Successful marketing in the 21st century requires a fresh approach linking data, mobile platforms and creative but valuable-to-the-consumer campaigns… read more...

Mark Webster considers the just-announced Apple Watch but, more intriguingly, there’s a very new MacBook, plus ResearchKit available… read more...

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...

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 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...

Fewer than half of the premises with access to Australia’s national broadband network have yet signed up for the service… read more...

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...

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...

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...

Australia is slowly going backward in the innovation stakes according to Nicta technology strategist, Dean Economou… read more...

In a connected world of people, things and enterprise, effective and efficient identity management and authentication is essential but complex… read more...

RoZetta Technology, officially launched this week, is an attempt by 40 Australian and New Zealand universities to commercialise their big data expertise… read more...

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...

Consumer appetite for mobile data is surging – but are corporates getting a raw deal if they are paying for it?… read more...

Sydney-born software business Atlassian has taken a step closer to a US market listing, further beefing up its executive team… read more...

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...

Individuals, business, even nation states are facing a rising tide of online security and safety threats prompting a rash of different responses… read more...

Sydney is this week hosting up to 300 of Australia and New Zealand’s leading API developers at a conference intended to showcase the role of APIs in creating “composable enterprises”… read more...

A reshuffle at Westpac means that half of the CIOs in Australia’s leading banks again report to their chief executive officer, reinforcing the importance of technology to the sector… read more...

New technology and globalisation are testing many industries. We explore what digital disruption means, and find an early responder who offers advice to see off the MOOCs in your industry… read more...