New study a fillip for NBN
The case for a National Broadband Network (NBN) has been given a fillip by research findings that show by 2015 there will be an almost six-fold increase in internet traffic in Australia.
Stories by Mark Phillips
Talent war heats up
With demand for skilled technology professionals now exceeding supply, in a bid to retain their top talent employers will be awarding average salary increases of 3-4 per cent through 2011 and 2012.
2016: All in the Cloud?
If there is one top-of-mind issue among CIOs today, it is Cloud computing. But how will it be positioned five years from now — as an innovation that brought about overriding change in the way IT delivers business service or, as some predict, something responsible for nothing more than incremental change to the familiar hosting arrangements and one that back in 2011 was wrapped in massive hype?
Past neglect costing online sales
Australian bricks and mortar retail chains may have their backs against the wall in the face of cheaper international online offerings, but their general lack of an online presence over the last decade is also to blame.
Dawn of the hybrid CIO
Both share the common objective of growing the business, but rifts between CIOs and CMOs are commonplace -- the result of misconceptions and outdated, stereotypical views about the other’s priorities. One is seen to have a short-term focus, the other long-term. One is the left brain of the organisation, the other the right.
Browser study prompts lawsuit
AptiQuant, a Vancouver-based psychometric consulting company, this week released a report that claimed to measure the effects of cognitive ability on the choice of Web browser. The company said it offered free online IQ tests to over 100,000 people and then plotted the average IQ scores based on the browser in which the test was taken.
Hardcat a hard act to follow
Therapy Focus, Rocky Bay, The Centre for Cerebral Palsy and Disability Services Commission are working in partnership on a pilot program that increases the availability of low-cost equipment for people with disabilities.
Automation ups the security ante
Web applications experience 27 attacks per hour on average — roughly one attack every two minutes — according to findings from a US-based data security provider.
Business benefits going begging
Australian businesses are lagging behind those in other countries in their uptake of social media to realise productivity and cost-saving benefits.