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Disruption means giving consumers what they want
Consumers are a demanding bunch – and it’s forcing established enterprises to disrupt their modus operandi, and on occasion to take a hefty financial stake in the disruptors… read more...
Data’s force awakens
Walt Disney’s Australian marketing team had just three and a half minutes of footage to leverage ahead of the Star Wars Force Awakens launch; it plugged the gap with data… read more...
Saturation, concentration and old fashioned ennui
Reports suggest that demand for tablet computers and smartphones has gone off the boil as the mobile market approaches saturation and consumers fail to fall for fads… read more...
Cloud services the answer to IoT security
Half of all IoT implementations will use cloud security services of some description by 2020, but the market is currently immature… read more...
Companies ‘desperate’ for technology leadership
But tech-savvy millennials need not apply… read more...
Google runs insight platform on Amazon cloud
The fact that Google has bought Interactive Intelligence’s customer engagement solution, which runs on Amazon’s cloud, signals the growing IT spending power of business units… read more...
Machine learning and AI for more secure banking
Turning data into real-time decisions to fight financial fraud… read more...
Australia unveils $230M cyber security strategy
The Federal Government has unveiled its cyber security strategy which features 33 new initiatives at a cost of $230 million over the next four years… read more...
Gartner dampens cloud enthusiasm
Settle down about the cloud already. That’s the message coming from a Gartner A/NZ analyst who reckons local companies are a bit overly excited about the whole notion… read more...
Clarity emerges for Gov.au and govCMS
After months of speculation it appears that the Government’s central online site, Gov.au, currently under development, won’t reinvent the wheel… read more...
Automation, robots signal Alsbridge entrance
Consulting company sets up shop in ANZ, punts ‘robotic process automation’… read more...
SAP establishes Canberra-based (and -centric) private cloud
Onshore deployment of cloud services for Australian public sector aimed at solving data residency dilemma… read more...
Wanted: part time data scientists
As organisational demand for data analytics increases, every organisation needs to hire or create a part time data scientist… read more...
Long journey looms for cloud in the regions
When IDC quizzed 200 mid-tier organisations in Australia it found that only about 15 per cent were truly optimised for cloud – and few of them are in regional areas… read more...
Is it time to turn the tables on cyber-crime?
Large enterprises could benefit from playing cyber criminals at their own game – but there are major risks for smaller organisations attempting any form of cyber vigilantism… read more...
WiseTech lists as latest tech unicorn
The successful float of Sydney based logistics software company, WiseTech Global, this week signals continued investor appetite for local tech stocks… read more...
Competition watchdog strains Nbn leash
The $1.6 billion deal between Nbn Co and Telstra, intended to speed the rollout of the national broadband network has raised concerns from the competition watchdog… read more...
Lifting the lid on HR transformation
From transactional processes to increased value-adding activities… read more...
A fraction too much friction
Anyone who has ever stood in a department store queue knows that stripping friction out of the retail process helps the consumer – but it turns out it also helps the retailer… read more...
Greentree boots up in the cloud
From disparaging ‘sandal-waving zealots’ to members of the congregation… read more...
