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Subscription appetite fuels Zuora funding
A global shift toward subscription style business models has helped deliver a US$115 million funding kicker to Zuora… read more...
AppWrap: ICT news wrap up Q1 2015
A wrap-up of news stories that caught our eye over the the past quarter of ICT news including appointments, departures, deals done, implementations completed, mergers, acquisitions and partnerships… read more...
Experts team up for healthy talent management
Two HCM technology and healthcare industry experts have combined forces to address the health sector’s specific talent management needs… read more...
Qantas proves big daddy of big data
When it comes to big data, Qantas Loyalty is the big daddy – with up to 27 years’ of historical insights about 10.6 million members… read more...
Technology underpins thoroughly modern marketing
Successful marketing in the 21st century requires a fresh approach linking data, mobile platforms and creative but valuable-to-the-consumer campaigns… read more...
Apple matters: Apple Watch is ‘out’, but so is a new MacBook
Mark Webster considers the just-announced Apple Watch but, more intriguingly, there’s a very new MacBook, plus ResearchKit available… read more...
Data-as-a-service speeds applications development
An Australian retailer keen to speed applications development was the first customer for Delphix when it launched its data-as-a-service system – but since then it has proved a slow burn in A/NZ… read more...
Flow wins US market research agreement
MBA students from San Diego State University have signed up to do market research on Flow’s best method of entry into the US market… read more...
CIOs buy breathing space on IT spending
CIOs have bought themselves a bit of breathing space – but the writing’s on the wall about the long term loosening of IT’s purse strings… read more...
NBN Co continues slow steady progress
Fewer than half of the premises with access to Australia’s national broadband network have yet signed up for the service… read more...
Metadata debate considers the 39 steps
The Government’s proposed metadata retention Bill is expected to be introduced to the Parliament today – though the real debate will come later in the Senate… read more...
Apple Matters: Return to Apple Maps
Much was made of Apple’s Maps app when it first appeared a couple of years ago, thanks to errors. Mark Webster looks at it now… read more...
Enterprise needs to leadfoot IoT security
Gartner estimates that right now there are barely any enterprises which have formal plans to address aggressive cybersecurity business disruption attacks via the internet of things, but things are changing rapidly… read more...
Australian start-up scene’s health patchy
Australia is slowly going backward in the innovation stakes according to Nicta technology strategist, Dean Economou… read more...
Industry steps up to identity challenge
In a connected world of people, things and enterprise, effective and efficient identity management and authentication is essential but complex… read more...
A/NZ uni spinoff targets big data demand
RoZetta Technology, officially launched this week, is an attempt by 40 Australian and New Zealand universities to commercialise their big data expertise… read more...
Apple Matters: Feeling secure
Everyone wants to feel secure and even the idea that someone might be snooping on electronic devices is unsettling. Mark Webster looks at security for Apple… read more...
Data demand surges – but at what price to enterprise?
Consumer appetite for mobile data is surging – but are corporates getting a raw deal if they are paying for it?… read more...
Atlassian edges closer to US IPO
Sydney-born software business Atlassian has taken a step closer to a US market listing, further beefing up its executive team… read more...
MYOB and Xero take battle on the road
Australia and New Zealand’s leading accounting software companies are going up against each other on three fronts; innovation, customer count and now roadshows… read more...
