Why you don't need a cloud computing strategy
As with any new exciting technology, companies commonly look towards creating a "strategy" around the movement in order to ensure their investments achieve the greatest ROI. In the 1990s, it was all...
View ArticleOptus overhauls retail distribution strategy
Telco service provider, Optus, is refocusing its retail and distribution strategy to reflect the maturing mobile market and the changing needs of Australian consumers.
View ArticleAIIA appoints new chairman and board members
The peak ICT industry representative body in Australia, Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA), has appointed a new chairman and board members.
View ArticleCommBank records first half FY2013 net profit of $3.66 billion
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CommBank) has announced a statutory net profit after tax (NPAT) of $3.66 billion for the half year ending December 31, 2012, a one per cent increase on the same time...
View ArticleWhitman acknowledges HP 'missteps', reiterates commitment to channel
2013 will be a year of turning around HP and addressing the challenges the company has faced in the past few years, HP CEO, Meg Whitman, said in her keynote speech at HP's Global Partner Conference in...
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE: WhiteGold moves into the datacentre
WhiteGold Solutions has partnered with German datacentre vendor, Rittal, marking what it expects will be the first of many partnerships in WhiteGold’s new datacentre ecosystem.
View ArticleAIIA welcomes SA government ICT strategy paper
The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) has welcomed the SA government’s ICT strategy position paper, SA Connected.
View ArticleShoreTel hires marketing lead for APAC
Telecommunications company, ShoreTel, has appointed Emma McCormack to lead its Asia-Pacific marketing operations from Sydney as director.
View ArticleNSW Government encourages ICT reform feedback
The NSW Government is encouraging the ICT industry to have a say on its plan to deliver better services through ICT usage and procurement.
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Cyan lays out Australian expansion plan
US-based software defined networking (SDN) vendor, Cyan, has laid out its A/NZ expansion plans.
View ArticleCITRIX SYNERGY ’13: IT needs to be empowered, says Sallam
Along with the digitization of humanity, there needs to be an empowerment of IT solutions and technologies, according to Citrix client virtualisation chief technology officer and product strategy...
View ArticleCISCO GLOBAL PARTNER SUMMIT’13: The future is written in APJC, says Valles
The Asia-Pacific, Japan and Greater China (APJC) region is leading in the technology adoption space and emerging markets in the region are just as important to Cisco as the developed markets, according...
View ArticleLogicalis proposes process for proactive mobility strategy
The demand for proactive mobility strategy is toppling the demand for reactive bring-your-own-device (BYOD) point solutions, according to managed services provider (MSP),...
View ArticleWD focuses on PVR space
Consumers are spending more time in front of the TV than any other screen and are utilising more of personal video recorder (PVR) technologies with it, according to storage and Western Digital company,...
View ArticleTelcos should compete less and collaborate more: Ovum
Telcos must compete less and collaborate more as innovation efforts get put under the spotlight, according to research firm, Ovum.
View ArticleEMC addresses need for backup and recovery strategy
Backup needs more attention as 56 per cent of companies have experienced data loss over the past 12 months and 77 per cent of decision makers are not confident that they can recover their lost data,...
View ArticleACS and government focus on national Cloud consumer protocol
The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has released a discussion paper and is seeking comments from industry and consumers on the scope of the Cloud Consumer Protocol and the issues it should address.
View ArticleAdobe announces new version of Creative Cloud
Creative solutions vendor, Adobe, has launched a new version of Creative Cloud that enables creative teams to purchase membership of a single desktop application like Photoshop CC, Illustrator CC,...
View ArticleCloud to become bulk of new IT spend by 2016: Gartner
As Cloud computing continues to chug along, Gartner forecasts 2016 to be a defining year for Cloud as private begins to give way to hybrid, making Cloud the bulk of new IT spend.
View ArticleCIOs look to services-led strategies: Logicalis
Managed services provider, Logicalis, argues that CIOs must take on a more strategic role within their organisation or risk being pushed aside by line of business managers.
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