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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...
Can Google predict the stock market?
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
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...
SMBs pose security risk for large enterprise
Large enterprises feeling comfortable about their computer security should prepare for a rude shock courtesy of the small and medium businesses in their supply chain… read more...
Yellowfin casts customer net wide
CEO says it’s time to sell through the local channel and has secured ten partners in the last four months… read more...
Australians clip their ICT spending plans
Tight economic times, political uncertainty, a strong dollar and the imminent end of the mining boom are the four horsemen of the apocalypse now threatening ICT spending in Australia… read more...
Australian software buyers charged “what they can bear”
A Government Committee investigating the prices Australians pay for information and communications technology is now mulling over the responses of industry giants Apple, Microsoft and Adobe… read more...
eWinery decants solution for NetSuite cloud
Napa Valley-based eWinery Solutions – which supplies technology to iconic Australian winemakers such as Penfolds, Lindemans and Wolf Blass – is decanting its solution for the NetSuite cloud… read more...