Strategy

Half of all businesses admit to IT project cancellations

Half of all businesses admit to IT project cancellations

New research has suggested that nearly half of firms have recently canned IT related projects before completion.
Gareth Morgan May 20 2008 3:35PM Strategy
CeBIT Australia 2008 throws open its doors

CeBIT Australia 2008 throws open its doors

CeBIT Australia 2008, one of Australasia’s largest Information and Communications Technology (ICT) trade events has opened its doors for the seventh year.
Staff Writers May 20 2008 2:56PM Strategy
Informatica wraps up Identity Systems buy

Informatica wraps up Identity Systems buy

Data integration firm Informatica has completed its acquisition of Identity Systems, which was previously owned by Nokia..
Staff Writers May 20 2008 7:31AM Strategy
Yahoo board fights back at Icahn

Yahoo board fights back at Icahn

Yahoo's board has hit back at attempts by investment mogul Carl Icahn to force a takeover of the firm by Microsoft..
Shaun Nichols May 19 2008 7:45AM Strategy
Gartner predicts globalisation of IT by 2015

Gartner predicts globalisation of IT by 2015

Chief information officers must be prepared to source their IT from offshore global locations or suffer competitive disadvantage, as emerging markets ramp up their technology investments, according to analyst firm Gartner.
Phil Muncaster May 16 2008 4:05PM Strategy
Conservative firms not getting the most from IT

Conservative firms not getting the most from IT

Nearly a quarter of businesses around the world do not determine their IT resource requirements on business priorities, according to new research..
Clement James May 15 2008 7:35AM Strategy
IT departments still being ignored

IT departments still being ignored

IT departments are much more involved in business decision-making that they were five years ago, according to new research..
Staff Writers May 14 2008 8:11AM Strategy
BPO success demands sophisticated metrics

BPO success demands sophisticated metrics

Business leaders are rapidly changing how they measure the success of their business process outsourcing programmes, reports analyst house NelsonHall.
Rosalie Marshall May 12 2008 4:06PM Strategy
Electronic giants lobby for national television recycling scheme

Electronic giants lobby for national television recycling scheme

A group of major electronics brands have joined together to speed up the development of a national television recycle program.
Ashley Clark May 8 2008 4:13PM Strategy
NICTA recognised to fuel Aussie innovation

NICTA recognised to fuel Aussie innovation

National Information and Communication Technology Australia (NICTA) has been awarded the distinction of a Registered Research Agency (RRA) by the government.
Ashley Clark May 6 2008 1:04PM Strategy
Murder, intrigue and the end of an era

Murder, intrigue and the end of an era

The week started off with an end of an era, as Telstra scrapped its CDMA network to make way for the Next G network.
Ashley Clark May 3 2008 12:47PM Strategy
Telstra and Austrade partner to bring local SMBs to China

Telstra and Austrade partner to bring local SMBs to China

Telstra and Austrade have jointly launched a new program to support small to medium sized businesses (SMBs) looking to trade in China.
Liz Tay May 2 2008 4:25PM Strategy
BPM becomes CIOs' top priority

BPM becomes CIOs' top priority

Improving business processes has become the highest priority for today's IT department, according to a global survey of more than 3,500 CIOs undertaken by analyst group Gartner.
Rosalie Marshall Apr 30 2008 7:36AM Strategy
Flexible communications key to SME success

Flexible communications key to SME success

The majority of small business decision makers spend a minimum of five hours a week out of the office which can affect the company's ability to make fast decisions when needed..
Staff Writers Apr 29 2008 7:44AM Strategy
Sony strikes chord with Gracenote

Sony strikes chord with Gracenote

Sony Corporation of America has signed a merger agreement with Gracenote in a deal worth approximately US$260 million..
Clement James Apr 28 2008 7:22AM Strategy
New alliance seeks cleaner, smarter power

New alliance seeks cleaner, smarter power

A new alliance of government and industry stakeholders has been formed with the goal of overhauling the nation's existing power grid to become more environmentally friendly.
Staff Writers Apr 23 2008 3:58PM Strategy
Woolworths introduces self-serve checkouts

Woolworths introduces self-serve checkouts

Woolworths shoppers will be among Australia’s first to be able to conduct self-serve checkouts as the company begins a rollout in more than 70 of its supermarkets.
Staff Writers Apr 21 2008 2:58PM Strategy
Business should come clean over 'digital dirty laundry'

Business should come clean over 'digital dirty laundry'

Businesses have been warned to "come clean about the dirty laundry" when staff send ill-judged emails containing offensive material..
Robert Jaques Apr 18 2008 1:19PM Strategy
Hyro analyses with CiRBA’s data centre product

Hyro analyses with CiRBA’s data centre product

Australian-based digital service provider, Hyro, has added Canada-based CiRBA’s data centre intelligence software to its consolidation and virtualisation analytics software tools for the enterprise IT market.

Staff Writers Apr 16 2008 2:32PM Strategy
Federal Government orders $16 billion ICT review

Federal Government orders $16 billion ICT review

Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner has appointed the former head of Britain’s Treasury to spearhead an independent review of the Federal Government’s $16 billion ICT bill and curb spending where necessary.
Mitchell Bingemann Apr 14 2008 3:55PM Strategy

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