Australian public cloud spend to hit $4.6bn this year

Australian organisations will spend nearly $4.65bn on public cloud services this year and $5.6 billion next year, Gartner has forecast.

Oracle enters blockchain fray

Oracle has announced the general availability of the Oracle Blockchain Cloud Service, which customers can use to build their own blockchain networks.

Hills taps Microsoft for CRM and ERP

Venerable Australian company Hills Limited has revealed plans to adopt Microsoft Dynamics for both its CRM and ERP functions.

Aussie companies teach Alexa new tricks

SEEK, Airtasker, NAB and Domino's are using Alexa's voice commands to enhance their offerings.

NSW cloud start-up Dovetail takes flight

A NSW start-up developing a cloud-based platform for analysing the emotional sentiment of large social media datasets has signed up more than 500 companies to date.

Sony Mobile Xperia XA1 handset

The Sony Mobile Xperia XA1 handset has high-end rear camera specs, including a 23 MP sensor and low-light capabilities.

Why IT resilience is a top priority for APJ organisations in 2017

In the last year, the number of organisations across Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) that experienced an outage rose significantly.

Spreedbox Plus private cloud appliance

The Spreedbox is a security hardened appliance that offers a self-hosted private and secure cloud to keep your data private, safe and within your control.

Appian assists paper removal at Uni of SA

The Appian Cloud has been successfully deployed at the University of South Australia as part of the university's strategic objective to remove all paper from its administrative systems by 2018.

Base2Services to open office in the US

Australian DevOps as a service company base2Services has revealed plans to establish a US presence to help serve its growing North American customer base.

Attractive virtual reality drives headset sales

The Telsyte Australian VR and AR Market Study 2017 predicts that 115,000 VR headset units will be sold in the second half of 2016, with sales rapidly growing to over 500,000 units in 2017.

Optus SMB launches cloud app marketplace

The new Optus Smart Shop is designed to provide cloud applications and support services, including set-up and configuration services, for Australian SMBs.

74% of SMBs using cloud apps to run their business

New research from Intuit indicates that 74% of Australian small business owners are using cloud- and mobile-based apps to manage their operations.

ThreatARMOR Zero-Day malware immunity

Red Cross Blood Service adopts Oracle CX Cloud

The Australian Red Cross's Blood Service division is implementing a new donor relationship management system using cloud offerings from Oracle.