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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...
biometrics

Technologies to disrupt digital commerce in 2016

February 10, 2016 | Newsdesk
Juniper Research reveals top transformational technologies in e-commerce… read more...
CSIRO

Shifting the deckchairs at CSIRO

February 9, 2016 | Beverley Head
Australia’s peak research body CSIRO has confirmed an overhaul which will have the organisation and its researchers focused more on innovation than invention… read more...
Govt takes your money

Government takes your money online, faster

February 4, 2016 | Beverley Head
The NSW Government is building on its raft of digital services – this time by updating its smartphone app to allow people to pay fines and review infringement photos… read more...
xero tax update

Xero updates tax and switches guard

February 4, 2016 | Beverley Head
Cloud accounting software company Xero has announced a slew of updates for its Australian tax module, along with a changing of the guard at the pointy end in both Australia and New Zealand… read more...
worldwide BI spend

Worldwide BI to hit US$16.9 billion in 2016

February 4, 2016 | Newsdesk
Especially solid growth for analytics in ANZ in otherwise tepid IT market… read more...
fusion5 buys Koorb

Goodbye Koorb with latest Fusion5 acquisition

February 2, 2016 | Donovan Jackson
The wave of consolidation of trans-Tasman enterprise solution providers continues apace as Fusion5 snaps up the remnants of Koorb… read more...
corporate information

Security blanky makes way for quilt

February 2, 2016 | Beverley Head
Enterprises need to rethink blanket rules regarding access to corporate information systems, and instead take more of a “patchwork quilt” approach according to a former FBI agent… read more...

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