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ATO outage: Poor planning and pathetic delivery are systemic government IT issues
The Australian Tax Office outage is just one in a litany of IT failures that dog government agencies across the country… read more...
The reality of the AI revolution
Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most evocative and confusing terms in technology. In making sense of it, Steve Singer says AI is an everyday reality with plenty more to come… read more...
Tech slowdown begs question ‘Where have all the buyers gone?’
Market reports from IDC and Gartner show flat or declining numbers for PC, tablet and smartphone sales… read more...
The subscription gig gets new tooling
The complexities of selling ‘as-a-service’ has driven a new category of software – the subscription billing engine… read more...
Bringing sexy back (to software testing)
Scarcely a day goes by when we don’t hear about a critical application flaw that’s led to the election of a madman to a country’s leadership or some other technology catastrophe… read more...
New tech buyers could include machines
Vendors need to incorporate new customer types into go-to-market strategies… read more...
Good people (still) hard to find
Personnel problems highlighted in MYOB Business Monitor… read more...
Kicking the predictors in their crystal balls
December – the time for putting up the Christmas tree, counting down the days till holidays and trying to be nice to your work colleagues at the office party… read more...
Is the 457 program being exploited?
There is little doubt we have an IT skill shortage, but are skilled workers from overseas entering the country legitimately… read more...
Crystal balls come out for 2017
It’s that time of year again, so ready yourself for the prognostications of, well, everyone… read more...
Taking a step closer to a paperless world
Since I was a boy, I’ve been hearing about the paperless office… read more...
Kevin Mitnick and the human hacking business
Every industry has rockstars. For hackers and infosec, there’s probably no one more famous, or perhaps infamous, than Kevin Mitnick… read more...
Everything you know is wrong – surviving the death of IT
The last six months have seen rapid changes in the world of IT, giving Ian Apperley pause to consider the future… read more...
Intelligent avatar seeks situation vacant
‘BabyX’ leaves the lab and looks for a job as Soul Machines opens for business… read more...
Microsoft CEO Nadella doesn’t whelm, he delivers
Redmond’s top man appears at Developer Days down under… read more...
Plugging gaps between people, processes and systems
While ‘people, process and systems’ mantra has driven process design and execution for decades, gaps remain… read more...
Collapse of trust and digital transformation
Globally we are facing a collapse of trust – and it is being driven by digitisation, writes Gerry McGovern… read more...
Could CYOD give Apple an enterprise boost?
While BYOD has captured lots of attention over the last few years, companies supplying equipment chosen by employees is increasing in popularity… read more...
Pushing the software defined data centre
Attracting over 5000 attendees, vForum 2016 is one of the largest tech events in the ANZ region… read more...
Can service management change the way you work?
When it’s all about the experience, office applications aren’t good enough… read more...
