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Canva enterprise tool targets non-professional designers
Online design software house Canva – which already boasts 2.3 million international users for its free version – has seen an opportunity to streamline the marketing design process… read more...
Agile enterprises must embrace quarterly planning
Enterprises which want to wring the most benefit from Agile processes and practices need to shift away from annual plans to more regular quarterly planning sessions… read more...
Enterprise grapples with shifting IT expectations
The overwhelming majority of global business leaders (96 percent) recognise that digital technology has forever changed the rules – only some are ready for the challenge however… read more...
CeBIT gathers Australia’s tech faithful for 14th year in a row
Australia’s leading showcase of enterprise technology, CeBIT, will kick off in Sydney next Tuesday with no fewer than nine separate conference streams, plus a sold out start-up event… read more...
Apple Matters: Cook, Apple and the books
Apple CEO Tim Cook may not be attention-grabbing like his predecessor Steve Jobs, but Mark Webster finds he has kept the tech company on a very sound footing indeed… read more...
Oracle partner takes on Greentree for mid-tier
Software integrator Ndevr, which describes itself as Australia’s most highly regarded Oracle JD Edwards consulting partner, has signed a strategic partnership with local ERP vendor Greentree… read more...
Enterprise seeks “moments” through wearables
Ross Mason ordered an Apple Watch last week – but first he asked his wife… read more...
Online brand protection limits audience reach
Companies that want to protect their brand online might have to make difficult choices regarding audience reach… read more...
Apple Matters: MacBook – overwhelmed with underwhelming
It’s not just an appellation the all-new MacBook is missing. There is no ‘Pro’ or ‘Air’ after ‘MacBook’, and also no ports. Mark Webster finds himself wondering who it’s for… read more...
HP and Microsoft unveil vertical solutions
HP has revealed details behind its partnership with Microsoft that has it serving up business-process-as-a-service solutions for the automotive, financial services and public sectors… read more...
Big data to crack down on ice
Big data analytics could be harnessed to support the Australian Government’s recently announced crackdown on crystal methamphetamine, aka ice… read more...
NBN & UFB: getting down to the wire
The NBN and UFB projects have dominated the national and tech media headlines ever since their inception, usually due to squabbling over which technology should be used, who’s paying for what and whether progress has been fast enough. Here we take a step back and discuss the big picture for both project rollouts… read more...
Feds greenlight Centrelink’s ISIS plans
The Federal Government has given the thumbs up for a seven year overhaul of Centrelink’s core computing platform, predicting the first benefits will emerge as soon as next year… read more...
Tax minimisation: Singapore booms as Australia fumes
The extent to which multinational technology companies shift revenues and profits in order to minimise their global tax bills was on full display yesterday… read more...
Dallas downloaders face studio backlash
A landmark Federal Court Decision will force leading ISPs in Australia to hand over the names and addresses of 4,726 people who may have illegally copied a movie over the internet… read more...
Gov CIOs feel pressure to perform
Asia Pacific government CIOs are facing more budgetary pressure than their international or private sector peers… read more...
Things we can still learn from the electrical revolution
Gerry McGovern invites you to reimagine your business in the digital age by taking a walk down memory lane… read more...
Commbank hangs its hopes on Pi and Albert
The Commonwealth Bank is hitching its hopes for sales of tens of thousands of its tablet device to the 800 software developers it says have registered to use its Pi software platform… read more...
Apple Matters: A byte at Apple’s future
Apple has pioneered oh, lots of things. What does the latest crop mean for the future? Mark Webster ponders this question 39 years after Apple was founded… read more...
Legislative tsunami washes through Australian IT
A flurry of legislative changes is altering many of the rules affecting Australia’s information technology suppliers and users… read more...



























