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Atlassian buys Statuspage

Flush from IPO, Atlassian buys StatusPage

July 18, 2016 | Beverley Head
Listed development tools provider adds cloud monitoring service as another string to its bow… read more...

Fight back against disruptors with this secret weapon

July 18, 2016 | Donovan Jackson
‘Know thy enemy’ in the digital disruption battle… read more...
Manufacturing glass Epicor

Manufacturing growth takes many forms

July 14, 2016 | Clare Coulson
Traditionally conservative manufacturers are turning to tech to reinvent themselves says Epicor… read more...

Long-standing Pronto MD retires

July 14, 2016 | Newsdesk
Outspoken Pronto COO Chad Gates is stepping up to the top job as long-term MD David Jackman retires… read more...
Contact centre hotel

Welcome to the Hotel contact centre

July 14, 2016 | Beverley Head
When Barry Cottrill lost one of his biggest call centre customers it prompted a rethink of the sorts of services he could offer – and spawned the Contact Centre Hotel… read more...
Commonwealth bank and Xero

Big love feeds accounting-banking relationship

July 13, 2016 | Beverley Head
The Commonwealth Bank is the latest financial institution to deepen its relationship with accounting software provider Xero, allowing bank feeds to be set up directly from the bank’s or Xero’s platform… read more...
Malcolm Turnbull

Coalition keeps control; ACS demands action

July 12, 2016 | Beverley Head
The Coalition has clung on to claim control after a narrow election win; now the Australian Computer Society wants to see some action… read more...
Gartner predicts IT spend

Software spending rises in Australia and New Zealand

July 11, 2016 | Beverley Head
Overall IT spending in Australia and New Zealand is tipped to rise by 2.8 and 1.9 percent respectively in 2016 compared to last year, while global investment is flat, even “lacklustre” year on year… read more...
Anthony Belsham, Fronde

From red to black – Fronde’s ambitious $100 million target

July 7, 2016 | Clare Coulson
After a NZ$3.35 million loss two years ago and the exit of long-time CEO Ian Clarke, Fronde’s new CEO Anthony Belsham talks company turnaround and his $100 million target… read more...
Telstra acquires Readify

Telstra adds muscle in software and clouds

July 7, 2016 | Beverley Head
Telstra has pushed further into the software and solutions space, acquiring Melbourne based applications development and managed services business Readify… read more...
Digital signature

Digital signatures strip out pen and ink

July 6, 2016 | Beverley Head
The pen and ink signature seems set to be another casualty of the continued race to digital transformation as electronic signatures linked to enterprise software take firm hold… read more...
human and robot interaction

Boundaries blur between robots and real life

July 5, 2016 | Beverley Head
As robots emerge from laboratories and science fiction to take on roles in factories, transport systems, hospitals and households, humans are having to come to terms with them… read more...
Australian parliament 2016

Innovation agenda suffers election wobbles

July 4, 2016 | Beverley Head
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s $1.1 billion innovation agenda looks increasingly uncertain following a federal election which failed to deliver a resounding mandate… read more...
Telstra network outages

Telstra spends $250 million on network fix

June 30, 2016 | Beverley Head
After network problems earlier this year, Telstra has announced that it will spend $250 million to attempt to fix the problems… read more...
Ginni Rometty

Cognitive computing heralds new disruptive wave

June 29, 2016 | Beverley Head
IBM boss Ginni Rometty returned to Australia after a two-year absence this week, to put enterprise on notice that the cognitive computing era was underway… read more...

Cloud demand spurs growth for single focus PrimeQ

June 28, 2016 | Beverley Head
Cloud-only consulting business PrimeQ is so confident of demand across Australia and New Zealand that it is planning to double headcount to 100 by the end of the year, and 200 the following year… read more...
Mark Troselj

Oracle and NetSuite lose local heads

June 27, 2016 | Beverley Head
There’s been a changing of the guard in leading technology companies including the Australian subsidiaries of ERP giants Oracle and NetSuite… read more...
Freshdesk CRM

New CRM fresh on global market

June 24, 2016 | Clare Coulson
Tired of having to cobble together systems for its sales reps, SaaS business Freshdesk set about creating its own CRM system for ‘high velocity sales teams’… read more...

Dynamics takes to the field

June 24, 2016 | Clare Coulson
Microsoft’s CRM solution has been extended to handle field services, Rolls Royce on board with deployment… read more...

Workplace security lifts, consumers’ sags

June 23, 2016 | Beverley Head
IT’s warnings about the need for greater vigilance about computer security is paying off – but Australian and New Zealand consumers are still playing fast and loose with their own protection… read more...

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