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BI vendor critical of competition
Lars Björk, CEO of business intelligence software company QlikView, thinks most business intelligence companies have their thinking upside down… read more...
Senior executives warned: you are next cyber-target
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...
Australians rein in online spending habits
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...
UXC continues expansion push with $28m deal
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...
Online marketing set to surge in 2014
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...
ANZ banks on digital future
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...
Oracle checks organisations’ Hadoopability
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...
Eavesdropping analytics walks fine line
Companies considering recording and analysing customer conversations could learn from the current spat between Australia and Indonesia over clandestine phone tapping… read more...
Australian enterprise lags in mobile race
Australian enterprises lag their international peers in their enthusiasm for integrating mobile devices with enterprise systems – but not for much longer… read more...
Electromagnet guy gets hi-tech ‘Flying Kiwi’ award
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...
Dreamforce highlights big data mining
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...
Kathmandu puts eggs in the AX basket
The outdoor clothing and equipment retailer is improving its omni-channel retailing, replacing its best-of-breed systems with a single environment from Microsoft… read more...
Salesforce hits billion dollar quarter: analysts look for profit
Tens of thousands of Salesforce faithful partied in San Francisco this week serenaded by GreenDay and seduced by Sean Penn – but investors weren’t buying… read more...
Salesforce says no to local cloud before 2015
Bucking trends set by rival cloud vendors Salesforce will not offer an Australian instance of its services before 2015 at the earliest… read more...
Australian manufacturers slip in technology race
Australian manufacturers are clinging to legacy ERP platforms and failing to keep pace with international rivals in terms of modern technology deployment… read more...
NSW SAP ByDesign project remains on track
NSW Trade & Investment claims its SAP ByDesign rollout is the largest of its type in the world, servicing 8500 users, and also that it remains on track despite some confusion over SAP’s plans… read more...
Enterprise Australia needs to lift tech refresh rates
Organisations that connect online with their customers need to lift their game in terms of technology refresh rates or risk losing their interest… read more...
Statistics paint CIOs a digital picture
Australia will spend $77.2 billion on technology in 2014 – the nation will spend less on mobile devices, but ramp up software investment. For CIOs these statistics paint an interesting digital picture… read more...
Pacnet brings cloud elasticity to enterprise communications
A service billed as the first regional network-as-a-service (NaaS) system offering elastic bandwidth for enterprise CIOs has been announced by Pacnet and is scheduled to go live early next year… read more...
End users win upper hand with apps stores
A system developed to allow end users in large enterprises to dial up the applications, peripherals, data and services that they need to do their job will be launched in early 2014… read more...