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Especially for startups: CeBIT StartUp 2013
CeBIT StartUp 2013 is a dedicated three-day event for Australia’s vibrant and growing startup ecosystem. [ + ]
NZ bans software patents - sort of
The New Zealand government has declared that software alone cannot be patented under NZ law, in a move it hopes will please local software developers. [ + ]
Predicting stock market falls using Wikipedia
Researchers from the UK and the US claim to have found a link between reader activity on Wikipedia and subsequent falls on the stock market. [ + ]
ShoreTel ups the ante in UC market
Earlier this week at Interop in Las Vegas and to a small group of journalists in Sydney, ShoreTel announced a new product for its unified communications users. The ShoreTel Dock fuses the office phone with mobile devices. Is this a sign that UC is coming of age? [ + ]
Cloudy with a chance of success
The cloud gives unprecedented opportunities for IT to adapt to rapidly shifting business priorities. [ + ]
Revealed: draft Australian data breach laws
Details of potential data breach notification laws in Australia were revealed last week when the Federal Attorney-General’s Department shared its Exposure Draft Privacy Amendment (Privacy Alerts) Bill 2013 with a small number of key stakeholders. [ + ]
The personalisation conundrum: using website personalisation without alienating customers
Personalisation is one of the most polarising aspects of e-commerce today: while many website operators love the potential benefits to their bottom line, users often consider it a breach of privacy and a corruption of the levelling effect the internet has on markets around the globe. [ + ]
Kogan defeats ispONE in Supreme Court battle; Govt paper addresses tech giant tax tricks
Last week ispONE agreed to stop booting Kogan Mobile customers from its network without Kogan’s approval and the federal government launched an issues paper on the topic of multinational tax trickery. [ + ]
Creating a network for the mobile workforce
The rapid global take-up in mobile devices has been breathtaking - a trend that is creating opportunities as well as serious challenges for organisations. [ + ]
Are tablets a long-term solution?
Tablets have completely changed the nature of information access for users right across the enterprise. But are they a long-term solution or a flash in the pan? [ + ]
Third-party breaches
Many companies use partners to support their core business needs. Do those partnerships leave you and your data vulnerable to attacks? [ + ]
QBE sends 100 Aussie IT jobs to India; White House Twitter hoax briefly wipes US$136.5bn off US market
Last week, insurer QBE announced plans to cut 100 IT jobs in Australia and take them to India, while a hoax tweet about a bombing at the White House sent US stock markets plummeting. [ + ]
ACCC news: Excite Mobile guilty of “unconscionable” acts; ByteCard first to feel wrath of unfair contract laws
Last week the Federal Court found SA-based mobile operator Excite Mobile guilty of “unconscionable conduct”, while the ACCC put new unfair contract laws to the test, launching legal action against ISP ByteCard for its allegedly unfair contracts. [ + ]
The Windows XP countdown is on
Next April, Microsoft is ending support for Windows XP. Since its release in 2001, Windows XP has gone on to become Microsoft’s most successful operating system release. But that popularity means that many customers now have to map a migration path to their next desktop system. [ + ]
Tablets invading the enterprise?
The world is experiencing a historic influx of personal devices. But new ‘personal” devices aren’t staying at home - they’re coming into the workplace, and it’s giving some enterprise IT departments cause for concern as they confront the ways this bring-your-own-device (BYOD) trend complicates one of their primary duties: data protection. [ + ]