Will the federal Budget matter?
16 May, 2013 by Anthony CaruanaWith the expectation, if the polls are to be believed, that we’ll have a new government installed in September, does the federal Budget mean anything to the IT industry?
ACCC news: Excite Mobile guilty of “unconscionable” acts; ByteCard first to feel wrath of unfair contract laws
29 April, 2013 by Andrew CollinsLast 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.
Do you measure up?
30 January, 2013 by Anthony CaruanaIT departments have been measuring speeds and feeds for years now. Is that good enough?
Encouraging innovation by promoting failure
04 October, 2012 by Tracey TritschWhen it comes to generating new ideas, many find themselves stuck in the past, able only to produce rehashes of existing concepts. Tracey Tritsch considers why this is so, and the role risk and failure play in innovation.
How Conway’s Law can explain a messy IT system
19 July, 2012 by Justin Butcher*, Analyst, IBRSAll too often, IT workers are handed a messy and mysterious IT system devised by someone else, a system with no rational structure, little documentation and no explanation of how it got so bad. Conway’s Law can help explain how the system got to that point and help to avoid making similar mistakes in the future. Justin Butcher, Analyst at IBRS, explains.
IBM Core Services IT platform
26 July, 2010 byIBM has delivered the Core Services IT platform that supports the Australian Government’s Standard Business Reporting (SBR) initiative, which aims to save businesses time, money and effort through the provision of an online reporting capability.
Small businesses crack down on use of social networking sites
01 June, 2009Productivity concerns trigger crackdown on social networking sites.
Mobile usage tracker
22 April, 2009 byMozone is a software application that allows companies to track how their employees use company-funded mobile phones.
'One laptop per child' initiative suffers severe setback
13 January, 2009The 'one laptop per child' initiative that started with great hopes has been hit by the financial storm.
