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Never mind property, a tech correction is coming
It’s not a matter of if but when, writes IMD Professor Michael Wade – and he calls the coming crash a good thing… read more...

CA rallies call for next level Agile – breakout out of the IT silo
Having conquered a decent chunk of the IT profession’s hearts and minds the Agile movement has set its sights on a broader swathe of enterprise professionals as it seeks to achieve ‘next-level Agile’… read more...

Frost & Sullivan’s five big predictions for 2016
Head of research shares insights on what to expect next year… read more...

App wind tunnel blows right into Australia
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 startups achieve stellar growth rates
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...

How the right systems can determine M&A success
Acquiring a company or merging with a peer can strengthen a business but, like any financial strategy, there are risks involved… read more...

Technology One tackles titans, ramps profits
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...

Volvo and Microsoft cosy up for better car buying experience
New partnership promises holographic technology to configure and preview car choices in 3D before purchase… read more...

ACS sets pace in innovation debate
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...

Four considerations on the road to multinational business
Expanding overseas can be an effective way of broadening the customer base and increasing profits… read more...

Digital push must come from CEO and board to succeed
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...

CFOs remain wary of cloud
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...

Australia must lift game or slide further down innovation ladder
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 tech faces property squeeze
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-level marketers must embrace data, technology and finance
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 take a chill pill
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 urged to invest to prepare for upswing
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 launches fresh crack at innovation
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 baits tech hook with $60 million fund
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...

Canon acquires Converga
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...