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Predictions for 2016

Frost & Sullivan’s five big predictions for 2016

November 26, 2015 | Newsdesk
Head of research shares insights on what to expect next year… read more...
mobile application testing

App wind tunnel blows right into Australia

November 26, 2015 | Beverley Head
Israel’s Perfecto Mobile is finalising arrangements with a local data centre to host an Australian instance of its mobile application testing service… read more...
tech startup

Tech startups achieve stellar growth rates

November 26, 2015 | Beverley Head
Fintech disruptor and online loan provider Prospa has won the Deloitte TechFast 50 for 2015, with a phenomenal 6,971 percent revenue growth rate for the year… read more...
mergers and acquisitions

How the right systems can determine M&A success

November 25, 2015 | Newsdesk
Acquiring a company or merging with a peer can strengthen a business but, like any financial strategy, there are risks involved… read more...
TechnologyOne

Technology One tackles titans, ramps profits

November 25, 2015 | Beverley Head
Brisbane-based software and services business Technology One has racked up a dozen years of record revenues and licence fees with profits up 16 percent… read more...
holographic technology

Volvo and Microsoft cosy up for better car buying experience

November 24, 2015 | Newsdesk
New partnership promises holographic technology to configure and preview car choices in 3D before purchase… read more...
digital future

ACS sets pace in innovation debate

November 24, 2015 | Beverley Head
Casting off once and for all any suggestion that it had become a moribund professional organisation, the Australian Computer Society is increasingly leading the debate on technology innovation in Australia… read more...
road to multinational

Four considerations on the road to multinational business

November 23, 2015 | Newsdesk
Expanding overseas can be an effective way of broadening the customer base and increasing profits… read more...
Digital push

Digital push must come from CEO and board to succeed

November 20, 2015 | Beverley Head
Enterprises which want to transition from traditional operations into a digital business need the CEO and board to drive the agenda, or they will likely fail… read more...
CFO wary of cloud

CFOs remain wary of cloud

November 18, 2015 | Beverley Head
ANZ chief financial officers remain wary of the cloud for their own use, even though they’ve had a decade of signing cloud cheques for CMOs and CIOs… read more...
Young entrepreneurs report

Australia must lift game or slide further down innovation ladder

November 17, 2015 | Beverley Head
By embracing digital technologies Australian organisations could add $A34.5 billion to the nation’s GDP by 2020, if the country lifts its innovation game… read more...
sydney technology

Sydney tech faces property squeeze

November 17, 2015 | Beverley Head
Sydney’s tech landscape will be in flux over the next five years with the planned redevelopment of two significant inner city technology hubs… read more...
board marketers

Board-level marketers must embrace data, technology and finance

November 16, 2015 | Newsdesk
Marketers gain a place on the board, credibility and strategic support from director-level peers only if they speak the right language… read more...
tablets and notebooks

Tablets take a chill pill

November 12, 2015 | Beverley Head
A new survey has forecast a surge in demand in Australia for tablet-cum-notebooks – but the overall tablet market is slowing – just in time for the release of the latest iPads and Microsoft’s flagship store… read more...
Australian manufacturers

Australian manufacturers urged to invest to prepare for upswing

November 11, 2015 | Newsdesk
For the first time in more than a year, the Australian manufacturing industry is growing due, in part, to the falling Australian dollar… read more...
Motorola innovation centre

Motorola launches fresh crack at innovation

November 11, 2015 | Beverley Head
There was something of a “groundhog day” feel to the opening of Motorola Solutions’ Melbourne based innovation centre this week despite the room bristling with the latest mobile technology… read more...
Victoria start up fund

Victoria baits tech hook with $60 million fund

November 10, 2015 | Beverley Head
The Victorian State government will launch its $60 million start up fund by the end of the month, bent on attracting more technology companies to the State… read more...
nz post

Canon acquires Converga

November 9, 2015 | Newsdesk
Canon Australia has fully acquired The New Zealand Post Group’s managed services and business process outsourcing company, Converga, for an undisclosed sum… read more...
Data analytics

Data analytics yet to penetrate product development

November 9, 2015 | Beverley Head
More than seven in ten Australian organisations currently use data analytics to support operations, and while more plan to follow suit, deployment is slated only for certain areas… read more...
digital invaders

Digital invaders identified too little too late

November 6, 2015 | Beverley Head
A growing number of CEOs now recognise that they may not see the competition coming because of the speed of technology fuelled digital invaders… read more...

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