PowerCenter Big Data Edition data analytics
30 October, 2012 | Supplied by: Informatica Australia Pty LtdInformatica PowerCenter Big Data Edition helps enterprises augment traditional transactional data with social, mobile, cloud and machine data.
Migrating to SharePoint 2013
30 October, 2012 by Chris McNulty, strategic product manager, Quest SoftwareSharePoint is a powerful tool for enterprise collaboration - when used well. With the release of SharePoint 2013 pending, now is a good time to examine your organisation’s use of the tool, and the merits of migrating to the new version.
The data centre of the next decade
25 October, 2012 by Anthony CaruanaWe are in the middle of the third great revolution of technology delivery. The ages of the mainframe and the PC are quite dead. Anthony Caruana looks to the future and ponders the question: what will your data centre look like in 2025?
Software AG webMethods 9.0 big data management product suite
23 October, 2012 | Supplied by: Software AGThe webMethods 9.0 suite combines management of big data from multiple sources with automated business processes and applications deployed in the cloud, on mobile devices or in-house.
Anonymous dumps WikiLeaks; iiNet launches Optus-based 4G
15 October, 2012 by Andrew CollinsAndrew Collins takes a look at the more interesting tales from IT in the last seven days, including a spat between Anonymous and WikiLeaks, and iiNet’s new 4G wireless broadband plans.
iPhone 5 workers on strike?; Microsoft support scam disassembled; Huawei declared US security risk
10 October, 2012Andrew Collins considers the more curious tales from IT in the last seven days, including continued workers strikes at the Foxconn factory responsible for producing iPhone 5 units; a blow to the guts behind a Microsoft support telemarketing scam; and the US’s opinion on Huawei’s trustworthiness.
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.
Conroy's red undies; NBN Co's Quigley under fire; NZ apologises for spying on Dotcom
03 October, 2012 by Andrew CollinsAndrew Collins considers the more curious tales from IT in the last seven days, including Stephen Conroy’s apparent megalomania, Malcom Turnbull’s continued campaign against NBN Co, and New Zealand’s illegal spying on Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom.
App stores - coming to an enterprise near you
03 October, 2012 by Brian Prentice, Research Vice President, Gartner*The sheer number of mobile apps and the success of the app store model in delivering them has piqued the interest of many enterprises. The dynamics that drive public app stores are consistent with those that will ultimately drive private app stores in the enterprises, says Gartner Research Vice President Brian Prentice.
Australian researchers create operational silicon-based qubit
24 September, 2012An Australian-led research team has successfully written data to and read data from a silicon-based quantum bit (qubit), essentially creating the world’s first working silicon-based qubit.
iPhone map failures, creepy data reveals, Internet Explorer warnings
24 September, 2012Andrew Collins takes a look at the more curious tales in IT, including Apple’s poor-performing Maps app, Victorian police tapping into myki data and the German government’s warning about Internet Explorer.
MicroStrategy 9.3 business intelligence software platform
24 September, 2012 | Supplied by: MicroStrategyMicroStrategy 9.3 includes new capabilities and improvements to the data discovery software Visual Insight; increased support for advanced analytics from ‘R’ - an open source language for predictive analysis; and improved connectivity to Hadoop.
Ray White Group deploys business intelligence from Tableau Software
17 September, 2012 by Andrew CollinsReal estate franchise the Ray White Group has deployed business intelligence software to help drive its geographical expansion strategy.
Google in trouble, social media snafus, iPhone 5 underwhelms
17 September, 2012Andrew Collins looks at the past week in IT, including Google’s legal woes, even more social media messes and an underwhelming reveal from Apple.
Tracking graduated students and donors with PeopleSoft Contributor Relations
11 September, 2012 by Andrew CollinsThe University of Ballarat (UB) has implemented a new system to help manage its alumni and its fundraising activities. The PeopleSoft solution, implemented with help from ASG Group, has revealed 95,000 previously unidentified graduates from the university.
