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Digital invaders identified too little too late
A growing number of CEOs now recognise that they may not see the competition coming because of the speed of technology fuelled digital invaders… read more...
Smartphone soars as digital wallet demand declines
Australian business should reconsider the way it attempts to reach consumers based on a finer grained understanding of their technology preferences… read more...
The ‘scary’ side of the IoT
The Internet of Things (IoT) is quietly affecting everyday life for people around the globe – but is there a dark side? Ever merchants of doom, security vendors are on to it… read more...
Ransomware shifts attention to IoT
A new wave of ransomware looms – and this time it could get very “DieHard”, courtesy of the Internet of Things… read more...
SAP launches Institute for Digital Government
Software giant seeks to spur public sector innovation… read more...
Digitoil: RankBrain – Google’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithm and how it impacts you
Google’s ranking algorithm currently has about 200 different signals that work in harmony to deliver great search results… read more...
Nitro boss urges Government to act faster
Sam Chandler has a blunt message for Government; your intentions may be good, but you must match them with actions – and fast… read more...
Apple Matters: The brand they hate to love
Mark Webster considers Apple’s latest earnings call and ponders what it means for enterprise and the future… read more...
Focus on perimeter security misses point
When HP and the Ponemon Institute asked 28 Australian organisations about their experience with cybercrime, they discovered that the average cost of an attack was now $4.9 million… read more...
When a disaster isn’t a disaster (and how to better deal with ERP implementation complexity)
Many years ago, writes Owen McCall, a contribution to a study on ERP implementation failures threw up a completely surprising response… read more...
Robots invade the contact centre
Artificial intelligence is about to percolate deeper into enterprise contact centres, with machines taking over the simpler consumer interactions… read more...
Digitising the boardroom: What took you so long?
While companies have generally focused digitisation efforts on line of business processes, there is one rather significant level to which automation hasn’t yet reached: the boardroom… read more...
HANA Vora to stimulate appetite for big data?
With the launch of a new software product, SAP sets out to help harness big data… read more...
The benefits of an open data approach
The rising adoption of mobile technology in the business world, says Jonathan Stern, is causing growing challenges for IT departments… read more...
ANZ IT spending plays tag with GDP
Australia’s investment in technology is likely to grow in line with the nation’s expected rise in GDP – while New Zealand’s pace of IT spending growth will be a tad slower in 2016… read more...
BMC takes on legacy
For all the talk of new age computing platforms, the mainframe still plays a major role with almost two thirds of Australian mainframe users planning to grow their use of the platform… read more...
Mapping tool offers hope to besieged councils
A review of 139 NSW councils by the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal has found only 52 to be “Fit for the future” leaving many facing amalgamations and transformations… read more...
A top ten peek into the digital future
Gartner’s top strategic predictions for 2018 and beyond… read more...
Apple Matters: The Mac – Recent updates keep an old favourite relevant
The Macintosh has an enduring reputation as Apple’s flagship device. Launched in 1984, it’s still here and, with recent updates, it’s still growing, writes Mark Webster… read more...
Inbound marketing: (Not yet) All the rage
Inbound marketing software vendor HubSpot is pushing an APAC campaign to drive its solutions deeper into what it believes is a willing market… read more...
