The launch this week of the Coalition’s plan for Australia’s digital economy and e-government points to a steady-as-she-goes result for the ICT sector whatever the outcome of Saturday’s election… read more...

With the fate of Australia’s national broadband network to be decided by the Federal election on Saturday, a new guide has been released profiling the emerging apps that fast broadband supports… read more...

Cloud based accounting software upstart Xero has broken through the 200,000 customer barrier marking what chief executive Rod Drury refers to as the “end of the beginning”… read more...

The quick service retail company invested millions in e-commerce when others thought it was a joke but it proved to be the perfect growth recipe for the pizza franchise… read more...

Early adopters of virtual currencies such as Bitcoin could benefit from lower transaction costs and higher profits – but it’s not for the squeamish…. read more...

Technology analyst Gartner has announced the programme for its flagship Australian conference and warned CIOs that they need to embrace their inner Machiavelli to succeed… read more...

Australian and New Zealand enterprises are the first in the world able to use an enterprise-grade cloud-based version of SAP Hana’s in-memory analytics… read more...

iStart transforms with complete technology refresh, GM calls initiative “big fishing”… read more...

A new report has identified five steps that organisations need to take to ensure that their ICT projects are not held hostage by unscrupulous contract staff… read more...

A rigorous business case establishes a foundation for discovering the potential benefits of a new technology solution. read more...

With the continued rise of cloud computing and SaaS in enterprises, data centre outages such as those experienced recently by Google and Microsoft can have a major impact and data centre operators need to work together not keep their knowledge secret. read more...

Dylan Persaud looks at the most important trends influencing ERP decision-making today. read more...

A growing number of ERP users are seizing scheduled technology refreshes as an opportunity to consider moving workloads onto virtual servers… read more...

IDC praises the Government’s telecommunications discussion document on the proposed approach to reviewing the Telco regulatory environment as “well-balanced”. read more...

Paul Brislen takes a look at the two pieces of legislation currently making their way with, what he believes, “undue haste” through New Zealand’s parliament. read more...

Bank CIOs and CEOs need to focus their attention less on the operational efficiencies that technology can deliver, and more on the customer relationships it can nurture if they want to survive. read more...

A wide open brief from Westpac invites developers and designers to tap in to their Kiwi ingenuity and creativity to come up with an app that will better their banking experience. read more...

Although more than half of Australian retailers have a website, only a third can take orders online meaning sales could go to nimbler rivals… read more...

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...

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...