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...

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 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...

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...

The company’s North American strategy takes shape with the expansion of its Canadian and USA businesses… read more...

SJ Display Group has chosen Greentree for its slick warehouse management and business intelligence capabilities, to prime itself for future growth… read more...

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...

Virtualisation’s virtues in terms of its ability to deliver flexibility and agility have long been espoused… read more...

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...

Lars Björk, CEO of business intelligence software company QlikView, thinks most business intelligence companies have their thinking upside down… read more...

Discussions about computer security are slowly filtering out of the IT shop and being considered at senior executive and board level – just not fast enough… read more...

It seems that Australians’ love affair with online spending might be cooling with growth slowing and the average purchase dropping to just $41, which is $23 lower than it was three years ago… read more...

As part of a long-term expansion plan, listed Australian software and services business UXC Ltd has bought Keystone Management Solutions which it claims is the region’s largest ServiceNow reseller… read more...

Investment in online marketing is tipped for a sharp increase in 2014 as organisations prepare to spend more on social media, email and mobile campaigns across Australia and New Zealand… read more...

The ANZ Bank has spent $150 million on new digital platforms to support customers and staff and plans to invest up to $100 million annually for another four years… read more...

Hadoop has become a byword for big data projects – and Oracle is keen to exploit that with an online self-assessment tool which it says will help companies determine how “Hadoop-ready” they are… read more...

Companies considering recording and analysing customer conversations could learn from the current spat between Australia and Indonesia over clandestine phone tapping… read more...

Australian enterprises lag their international peers in their enthusiasm for integrating mobile devices with enterprise systems – but not for much longer… read more...

Bill Buckley of BSL, which supplies the machinery used in the manufacture of more than 90 percent of the world’s silicon chips amongst other things, has been honoured by his native New Zealand… read more...

The power and promise of analytics have been showcased at the Dreamforce conference as organisations mature from collecting data to mining it for value… read more...