Just what is the IT industry’s problem when it comes to getting noticed in the super trendy and oh-so-social marketplace?… read more...

If you’re in business then you gotta have an app, right? Well, maybe. Before you rush out and build your new mobile application you need to decide just how your new solution fits into your overall business strategy… read more...

Opus global infrastructure consultancy has chosen Microsoft’s Office 365 productivity solution to support its bid to be one of the top 20 consultancies in the world… read more...

Customers will soon benefit from Australia’s first real-time business banking app, as well as ground-breaking new functionality across CommBank Kaching for Android, Facebook and NetBank… read more...

Analysts say there are big opportunities for big data on the horizon in APAC, but warn that we may not have the skills to fulfill them… read more...

Tournament organiser says the event is “sunk” if they don’t get the IT right but he has to trust the experts with that to ensure a global success… read more...

Online advertising expenditure has surpassed newspaper advertising expenditure for the first time ever, according to a report from the Commercial Economic Advisory Service Australia… read more...

Running a successful IT project is a lot like raising a child. So why do project managers so often abandoned them at birth? read more...

UXC Eclipse has won the MAPA 2012 Microsoft Partner of the Year Award for Microsoft Dynamics ERP… read more...

Search engine optimization (SEO) tactics often make it harder for customers to do what they need to do, says Gerry McGovern… read more...

With the government-sponsored fibre rollouts under way in Australia and New Zealand, iStart takes a look at just what’s on offer with the NBN and the UFB initiatives… read more...

The ‘Spatial industry’ has for decades appreciated the real, exciting and powerful benefits of geospatial analysis. But if geospatial tech is so wonderful and is such a ‘no brainer’, why haven’t small to medium enterprises embraced the technology?… read more...

I’ve been on a mission for a while now to dive into Windows 8 and to try and come up with a definite opinion on what I think about the OS; admittedly I’ve been having a very difficult time… read more...

According to new research, IT spending by the global wealth management industry will reach almost USD$35bn by 2016, and will include heavy investment in digital channels… read more...

A simple social engineering-based hack has seen Apple suspend password changes over the phone as internet journalist’s online information, as well as iPhone, iPad, and MacBook content, is erased… read more...

John Allan will head Telstra’s directory business Sensis, while David Burns will run the company’s Network Applications and Services business… read more...

The Department of Human Services and Telstra have announced the signing of a new agreement worth $474 million that will see the telco build and manage a new unified communications network over the next five years… read more...

Information overload. It defines the age we live in… read more...

For successful companies, says Brett Roberts, it’s all about preparing for the battle. But while you can’t succeed without adequate preparation, planning can quickly veer into ‘useless’ territory, especially when those ‘best laid plans’ equate to little more than opportunities lost… read more...

Industry group the New Zealand Computer Society (NZCS) has released the first draft of its voluntary code-of-conduct document, the Cloud Computing Code of Practice, one of the first of its kind in the world… read more...