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Should Organisations Upgrade Now That Windows XP Support Has Ended?
WHEN WINDOWS XP AND OFFICE 2003 REACHED THE END OF THEIR 10 YEAR SUPPORT LIFECYCLE POLICY IN APRIL 2014, ALL SECURITY AND ONLINE CONTENT...
Acquisitions And Mergers
KEY CONSIDERATIONS WHEN INTEGRATING BUSINESSES. In today’s fast-paced world, growing an organisation organically may not suffice. Mergers...
User Experience (UX)
THE KEY TO INCREASING APPLICATION ADOPTION On average, companies that provide a superior experience have 14.4% more customers who are...
"Death of Hardware?" Not As We Know It
SOME SAY THE FUTURE OF TECH HARDWARE IS BLEAK, AS CLOUD SERVICES PROGRESSIVELY DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF SERVERS REQUIRED BY AN...
Yammer Integration with SharePoint to Boost Enterprise Productivity
WITH REGULAR ANNOUNCEMENTS OF NEW ENTERPRISE COLLABORATION TOOLS AND SERVICES, MANY ORGANISATIONS ARE EMBRACING SOCIAL NETWORKS TO...
Apple Targets Enterprise Security with iOS 8
APPLE HAS REVEALED A RAFT OF NEW MOBILE DEVICE MANAGEMENT (MDM) FEATURES IN IOS 8. THESE NEW SECURITY FEATURES WILL PROVIDE ORGANISATIONS...
First Movers Take The Cake In A Digital World
IN A CONSTANTLY CHANGING DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT, SOMETIMES IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO SIMPLY KEEP UP WITH THE COMPETITION. ORGANISATIONS USING IT...
Tomorrow’s CIOs Driving Innovation And Change
RECENT MUSINGS IN SOME QUARTERS OF THE MEDIA HAVE QUESTIONED THE FUTURE EXISTENCE OF THE ROLE OF CIO. SUCH ARTICLES MAKE FOR INTERESTING...
Custom Software or Off-The-Shelf? The Hidden Costs of One-Size-Fits-All
BUSINESS PAIN POINTS CAN OFTEN BE SOLVED THROUGH TECHNOLOGY. WHEN LOOKING FOR TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, ORGANISATIONS TEND TO LEAN TOWARDS A...
Tap-And-Go Mobile Technology In Australia Slow But Sure
AS TAP-AND-GO MOBILE PAYMENT CAPABILITIES ROLL OUT ACROSS THE WORLD, AUSTRALIAN ORGANISATIONS HAVE BEEN SLOW TO IMPLEMENT THE TECHNOLOGY...
Is There Still A Need For A Dedicated Testing Team?
AS PROGRESSIVE ORGANISATIONS EMBRACE THE AGILE DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGY TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE, THE TRADITIONAL RULES OF SOFTWARE...
New Privacy Laws Pose Harsh Penalties For Data Mismanagement
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO AUSTRALIAN PRIVACY LAWS IN OVER TWENTY-FIVE YEARS CAME INTO EFFECT IN MARCH. FACING HARSHER FINANCIAL...
5 Key Things To Consider When Creating Enterprise Mobile Applications
RECENT RESEARCH CONDUCTED BY ACCENTURE INDICATES THAT “67% OF CIOS AND OTHER IT PROFESSIONALS BELIEVE MOBILITY WILL IMPACT THEIR...
Biometric Security - The New Standard In Secure Login
A LEADING AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION HAS REVEALED THAT WITH THE POPULARITY OF ITS MOBILE BANKING PLATFORM, IT IS EXPLORING THE...
Technical Skills Shortage Felt In Government IT
THE ANNUAL ‘STATE OF THE SERVICE’ REPORT CONDUCTED BY THE AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (APSC) FOR THE PERIOD 2012-2013 REVEALED...
Digital Post Boxes - The Way of the Future?
DIGITISATION IS OCCURRING IN ALMOST ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE AND NOW, COUNTRIES SUCH AS DENMARK ARE LOOKING TO COMPLETELY ERADICATE PHYSICAL...
The New Website Security Standard
THE CURRENT STANDARD FOR WEBSITES IS THAT ECOMMERCE SITES ARE EXPECTED TO OBTAIN AN SSL (SECURE SOCKET LAYER) CERTIFICATE, DISPLAYED AS...
Why An End-To-End Vendor Can Save You Time And Money
WHEN CHOOSING A SOFTWARE VENDOR, SOME ORGANISATIONS WILL CHOOSE TO GO WITH A SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROVIDER AND ANOTHER TO DO THE SYSTEM...
Technologies To Look Out For In 2014
AS THE YEAR DRAWS TO A CLOSE, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT ORGANISATIONS SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON IN 2014. WE REPORTED THAT THE...
Mobile App Guidelines To Protect User Privacy
THE OFFICE OF THE AUSTRALIAN INFORMATION COMMISSIONER (OAIC) IS ADVISING MOBILE APPLICATION DEVELOPERS TO TAKE A ‘PRIVACY BY DESIGN’...
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