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Social media the new focus for marketing professionals
Published on January 22nd, 2010.
There’s a big move on by marketing professionals in Australian companies, and worldwide, to invest in social media over the next 12-months to avoid falling behind competitors, with many professionals...Filled under Information technology news - Market News, latest news. No Comments.
Cloud computing driving big changes in IT services market
Published on January 19th, 2010.
Cloud computing and its rapidly increasing adoption is the standout focus in IDC’s predictions for the Australian IT services market this year, with IDC describing cloud computing as emerging from...Filled under Information technology news - Market News, latest news. No Comments.
2010 pivotal year in healthcare technology adoption
Published on January 19th, 2010.
There will be widespread adoption of healthcare technology (EHR) globally throughout this year in a pivotal period for vendors, with some vendors likely to be pushed out of what is...Filled under Information technology news - Market News, latest news. No Comments.
Budget constraints no bar to UC implementation: research
Published on January 17th, 2010.
The pace of unified communications (UC) implementation and integration by multinational companies worldwide is increasing significantly despite “fierce budget constraints” imposed by companies, according to the latest survey of the...Filled under Information technology news - Market News, latest news. No Comments.
Segway Inc. acquired by reclusive British millionaire
Published on January 15th, 2010.
The manufacturer of the famous two-wheel Personal Transporter has announced that on Christmas Eve, it was acquired by a new company backed by British inventor Jimi Heselden.Filled under Information technology news - Market News, latest news. No Comments.
PC sales ‘exploded’ last quarter, say analysts
Published on January 14th, 2010.
Two U.S. research and analysis firms have come out with numbers for PC sales during the last quarter of 2009, and both show dramatic growth both in the U.S. and...Filled under Information technology news - Market News, latest news. No Comments.
Prediction: IT spending to grow
Published on January 12th, 2010.
Forrester Research has predicted a recovery in the technology sector this year as businesses and governments start spending again.Filled under Information technology news - Market News, latest news. No Comments.
Claim new technologies will boost eBook market
Published on January 5th, 2010.
Adelaide-based eBook device designer, Mike Ottoy of Ubiq Technologies, claims 2010 will see accelerated growth in the worldwide eBook market, with the release of a new wave of flexible and...Filled under Information technology news - Market News, latest news. No Comments.
E-books outstrip paper books in Christmas sales
Published on December 28th, 2009.
Amazon has released some stats and factoids about the 2009 holiday shopping season, including the news that it sold more Kindle books than physical books on Christmas Day. It also...Filled under Information technology news - Market News, latest news. No Comments.
Year of the technology tiger looms
Published on December 7th, 2009.
The Chinese calendar establishes 2010 as the year of the tiger – a time for bravery, competitiveness and unpredictability. For users and providers of computers and communications this rings especially...Filled under Information technology news - Market News, latest news. No Comments.
AI advance in goecoding with software developed in WA
Published on December 7th, 2009.
A researcher at Western Australia’s Curtin University of Technology says he has used artificial intelligence to develop new software that learns as it is used, an advance that could make...Filled under Information technology news - Market News, latest news. No Comments.
ACS says member growth defies trend, industry buoyant
Published on November 29th, 2009.
The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has taken its membership to 16,000 with just under 10 percent growth in membership over two years, which the ACS says defies both the economic...Filled under Information technology news - Market News, latest news. No Comments.
QMastor opens first US office
Published on November 28th, 2009.
Australian-listed bulk materials software development company, QMastor, has opened its first office in the United States as it expands its global footprint to support and service key mining regions in...Filled under Information technology news - Market News, latest news. No Comments.
App performance issues plague Aussie business
Published on November 28th, 2009.
Just over 57 percent of Australian businesses and organisations experience more than one application performance issue every week, with 11.5 percent of them experiencing ‘almost constant’ issues with their IT...Filled under Information technology news - Market News, latest news. No Comments.
Internode going to the extreme
Published on November 28th, 2009.
Hot on the heels of winning three major awards, including topping national customer satisfaction surveys of all ISPs, national broadband company Internode has announced it is rolling out a doubling...Filled under Information technology news - Market News, latest news. No Comments.
Retailer pilots on-demand software system
Published on November 23rd, 2009.
The first Digital Lifeware on-demand software system in a retail partner store is now live at BIG W’s store in the Sydney suburb of Winston Hills, with customers able to...Filled under Information technology news - Market News, latest news. No Comments.
Opening door to IT opportunities for indigenous Australians
Published on November 11th, 2009.
Indigenous Australians are being given a look into the world of IT and opportunities for employment in the industry with the launch today of an initiative by telecommunications specialist, Comscentre,...Filled under Information technology news - Market News, latest news. No Comments.
InsideView, NetSuite first social intelligence app for CRM, ERP claim
Published on November 11th, 2009.
InsideView and NetSuite are claiming the first social intelligence application to bring social media to both CRM and ERP with the release today of InsideView for NetSuite.Filled under Information technology news - Market News, latest news. No Comments.
Australian Interactive Games industry nudges $2 billion
Published on November 4th, 2009.
Recession proof? Not quite, whilst numbers announced today show green upward arrows across the board for the videogame industry, there were some shaky moments through 2009 for Australians in the...Filled under Information technology news - Market News, latest news. No Comments.
Virtualisation take-up defies economic downturn
Published on November 4th, 2009.
Australia has the fastest uptake and penetration of server virtualisation in the Asia-Pacific region, and the depressed economy has “done little to stifle the uptake”, according to the latest report...Filled under Information technology news - Market News, latest news. No Comments.