IT Management

Big data's key drivers in 2015

27 January, 2015 by Dr Roger Kermode, Practice Principal, Analytics & Data Management, Enterprise Services, HP South Pacific | Supplied by: Hewlett Packard Enterprise

How Australian organisations approach the challenges of big data will be key to their success. There are five areas business leaders should watch in 2015, says HP's Dr Roger Kermode.


Geek Weekly: Our top weird tech stories for 22 January

22 January, 2015

This week: an unstoppable cricket robot; Apple's Siri turns snitch; hound found on Mars; solar-powered around-the-world flight; and origami-powered internet.


Australian CIOs coming out of the shadows

21 January, 2015 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Shadow IT is now commonplace among Australian organisations, but this is freeing CIOs to take a more prominent role in driving business strategies, a BT survey suggests.


Apple, Google and co to settle for $504 million; Samsung's $9bn bid for BlackBerry; Google Glass 'dead'?

20 January, 2015

Apple, Google, Intel and Adobe reportedly reach a $504 million class action settlement; BlackBerry shares surge on news of Samsung's offer to buy the company; and Google halts sales of Google Glass.


Migration disruptions anger Melbourne IT customers

19 January, 2015 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Problems with the migration of 350,000 Melbourne IT customers to a new web hosting platform have overloaded the company's support lines and left customers fuming.


Smart Sparrow gets $4.5m grant for Inspark project

19 January, 2015 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

The University of Arizona has launched the new Inspark Science Network, an initiative to create compelling science courses using tools from Australia's Smart Sparrow.


Geek Weekly: Our top weird tech stories for 15 January

15 January, 2015

This week we look at: using the cloud to fight an ant invasion; UK PM’s plan to ban Snapchat; the very latest in rocket failures; and a poker-playing computer algorithm that can beat a human.


Should you drop Dropbox?

14 January, 2015 by Andrew Collins

Consumer-grade tools such as Dropbox have wormed their way into the workplace, producing a variety of headaches. But some experts say banning them is at best impossible and, at worst, can damage your business.


Businesses risk losing track of infrastructure

13 January, 2015 | Supplied by: Tibco Software Australia Pty Ltd

Organisations are at risk of losing sight of their technology infrastructure as they seek out smarter, faster and cheaper solutions in 2015, and beyond, according to TIBCO Software.


Geek Weekly: Our top weird tech stories for 18 December

18 December, 2014

This week: Optical illusions for computers; Lunar Xprize extended to end of 2016; Amazon glitch sees goods sold for 1p; Queensland hospitals hit by computer glitch; and a system failure closes London's airspace.


Aussie companies embrace social business models

17 December, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Australian organisations are adapting their business models to be more customer focused and see social media as a key component of this transformation, Deloitte said.


1 in 5 workers going rogue with corporate data

17 December, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

20% of employees have uploaded corporate data to cloud storage with the intent of sharing it outside the company, and businesses are doing a bad job of limiting access to that data, a survey shows.


Microsoft's Bitcoin trial; Arista hits back at Cisco; Turnbull's ISP deadline

16 December, 2014 by Andrew Collins

This week: Microsoft allows US customers to pay using Bitcoins; the federal government gives telcos four months to develop a copyright code or have one forced on them; and Arista hits back after Cisco launches patent and copyright legal action.


Aussie firms to maintain IT training spend in 2015

15 December, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Over 85% of Australian companies plan to at least sustain their IT training budgets next year, and consider improved proficiency to be the most effective outcome.


Optus Business to manage Suncorp's ICT

15 December, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Optus Business has won a seven-year whole-of-business deal to manage Suncorp's ICT services, including network and call centre services.


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