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Lessons learned from IBM-Queensland stoush
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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 delivers sound results for not-for-profits
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Enterprises yet to reap full benefit of mobility
A slavish fascination with mobile apps targeted at consumers may be robbing enterprises of the full productivity benefits that mobility has to offer… read more...
Local councils seek salvation in the cloud
Kwinana will be the second local council to move onto Civica’s new cloud computing service next Monday – the latest step in its journey from on premise, to managed service, to cloud computing… read more...