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Reckon plans to join the cloud crew
Reckon’s journey to the cloud inches along with the company this week showcasing Reckon One, its first home-grown cloud product which will be available in beta from July… read more...
Cyber security takes centre stage
Australia’s Government has dubbed this National Cyber Security Awareness Week in a bid to encourage people to take the issue more seriously – seems we haven’t in the past… read more...
MYOB acquires BankLink, goes head-to-head with Xero
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 grows Asian business with Jetstar contract
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
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
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
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
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
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
The vendor has announced a new social workflow tool that is embedded in core business applications to transform productivity… read more...