Faced with a budget shortfall the Australian Government is looking to reap an extra $420 million by tinkering with the rate of in-house software depreciation… read more...

Skilled IT staff looking for work across Australia and New Zealand could take heart from a pair of reports released this week that suggest employee demand may be starting to challenge supply again… read more...

After a rugged year on the stock exchange the cloud accounting provider has got its mojo back indicating US growth and listing plans… read more...

A dozen institutions have committed to invest in a new payments ecosystem for Australia that when complete will cost upwards of $1 billion… read more...

The Federal Government has launched a six month review of its six year old cyber security strategy and is also introducing a bill to force social networks to take down cyber-bullying material… read more...

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...

Mark Webster asks what Apple could afford to buy right now and whether its record-breaking market capitalisation will last… read more...

A disagreement about the direction NICTA should take when it loses federal funding in 2016 has prompted the resignation of CEO Professor Hugh Durrant-Whyte… read more...

With CMOs controlling more IT spending for organisations, Keean Persaud says so-called ‘shadow IT’ is becoming a problem… read more...

A global survey has found that more than three in four Australians aged 18-75 now own a smartphone – the fifth highest penetration in the world; enterprises need to prepare for the mobile consumer… read more...

Electronic and internet voting has been ruled out for Australians because of a fear of hacking and voter intimidation; paper and pencil are here to stay… read more...

Getting attention is getting harder. The web is a place where busy people do things. Help them, don’t disrupt them, says expert Gerry McGovern… read more...

The chief information officer’s hold on technology spending reins has loosened once again; while overall technology spending is up, A/NZ CIOs expect their own budgets to fall… read more...

There has been a surge in interest in data lakes over the last three months according to technology analyst Gartner, as enterprises scramble to make sense of their data… read more...

It’s looking like a busy festive season for the many stakeholders charged with creating a workable data retention scheme for Australia, says John Stanton CEO of Communications Alliance… read more...

Within two decades driverless vehicles could become a significant feature on Australian and New Zealand roads – if Governments invest in supporting technical infrastructure and update road rules… read more...

Intuit’s strategy of selling its cloud-based accounting system on the cheap in order to spur demand has backfired – and from the end of the year the $4.99 price tag seems set to revert to $35… read more...

Meetings are the bane of the workplace; the average worker attends five a week, an executive ten – and because of habitual late starts we lose several days of productive work time each year… read more...

Global enterprise software company Infor has embarked on a mission to develop and deliver “beautiful” software and hired New York-based designers to help… read more...

Getting out of the public eye has allowed BMC to redirect shareholder funds into R&D and help it live up to its new motto “bring IT to life” – something that could refer to either the company or its customers’ IT projects… read more...