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MYOB acquires BankLink, goes head-to-head with Xero

May 16, 2013 | Vendor
The accounting system vendor plugs the gap in its business with BankLink, putting it at a stronger competitive advantage… read more...

SAP, Oracle and Salesforce integrate social networking

May 16, 2013 | Newsdesk
Plans to launch a tool able to integrate content from SAP, Oracle and Salesforce systems with SharePoint social networking plug-in NewsGator are on track for a June release… read more...

Autodesk and NetSuite combine in the cloud

May 16, 2013 | Newsdesk
The vendors have tapped in to the growing cloud manufacturing trend that will see almost half of all manufacturers using SaaS by 2015… read more...

BT says cloud aids regional expansion

May 15, 2013 | Newsdesk
Ahead of offering its service in Australia the vendor has not named any local clients, but is touting private clouds built on established infrastructure as the key to rapid regional expansion… read more...

Expedia floats local cloud

May 14, 2013 | Newsdesk
A locally hosted instance of Expedia’s cloud-based services will allow Australian airlines, travel and tourist operators to use the company’s smarts to develop richer cost-effective information systems… read more...

Loyalty initiative targets IT contractors

May 14, 2013 | Newsdesk
By some estimates as many as one in ten of Australia’s IT professionals is a contractor – now a recruitment agency has launched a novel loyalty programme to woo more talent for its clients… read more...

Epicor woos execs with iPad app

May 9, 2013 | Newsdesk
The company is offering a mobile KPI analysis app to wholesale and distribution managers on the go… read more...

Business Process Management suites becoming mainstream and intelligent

May 8, 2013 | Newsdesk
Gartner says it expects Australian organisations to spend almost $70 million on business process management suites (BPMS) in 2013… read more...

NBN rollout to be accelerated, if Labor wins

May 7, 2013 | Newsdesk
Communications minister Senator Stephen Conroy has released an updated three-year rollout plan for the National Broadband Network… read more...

Salesforce.com beats SAP to top CRM spot

May 2, 2013 | Newsdesk
The SaaS-based vendor has overtaken industry stalwart SAP in Gartner’s worldwide CRM revenue rankings as organisations of all sizes seek alternatives to legacy applications… read more...

Coalition defends NBN policy

May 2, 2013 | Newsdesk
Two weeks after releasing the Coalition’s plans for a National Broadband Network, shadow communications minister, Malcolm Turnbull has published in defence of the policy, a comprehensive list of responses to ‘frequently asked questions’… read more...
Telstra and Jetstar

Telstra grows Asian business with Jetstar contract

May 2, 2013 | Beverley Head
Telstra has scored the first significant contract in Asia for its Network Application and Services (NAS) division, a group that Telstra says is leading its expansion into new markets in Asia… read more...

Microsoft boosts Excel’s BI capabilities but gaps remain, says Ovum

May 2, 2013 | Newsdesk
Research firm Ovum says that Microsoft has taken steps to simplify its business intelligence (BI) software strategy, centred on Excel, but still has a way to go in particular to address the growing market for mobile BI technology… read more...

A healthy future for big data and machine-to-machine communications

April 30, 2013 | Newsdesk
The introduction of electronic patient records and myriad devices that monitor patients and upload information is set to transform the healthcare industry… read more...

Ovum recommends CIOs explore design-thinking techniques

April 30, 2013 | Newsdesk
Human-centered design thinking and approaches are gaining mainstream credence among private sector decision-makers focused on innovation but the concept seems unfamiliar to most CIOs offices in the public sector, says the research firm… read more...

Vectoring technology could boost Coalition’s NBN plan

April 26, 2013 | Newsdesk
The Coalition’s National Broadband Network plan that envisages retaining copper for the ‘last mile’ has received a boost with the news that ‘vectoring’, the latest technology to increase the data carrying capacity of copper, is rapidly gaining market acceptance… read more...

Big data: big rewards and big challenges

April 26, 2013 | Newsdesk
New research is showing significant return on investment for big data projects and a growing demand for people who can turn data into useful information… read more...

Infor invites enterprises to Ming.le on its social platform

April 26, 2013 | Newsdesk
The vendor has announced a new social workflow tool that is embedded in core business applications to transform productivity… read more...

Can Google predict the stock market?

April 26, 2013 | Newsdesk
Analysis of changes in Google query volume for specific search terms can lead to solid future predictions and is opening up fascinating new possibilities… read more...

Rackspace primes local cloud start-ups

April 18, 2013 | Newsdesk
Open cloud computing pioneer Rackspace will this quarter allow local cloud clients to cut over to its Sydney data centre – and also offer them the chance to build their own cloud… read more...

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