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Survey finds local organisations exposed to file recovery risk
Poll of senior ICT decision makers shows Australian and New Zealand organisations require ‘information intervention’ to improve governance processes… read more...
Industry welcomes Queensland Government ICT initiatives
State’s ‘Towards Q2’ strategy aims to improve the management and development of its $29 billion technology industry… read more...
World-first claim for local online medical alert service
125,000 New Zealander MedicAlert users set to benefit from emergency access to vital medical records… read more...
IBM and Qantas Sign Project Delivery Agreement
Seven-year services contract aims to bolster airline’s goal of improving business efficiencies… read more...
Seqwater selects TechnologyOne solutions
Queensland Government water authority opts for an across-the-board solution from one vendor to help integrate and standardise business processes and planning… read more...
Open Source Society targets public sector with ‘Remix’ project
New Zealand Open Source Society initiative aims to encourage government agencies to look at open source as a way of cutting desktop computing costs… read more...
Fonterra moves mobile business to Gen-i
In a significant business win for Telecom’s ICT services business, the dairy giant is shifting more than half of its mobile connections away from Vodafone… read more...
Symantec donates software to non-profits
Enterprise software available to eligible charities, voluntary and community groups… read more...
Tasmania Fire Service selects ComOps for risk management reporting
Solution allows TFS to automate safety and hazard reporting, and generate detailed reports to support training and OHS… read more...
Queensland Prosecutions Office chooses LexisNexis for case management
Lexis Visualfiles promises an integrated case management and research solution to automate workflow and ensure timeliness… read more...
ASICS keeps finger on the pulse with SAP BusinessObjects
Sportswear firm implements SAP BI 7.0 for reporting and market analysis to support the company’s continued growth… read more...
Australian PC market shows signs of improvement
Gartner identifies consumers and small business as sectors to lead recovery… read more...
Super Cheap Auto selects SAP for CRM and BI
Retail group adds to its existing SAP base as it revs up its niche marketing efforts… read more...
TIBCO Software acquires DataSynapse
$US28 million deal will enhance enterprise solution vendor’s distributed software infrastructure and cloud computing portfolio… read more...
NetSuite luring businesses into the cloud with “Cash for Clunkers” promotion
Cloud computing vendor offers new customers who ditch legacy software $500 off for every $5,000 they spend… read more...
Kmart selects HP retail publishing solutions
In-store and online service will allow customers to order prints and ‘creative’ photo products… read more...
Survey finds most companies fail to measure IT’s value
Respondents – including Australian IT professionals – said they can’t be sure what they’re getting from their technology investment… read more...
Australian IT security market growing strongly
Despite the economic downturn, Gartner says security spending rose 27.5% last year… read more...
Hermes picks BlackBay for new mobile communications solution
Real-time mobile worker software will drive efficiencies across the courier company’s business and boost customer service… read more...
Two-thirds of consumers fear ID fraud
A survey by Sydney-based research company callcentres.net has found that over two-thirds – 67 percent – of Australians interviewed feared their security details are at risk… read more...
