Spotlight on enterprise IT trends Spotlight on enterprise IT trends

No matter where your organisation is in its technology transformation – whether you’re just beginning or nearing the end of a major overhaul – you need to keep an eye on the future.

Because you know disruption isn’t stopping any time soon.

So how do you keep to up with the very latest enterprise IT trends? Which technologies are emerging and which are gaining momentum? How are they being applied in innovative ways? And how might these technologies and techniques disrupt your business, or offer opportunities?

iTnews will help you identify some of these potential disruptions and opportunities in our Spotlight on new and future enterprise IT trends, coinciding with the Gartner Symposium on the Gold Coast on 24-27 October.

This Spotlight is supported by Veeam.

Google CIO defects to EMI

Google CIO defects to EMI

Douglas Merrill, de facto chief information officer and vice president of engineering at Google, has quit his post to become president of digital business at EMI Music..
Guy Dixon Apr 7 2008 3:09PM Training & Development
Microsoft sheds light on its internet strategy

Microsoft sheds light on its internet strategy

At Microsoft’s Mix08 conference for web designers and developers earlier in March, the firm showed off its developments and coming attractions, including a new focus on standards in Internet Explorer and an update to its Silverlight platform for browser-based applications.
Apr 7 2008 3:01PM Software
CIOs urged to embrace innovation

CIOs urged to embrace innovation

Three-quarters of CIOs admit that they are not driving innovation within their organisations, despite a widespread recognition that IT is a critical element in business innovation.
Phil Muncaster Mar 12 2008 3:06PM Strategy
AMD appoints Ahmed Mahmoud as CIO

AMD appoints Ahmed Mahmoud as CIO

AMD has appointed Dell veteran Ahmed Mahmoud as chief information officer reporting directly to Hector Ruiz, chief executive at AMD..
Mar 12 2008 7:28AM Training & Development
Hurd signals shift in HP Labs strategy

Hurd signals shift in HP Labs strategy

HP is planning a major consolidation at its HP Labs research division, cutting the current 150 individual projects down to a mere 20 or 30..
Shaun Nichols Mar 10 2008 7:30AM Hardware
Businesses lack strategy on mobility

Businesses lack strategy on mobility

Businesses are failing to take advantage of mobile communications because of a lack of planning, according to new research..
Matt Chapman Feb 11 2008 3:25PM Strategy
Microsoft hires ex-Disney exec as CIO

Microsoft hires ex-Disney exec as CIO

Tony Scott gets key role with software giant.
Clement James Jan 21 2008 2:39PM Training & Development
Security management tops IT strategy league

Security management tops IT strategy league

Information security management will be the most important initiative affecting IT strategy, investment and implementation in business organisations over the next 12 to 18 months.
Robert Jaques Jan 10 2008 11:29AM Security
$82M Defence Centre created to boost technology innovation

$82M Defence Centre created to boost technology innovation

A centre to help drive innovation and technology for the Australian Defence and Australian SMEs will be opened in 2008 and it already comes with a promise of $82 million in funding from the Labor Government.
Lilia Guan Dec 21 2007 7:19AM Security
Sun sheds light on OpenOffice strategy

Sun sheds light on OpenOffice strategy

Sun Microsystems has vowed to make its free office suite every bit as good as its paid-for offering..
Shaun Nichols Dec 17 2007 2:45PM Software
Microsoft's Bill Hilf reveals its open source strategy

Microsoft's Bill Hilf reveals its open source strategy

Bill Hilf, the man in charge of Microsoft's strategy for living in harmony with Linux lays out the company's opportunities with open source and the open source business model.
J. Nicholas Nov 19 2007 7:37AM Software
Cisco offers US$10m network innovation prize

Cisco offers US$10m network innovation prize

Provided it generates US$1bn return on investment.
Staff Writers Nov 1 2007 7:24AM Networking
Innovation: essential to productivity and economic growth

Innovation: essential to productivity and economic growth

Australia has not made any gains in innovative capacity over the past decade. While innovation is the key to lifting productivity, living standards and competitiveness, it is poorly understood in Australia, and too closely coupled with research.
Angus M Robinson Oct 31 2007 4:36PM Strategy
Citrix targets VMware with new virtualization strategy

Citrix targets VMware with new virtualization strategy

Citrix has used its customer event in the US to talk up its virtualisation plans.
Dave Bailey Oct 24 2007 7:35AM Software
Green IT still low on CIO agenda

Green IT still low on CIO agenda

Half of IT executives admit that their firms do not monitor IT-related energy spending, according to a new report from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
Staff Writers Oct 3 2007 9:25PM Strategy
Broadband pushing global innovation

Broadband pushing global innovation

The growth in high-speed internet access around the world has changed the way business and academics collaborate, and led to a "globalisation of innovation", according to a department head at Cern.
Matt Chapman Oct 2 2007 7:30AM Telco/ISP
Analyst slams UK iPhone strategy

Analyst slams UK iPhone strategy

Analysts have described Apple's iPhone strategy in the UK with carrier O2 as "inadequate " and likely to "frustrate a lot of users".
Staff Writers Sep 20 2007 7:16AM Telco/ISP
SNIA announces strategy to enlist vendors and channel partners

SNIA announces strategy to enlist vendors and channel partners

SYDNEY - Industry education group, the Storage Networking Industry, has made public a three-year strategic plan aimed at promoting storage networking and data management in Australia.
Sarah Falson Jun 19 2007 3:02PM Storage
The evolving role of the CIO

The evolving role of the CIO

IT security has the potential to impact a business at every level. Few other business areas, if any, have the potential to damage customer relations, disrupt supplier dealings, lower employee productivity, lose revenue and even lead to the arrest of the CEO.
Martin Carmichael, Jun 12 2007 1:50PM Security
Microsoft adds hardware to unified comms strategy

Microsoft adds hardware to unified comms strategy

Microsoft and nine hardware partners will unveil 15 IP phone devices at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference in Los Angeles today.
Andrew Charlesworth May 15 2007 2:39PM Hardware

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