The statistics behind 457 visa rort claims
29 May, 2013 by Andrew CollinsThe Australian federal government recently claimed that the IT industry accounts for “most” of the 457 visas granted to allow overseas workers to work in the country, and that IT salaries have dropped as a result. But these claims aren’t necessarily supported by official Department of Immigration statistics.
Five-step IT strategic planning guide
23 May, 2013 by Anthony CaruanaEvery CIO will, at some point, have to create or update a strategic plan for how technology will meet the needs of the business. This can be a daunting task.
Dell Toad Business Intelligence Suite 2.0
21 May, 2013Dell has announced Toad Business Intelligence Suite 2.0, a solution that lets organisations access and extract meaningful information from traditional and non-traditional data sources.
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?
Especially for startups: CeBIT StartUp 2013
14 May, 2013CeBIT StartUp 2013 is a dedicated three-day event for Australia’s vibrant and growing startup ecosystem.
NZ bans software patents - sort of
14 May, 2013The 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
10 May, 2013Researchers from the UK and the US claim to have found a link between reader activity on Wikipedia and subsequent falls on the stock market.
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.
The Windows XP countdown is on
26 April, 2013 by Anthony Caruana | Supplied by: Thomas DuryeaNext 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.
Do you need a chief data officer? How about a chief digital officer?
23 April, 2013Big data is causing many a CIO to reconsider how they manage information. But does data need representation at the executive level? Gartner thinks so.
Mobile wallets change how we pay
17 April, 2013 by Marie Holmes, Regional Director-Asia Pacific, Amdocs Digital Services | Supplied by: AmdocsThe emergence of mobile wallets in various markets is increasingly paving the way for the support of mobile payments through the partnership of financial organisations with communications service providers.
Molecular data storage and logic elements that work at room temperature
16 April, 2013An international team of researchers has found a new method of producing molecular magnets. Their thin layer systems made of cobalt and an organic material could pave the way for more powerful storage media as well as faster and more energy-efficient processors for information processing. The results of this research have been published in the journal Nature.
IBM inquiry heats up; Windows 8 hamstrings PC sales
16 April, 2013 by Andrew CollinsThis week: the inquiry into the Queensland Health payroll fiasco hears fresh admissions of IBM exploiting leaked documents from rivals, while analysts peg Windows 8 as the reason for dramatic drops in PC shipments.
The social media Trojan Horse
10 April, 2013 by Paul Higgins, Emergent FuturesSocial media has the capacity to be the glue that connects your business with the rest of the world.
HP chairman steps down; European states consider legal action against Google
09 April, 2013 by Andrew CollinsHP’s chairman, Ray Lane, has stepped down after being narrowly re-elected at this year’s annual meeting. Meanwhile, regulators in six European states are looking at laying fines on Google for its 2012 changes to its privacy policies.
