An innovation nation — the race to the top
25 November, 2015 by Laurie Patton, CEO, Internet AustraliaWith a new air of bipartisanship breezing through Canberra, there should be no reason why Australia cannot take the lead in the next, internet-driven, industrial era.
Sydney's Prospa tops Deloitte's Australian tech Fast 50
24 November, 2015 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingFinTech company Prospa was Australia's fastest-growing technology company during the 2014–15 financial year, according to Deloitte's annual Australian Technology Fast 50 rankings.
Boosting Aussie entrepreneurship
02 November, 2015A new report focusing on high-impact entrepreneurship in Australia highlights the need for a greater focus on commercialising research.
Anger at LogMeIn's $110m LastPass buy; nbn COO Adcock departs; Twitter chops 8% of staff
16 October, 2015 by Andrew CollinsUsers angry at LogMeIn's US$110m purchase of LastPass, nbn's COO Adcock is leaving the company, and Twitter announces plans to lay off 8% of staff worldwide.
AI, automation to shape 2016 tech trends
08 October, 2015 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingGartner expects the rise of artificial intelligence, machine learning, a diverse and growing range of connected devices and other technology advances to shape the main tech trends for 2016 and beyond.
LinkedIn pays $18m over lawsuit; CSC to buy UXC for $428m; HP approves split
08 October, 2015 by Andrew CollinsLinkedIn to pay $18m to settle a class action over unwanted emails, Global IT services company CSC plans to purchase Australian company UXC, and HP will split into two listed entities.
Toshiba loses $460m; Bugzilla breached, Firefox hacked; BlackBerry drops $610m on Good
10 September, 2015 by Andrew CollinsToshiba announces loss due to profit-padding scandal, hacker breaches Bugzilla and goes on Firefox attack, and Blackberry buys Good Technology.
Google bets on Alphabet rebrand; ICANN accounts compromised; Microsoft boosts bug bounty to US$100K
13 August, 2015 by Andrew CollinsGoogle restructures and forms Alphabet parent, ICANN admits hackers stole private data, and Microsoft doubles reward for vulnerability discoveries.
.au domain names pass the 3 million mark
27 July, 2015 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThere are now more than 3 million .au domain names under management, making Australia one of the top 10 countries in the world by domain name volumes.
Australian BPM market to grow 2.4% this year
01 June, 2015 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingGartner expects Australian BPM revenues to increase 2.4% this year, below the global average. The firm is meanwhile predicting solid growth in sales of non-smartphone connected devices.
Frustrations drive Aussie online shoppers to retail stores
27 May, 2015 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingNearly half of online shoppers in A/NZ have abandoned a purchase due to website frustrations and 29% have purchased the product in a physical store instead.
Australian businesses still plagued by inefficiencies
19 May, 2015Organisations across Australia’s major industry sectors continue to be plagued by inefficient work processes due to an over-reliance on manual or paper-based processes.
The 20:20 strategic vision - mobility, digitisation and automation
26 March, 2015Technologies in the workplace are evolving: they change to respond to the growing need for increased flexibility and efficiency.
Digital economy adds more to Aussie GDP than mining
26 March, 2015 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe digital economy contributed 5.1% to Australia's GDP in FY14, and this is on pace to rise to 7.3% by 2020, Deloitte estimates.
PC market to shrink 4.9% in 2015
16 March, 2015 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe global contraction in the PC market may be worse than expected in 2015 as device substitution and lower subsidies for Windows 8.1 devices constrict demand, according to IDC.
