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system security

IT professionals face daunting security KPI

January 18, 2016 | Beverley Head
IT professionals need to prepare for a new KPI that will track their ability to manage system security “dwell time”… read more...
storagecraft

Private equity firm takes stake in StorageCraft

January 15, 2016 | Newsdesk
TA Associates to invest U$187 million in backup and recovery software provider… read more...
sap accenture

SAP and Accenture tighten links

January 14, 2016 | Beverley Head
Accenture, which already has 42,000 staff dedicated to providing SAP services (46 percent of them in the Asia/Pacific/Japan region), has further tightened its links with the German software giant … read more...
Dick Smith

Consumer tech faces rocky start in 2016

January 13, 2016 | Beverley Head
While the New Year kicked off with the annual circus that is the Consumer Electronics Show, revealing gizmos galore, the portents for 2016 in this segment of the tech sector seem more dour… read more...
green supply chain

Be aware of these six trends – and get ahead in 2016

January 13, 2016 | Bradley Stroop
The business landscape can expect to see even more competition amid soft economic growth in 2016 which will drive organisations to consider new technology or systems to gain a competitive edge… read more...
PC shipments

The PC party is over as worldwide shipments deflate

January 13, 2016 | Newsdesk
Worldwide PC shipments of 75.7 million units in the fourth quarter of 2015 are 8.3 percent down the same period in 2014 said Gartner… read more...
generation rent

Generation rent

January 12, 2016 | Donovan Jackson
Everything as a service and nary ownership of it… read more...
Data analytics

Data analytics enters new phase of maturity

January 12, 2016 | Beverley Head
Data analytics is about to get a whole lot more interesting as pioneering companies work out how to empower their business executives without unleashing information anarchy… read more...
Innovation agenda

Government spruiks innovation agenda

January 11, 2016 | Beverley Head
The Federal Government is planning to unveil a campaign that will telegraph to ordinary Australians the importance of innovation to the nation’s future… read more...
santa sack

Santa sacks outdated technology

December 17, 2015 | Beverley Head
Whatever the personal technology lurking under the tree next week – it’s about to get outdated quicksmart… read more...
virtual desktop

Desktop as a service delivers Treasury innovation edge

December 16, 2015 | Beverley Head
Demand for what amounts to “desktop as a service” continues to mount as enterprises look to offer anywhere, any device access to information – while retaining a level of control… read more...
Mulesoft trends

MuleSoft’s five key trends for 2016

December 16, 2015 | Ross Mason
What is 2016 likely to bring? The answer, as is quite usual for the technology industry, is highly likely to be an intensification of concepts already in the market, writes Ross Mason… read more...

How application dependency maps can enhance user experience

December 16, 2015 | Pritika Ramani
In the age of users who demand flexible and responsive apps, dependency maps can enhance user experiences, writes Pritika Ramani… read more...
dead unicorn

Dead unicorns on the horizon

December 16, 2015 | Professor Nuno Fernandes
Just as in the Game of Thrones series, the ‘winter is coming’, and with it, so are huge risks to investors and employees of the so called unicorns, writes IMD Professor Nuno Fernandes… read more...
Christmas presents

Apple Matters: Great Apple gifts for the holidays

December 15, 2015 | Mark Webster
Tis the season to be rewarded – and here are some things Apple aficionado Mark Webster has recently looked at… read more...
Enterprise customers

Enterprise customers prove too big for Apple subsidiary

December 14, 2015 | Beverley Head
Organisations seeking to develop mobile custom apps that support just 100 users are about the limit for the FileMaker platform… read more...
mergers and acquisitions

Five steps to a successful integration

December 10, 2015 | Newsdesk
With Australian mergers and acquisitions (M&As) on the rise, organisations need to consider how they will integrate for a smooth transition… read more...
SAP trends

SAP’s five trends for 2016 and beyond

December 10, 2015 | John Ruthven
Five key themes of opportunity and disruption for the year ahead, says John Ruthven… read more...
data breach laws

Data breach laws pushed out to 2016

December 10, 2015 | Beverley Head
Australia has once more pushed out the deadline for its data breach legislation, although it has released an exposure draft available for public comment until March… read more...
tech trends 2016

Five tech trends to watch

December 9, 2015 | Arron Patterson
Rapid growth in information volume and complexity is putting data centres under pressure, accentuated by customer behaviour changes driven by mobile and social trends, writes Arron Patterson… read more...

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