands on IT – so how well are IT professionals placed to respond? According to some commentators there’s a “dangerous disconnect” brewing… read more...
Big data pioneers secure competitive beach-head
Enterprises which exploit multiple data sources and implement systems to instantly identify patterns and act on them are going to secure a hard-to-erode competitive edge… read more...
Australian CIOs feel the IT pinch
Australian chief information officers are feeling under even greater pressure than their global peers according to Gartner’s 2014 CIO Agenda… read more...
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Top level domain names: build it and they will come
Monash University manages more than a million web pages – it will also now manage the .monash generic top level domain which CIO Ian Tebbett believes will simplify things for end users… read more...
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Spending flurry woos A/NZ cloud seekers
As enterprise enthusiasm for cloud computing mounts, vendor investment is surging from the likes of IBM, Amazon, Rackspace, Microsoft and Fujitsu as the global cloud land-grab gathers pace… read more...
Telstra finally offloads directories unit
By March Telstra expects to know whether it has the regulatory green light for the sale of 70 percent of directories business Sensis; it already knows that waiting this long to sell it has cost it billions… read more...
Victoria kicks off second phase of IT overhaul
Victoria has set itself a target to achieve 15 percent direct cost reduction by the end of the year by re-using or sharing ICT solutions across different agencies as part of a continued technology overhaul… read more...
Gartner: Many CIOs unprepared for digitalisation
Digitalisation, the third era of enterprise IT, is beginning but, according to a global survey of more than 2300 CIOs by Gartner’s Executive Programs, most CIOs do not feel prepared for it… read more...
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UXC acquires North American business of Tectura Corporation
The company’s North American strategy takes shape with the expansion of its Canadian and USA businesses… read more...
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ERP showcase impresses display firm
SJ Display Group has chosen Greentree for its slick warehouse management and business intelligence capabilities, to prime itself for future growth… read more...
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Australians’ broadband expectations dragged down
Australia’s federal Government has reneged on a promise to deliver minimum internet speeds of 25Mbps via the National Broadband Network (NBN) following the release of a strategic review… read more...
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ANSTO and Tatts vouch for virtues of virtualisation
Virtualisation’s virtues in terms of its ability to deliver flexibility and agility have long been espoused… read more...
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Crystal balls polished as New Year looms
As 2013 ebbs away and 2014 looms, computer vendors are polishing their crystal balls and issuing year-end predictions about just what enterprise will invest in during the new year… read more...