IT Management > Databases

La Trobe taps SAP to support strategic plan

30 October, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

La Trobe University is deploying SAP's Simple Finance and Lifecycle Management suites as part of a five-year strategic transformation plan.


Data centre consolidation saving US govt $3.8bn

01 October, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

A project to cut down on the data centres used by US government departments is on track to generate about $3.8 billion in savings (US$3.3 billion) by end-FY15, but some agencies are not seeing benefits, a report finds.


ADF launches eHealth Information System

23 September, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

The ADF has launched - and is rolling out nationwide - an integrated e-health system that will provide all ADF members with a single record throughout their careers.


PCEHR under review, but is it “unfixable”?

07 November, 2013 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

The government has launched a review into the personally controlled electronic health record (PCEHR) project, claiming poor take-up rates to date among Australian clinicians.


Three risks of poor software licence management

31 October, 2013 by Susan Lang*

With an increasing number of devices being used across the enterprise and the eagerness with which many individuals, departments and branches tend to pursue their own software purchasing plans, is it any wonder that few organisations are able to easily identify their true software licensing costs?


Knowledge management projects should focus on the practical

25 July, 2013

Organisations need to rethink their approach to knowledge management, putting greater emphasis on practical knowledge that can deliver measurable results, one recent report says.


Mapping childhood obesity factors in Australia

05 March, 2013 by Andrew Collins

Councils in South Australia will soon have access to information to help reduce childhood obesity, thanks to a geographic information system (GIS) project at South Australia’s Department for Health and Ageing.


Migrating to SharePoint 2013

30 October, 2012 by Chris McNulty, strategic product manager, Quest Software

SharePoint is a powerful tool for enterprise collaboration - when used well. With the release of SharePoint 2013 pending, now is a good time to examine your organisation’s use of the tool, and the merits of migrating to the new version.


PowerCenter Big Data Edition data analytics

30 October, 2012

Informatica PowerCenter Big Data Edition helps enterprises augment traditional transactional data with social, mobile, cloud and machine data.


Software AG webMethods 9.0 big data management product suite

23 October, 2012

The webMethods 9.0 suite combines management of big data from multiple sources with automated business processes and applications deployed in the cloud, on mobile devices or in-house.


MicroStrategy 9.3 business intelligence software platform

24 September, 2012

MicroStrategy 9.3 includes new capabilities and improvements to the data discovery software Visual Insight; increased support for advanced analytics from ‘R’ - an open source language for predictive analysis; and improved connectivity to Hadoop.


Australian researchers create operational silicon-based qubit

24 September, 2012

An Australian-led research team has successfully written data to and read data from a silicon-based quantum bit (qubit), essentially creating the world’s first working silicon-based qubit.


Ray White Group deploys business intelligence from Tableau Software

17 September, 2012 by Andrew Collins

Real estate franchise the Ray White Group has deployed business intelligence software to help drive its geographical expansion strategy.


Tracking graduated students and donors with PeopleSoft Contributor Relations

11 September, 2012 by Andrew Collins

The University of Ballarat (UB) has implemented a new system to help manage its alumni and its fundraising activities. The PeopleSoft solution, implemented with help from ASG Group, has revealed 95,000 previously unidentified graduates from the university.


Quest Software Toad Business Intelligence (BI) Suite

04 September, 2012

Toad Business Intelligence (BI) Suite is a suite of tools that links traditional and non-traditional data sources to bridge the gap between business intelligence environments and distributed big data sources.


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