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MYOB cloud finance

MYOB edges closer to all-cloud business

February 29, 2016 | Beverley Head
Accounting software company MYOB has released its first set of financial results since it relisted on the sharemarket last May… read more...
Internet of Things tech

Gartner’s Top 10 IoT tech predictions

February 29, 2016 | Newsdesk
The global analyst firm has outlined ten technologies that it believes will allow organisations to go full speed ahead with the Internet of Things over the next two years… read more...
Dick Smith

Good bye Dick Smith

February 26, 2016 | Newsdesk
In a statement issued by receivers Ferrier Hodgson, it was today announced that the remaining Dick Smith and Move stores (excluding airport locations) in Australia and New Zealand will close… read more...
data velocity

Data velocity forms flash’s new frontier

February 25, 2016 | Beverley Head
Deakin University is one of the local organisations testing the veracity of the latest tech sector jargon – data velocity… read more...
Collaboration trends

Convict heritage shapes collaboration trends

February 24, 2016 | Beverley Head
Australians’ “convict heritage” could be the reason why employees are leveraging consumer grade collaboration platforms more widely than their international peers… read more...
liberal arts degree

Rejoice, liberal arts student, your career in data analytics awaits

February 24, 2016 | Donovan Jackson
There’s plenty of hype around analytics and Gartner is tipping this sector of the industry for big things throughout 2016. But just how ready are businesses to take practical advantage of their data stores?… read more...
Innovation rattle

Optus hitches fresh ride on innovation coat tails

February 23, 2016 | Beverley Head
Optus is again shaking its innovation rattle – this time with a programme offering six capital injections of up to $50,000 for ideas that can “change the social landscape” for young Australians… read more...
CDO design

CDOs ‘not aware how to successfully design organisation’ – Gartner

February 23, 2016 | Newsdesk
The rapid adoption of the chief data officer (CDO) role — from 400 in 2014 to 1,000 in 2015 — raises important questions about the structure and positioning of the office of the CDO in organisations… read more...
NBN

Review recommends NBN Co sell off

February 22, 2016 | Beverley Head
A national infrastructure review has recommended the National Broadband Network Company be privatised “in the medium term” with a multi-billion dollar price tag tipped… read more...
UXC acquisition

CSC’s UXC acquisition a done deal

February 18, 2016 | Donovan Jackson
Global technology solutions company CSC is to complete the acquisition of UXC Limited within the next few weeks… read more...
bank customer service

NAB and Oracle deliver faster personal loans

February 18, 2016 | Beverley Head
In the past, when customers approached NAB for a personal loan, it took the bank around 12 days to respond – a new software platform now means they could win approvals in one day… read more...
ancient data storage

Ancient data storage costs corporates cash

February 17, 2016 | Beverley Head
An exploration of the data files kept by 100 global companies has revealed that two in five data files hasn’t been used in three years, and 12 per cent has lain fallow for seven… read more...
Home Insurance

Insurance industry next on IT innovation hit list

February 16, 2016 | Newsdesk
Insurers are starting to take stock of how IT can help boost business as the industry exits its rocky patch… read more...
technology lock in

Technology lock-in could be holding your company back

February 16, 2016 | Newsdesk
One of the single biggest barriers to digital strategy is the impact of capital depreciation and multi-year licensing contracts… read more...
Cloud money

Cloud arbitrage headed for A/NZ

February 16, 2016 | Beverley Head
Global Cloud Xchange is within a month of switching on its first A/NZ node, intended to allow local enterprises to deploy a cloud arbitrage strategy… read more...
Sydney Olympic Park

CeBIT 2016 focusses on digital transformation

February 15, 2016 | Beverley Head
CeBIT’s Australian lineup has been announced for 2016 with the giant trade show and conference returning to Sydney’s Olympic Park in early May… read more...
telstra

Telstra outage reveals business weakspot

February 11, 2016 | Beverley Head
When Telstra’s mobile network crashed this week it revealed just how reliant Australian business has become on communications networks… read more...
Ozforex

OzForex closes the kimono

February 10, 2016 | Beverley Head
OzForex has announced the collapse of negotiations with Western Union, pulls pin on due diligence process… read more...
big data small business

Xero promises big data for small business with new Microsoft ties

February 10, 2016 | Donovan Jackson
Power BI integration likely to get spreadsheet aficionados fired up… read more...
SAP highlights

SAP sets 2016 sights on two key sectors

February 10, 2016 | Beverley Head
SAP’s two new business units targetting public services sector in Australia and financial services in Australia and New Zealand telegraph its 2016 priorities… read more...

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