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March privacy deadline looms for big data users

August 20, 2013 | Newsdesk
Organisations collecting customer data, especially information they might use for big data analysis need to urgently review their privacy policies with a March deadline looming… read more...

CommBank claims legacy leapfrog, sets sights on mobile

August 20, 2013 | Newsdesk
Reporting a record A$7.82 billion profit last week, the Commonwealth Bank signalled how judicious technology investment can deliver a competitive edge – but sustaining that requires more… read more...

Lessons learned from IBM-Queensland stoush

August 15, 2013 | Newsdesk
The $1.2 billion Queensland payroll system debacle has seen IBM booted from future State projects – but also delivered lessons about how not to manage major software projects… read more...

CIOs urged to increase relevance of IT with extreme technology

August 14, 2013 | Newsdesk
Enterprise IT is witness to unprecedented change thanks to the confluence of cloud, mobility and big data; today CIO success will come from embracing the extreme… read more...

Police combat storage issues in solving sex crimes

August 14, 2013 | Newsdesk
Enterprises wrangling increasingly large volumes of photographic or video content could take a lesson from the way Queensland Police is managing its darkest evidence… read more...

The secret to keeping your ERP project on time and on budget

August 13, 2013 | Newsdesk
ERP implementations are seldom straight forward but here is how to avoid underestimating the ERP project challenges. read more...

Why do organisations hate their content management system?

August 9, 2013 | Gerry McGovern
There seems to be a major disconnect between those who purchase a content management system (CMS) and those who actually have to use it, says Gerry McGovern. read more...

Big data analytics promise lures hundreds

August 9, 2013 | Newsdesk
It was standing room only at SAS Forum in Sydney, which drew the cream of the Australian and New Zealand big data crowd, eager to learn how to unlock the value of predictive analytics. read more...

Tipping point looms for laggard ICT investors

August 7, 2013 | Newsdesk
Enterprises must act immediately to invest in ICT or risk nimbler rivals developing an insurmountable lead in terms of revenues, productivity, profitability and market capitalisation. read more...

Australia puts ICT spending on ice in lead up to election

August 7, 2013 | Newsdesk
The Federal election, which has now been called for September 7, could kick-start ICT spending after months of suspended animation according to a leading recruitment agency… read more...

Australian CIOs flinch at security costs

August 6, 2013 | Newsdesk
Australian IT managers feel less secure than their overseas peers about the risk of data being lost or stolen – but they often flinch at the costs associated with fixing the problem… read more...

Social network to identify employee troublespots

August 1, 2013 | Newsdesk
A social network function able to gauge the mood and level of engagement of staff in order to allow employers to take action before the rot sets in is being developed by NewsGator… read more...
Software for not for profits

Software delivers sound results for not-for-profits

July 31, 2013 | Newsdesk
More than ever, charitable organisations and other not-for-profits need to operate on a sound business footing and technology can help… read more...

“Day of reckoning” delivers TechnologyOne win

July 31, 2013 | Newsdesk
Listed Australian software company TechnologyOne has won deals to supply its systems to 21 Western Australia government departments and agencies claiming rivals’ business models are broken. read more...

Australian business pays 50-100 percent more for ICT

July 30, 2013 | Newsdesk
A Government investigation into the prices that corporates and consumers pay for technology has confirmed that Australians pay 50-100 percent more than overseas peers for the same products… read more...

Financial services firms should follow banks’ tech lead

July 25, 2013 | Newsdesk
Superannuation funds, life insurance companies and funds managers need to lift their information technology game if they want to fulfil regulatory requirements and forge closer links with clients… read more...

Australian merchants perform e-commerce leapfrog

July 25, 2013 | Newsdesk
E-commerce specialist Magento claims that although later to online commerce than their northern hemisphere peers, Australian merchants are now leapfrogging technology to put them on par… read more...

Manufacturers fail to realise importance of ERP for customer experience

July 25, 2013 | Newsdesk
A new IDC study shows that only nine percent of leading companies have fully realised the importance of creating a customer-oriented culture and process workflows… read more...

Online marketing needs to cut through the clamour

July 23, 2013 | Newsdesk
When Australians sit in front of the TV tonight, three quarters will brandish the remote in one hand and a mobile device in the other: marketers are being challenged to cut through the clamour… read more...

CIOs struggle to control BYOD tightrope

July 18, 2013 | Newsdesk
Most Australian companies have yet to implement a policy regarding Bring Your Own Device initiatives, and even those that do tend to let the CEO off the hook, introducing high levels of risk… read more...

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