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Connected living

What will ‘connected living’ look like?

September 16, 2014 | Frost & Sullivan
Massive technology-led disruption across all industries globally, driven by the rapid proliferation of connected devices and services, is moving everyone and everything towards a state of ‘connected everything’… read more...
tangled

Gartner untangles Analytics: BI, BA & big data

September 16, 2014 | Ian Bertram
The terms BI, BA and big data tend to be unceremoniously bandied about without much consensus on what they are. Gartner’s Ian Bertram, separates the myth from the truth… read more...
Politics of e-health

The politics of e-health

September 11, 2014 | James Riley
The benefits of digitising health are undisputed, as is the need to reduce healthcare costs with our aging populace. But e-health initiatives get bogged down in politics. We sent James Riley to take the temperature in New Zealand…[View as PDF] read more...
ATO

Government signals crack down on tax/price rorts

September 11, 2014 | Beverley Head
Australia’s Treasurer has signalled his intent to ensure overseas technology companies pay their fair share of tax, and also are stopped from price gouging local consumers… read more...
Indian workers

Indian tech firms up the ante in Australia

September 11, 2014 | Beverley Head
Leading Indian technology vendors are expanding their footprint in the Australian market, and looking to acquire already scarce local IT skills to meet growing demand… read more...
Supply chain

Only one A/NZ business makes grade on supply chains

September 8, 2014 | Newsdesk
Only one organisation based in Australia has made the cut for Gartner’s annual list of the most effective supply chains in Asia Pacific – and New Zealand fails to rate a mention… read more...
F rating for students

Australia bawled out over science fail

September 3, 2014 | Beverley Head
Australia’s chief scientist has given the country an F, noting that it is the only OECD nation without a national strategy for science, technology or innovation… read more...
Email

Is your email signature legal?

September 2, 2014 | Vendor
The laws and legislation surrounding email disclaimers are tightening all around the globe with the prospect of significant fines for non-conformists… read more...
Technology in banks

ASIC wants more technology vendor regulation

September 2, 2014 | Beverley Head
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission has called for the bar to be raised in terms of regulation of technology vendors selling to the financial sector… read more...
National Broadband Australia

NBN cost benefit analysis results wind back internet speed

September 2, 2014 | Beverley Head
By 2023 the average household in Australia will need no more than 15 Megabits per second of internet download speeds according to a cost benefit analysis of the National Broadband Network… read more...
Hype cycle

Hypecycle identifies technologies ahead of their time

August 28, 2014 | Beverley Head
Organisations experimenting with internet of things deployments, wearables, cryptocurrencies or big data could be in for a long wait before they bear real fruit. Beverley Head reports… read more...

New hat for hosting and managed service providers

August 28, 2014 | Craig Deveson
We all know that cloud computing improves efficiencies, but subject matter specialist Craig Deveson says that is only the case if it is done right, and if hosting and managed service providers access the right tools they are the ones to do it… read more...
IoT how to

How to plug into the internet of things

August 28, 2014 | Anthony Doesburg
Need to track your vehicles? Or monitor water? The internet of things delivers an extraordinary opportunity to connect and network all manner of things, but how?… read more...
Scanning the biometrics

Scanning the biometrics market

August 28, 2014 | Clare Coulson
Security analytics, biometrics and behaviourmetrics seem kind of Doctor Spocky, but are rapidly migrating from sci-fi movies into the real world. Clare Coulson looks at the complex world of security and crime prevention… read more...
suitbids

Online marketplace disrupts traditional professional services model

August 27, 2014 | Newsdesk
SuitBids, an online marketplace for professional services launched July with the aim of providing a new avenue for professionals to connect with clients and tender for live jobs… read more...
John Sheridan

Blog posts reveal gap in public sector procurement rhetoric

August 27, 2014 | Newsdesk
A gap between reality and rhetoric seems to have emerged in terms of ICT companies’ success in selling to the public sector, which has been revealed by comments on a Government blog… read more...
No zombies sign

Xero blasts at account poaching “zombies”

August 26, 2014 | Beverley Head
Cloud accounting firm Xero has overhauled its partner programme to stop subscription poaching “zombies”, and will introduce a new code of conduct from 2015… read more...
Online pirates

How to sink online pirates

August 22, 2014 | John Stanton
The Australian print and electronic media has harboured a flurry of stories recently about the vexed issue of online copyright infringement and how to fix it. Communications Alliance CEO John Stanton outlines his thoughts on what needs doing… read more...
bitcoin

Bitcoin faces double whammy tax load

August 21, 2014 | Newsdesk
Bitcoin is neither money nor foreign currency according to the Australian Taxation Office which has issued guidance that may force start-ups and businesses to rethink their Australian plans… read more...
themeforest websites

Australian content site beats Google.com.au in top 100 global web rankings

August 21, 2014 | Newsdesk
ThemeForest has cracked the top 100 website list compiled by Alexa – at time of writing it’s at number 79 on the list – just after dropbox.com but ahead of Google.com.au… read more...
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