Business travellers feel need for speed
IT is a competitive advantage in the business traveller sector of the hospitality industry where technology is expected to equal that of an office environment.
Stories by Siobhan McBride
Mapping your IT's future
If your organization is still concerned about aligning IT with business, it's time to move beyond discussion, according to Mark Hollands, principal of research firm ITR.
NSW Police sign scheduling deal
The NSW Police has signed a $1 million contract for a labour management solution to streamline its complex rostering requirements, optimise staff levels and help improve operational agility.
Siebel, IBM team up to meet demand
Siebel Systems and IBM on Tuesday announced the availability in Australia of Siebel CRM OnDemand with 350 active trials already taking place in the Asia-Pacific region.
IBM launches managed e-mail service
IBM Australia has announced a new managed security service designed to help companies reduce the risks inherent with e-mail communications.
Hearts and minds hard to win in IT land
Despite the big marketing and branding bucks vendors spend to win and retain IT customers, IT managers claim they have little loyalty to vendors.
EMC sets out to Inform
The debate surrounding the commoditization of technology continued yesterday in Sydney with more than 1000 delegates attending EMC Australia's Inform event which featured controversial author Nicholar Carr.
Companies turn their back on IT governance
Australian organizations are showing extreme diversity when it comes to IT governance, with less than 50 percent of non-government enterprises currently using a consistent method for assessing IT risk.
Gartner: Time to migrate to the real time enterprise
Gartner vice president and analyst Gene Phifer yesterday urged IT professionals to cut back on the application jungle and move toward a real time enterprise.
Companies struggling with anti-spam compliance
With the Federal Spam Act officially having taken effect in April, organizations have now had well over a month to adapt to the new laws or risk facing fines up to $1.1 million.
ACS calls for ICT job security
The Australian Computer Society (ACS) called on the federal government yesterday to protect local ICT jobs against offshoring when it released a policy framework that includes re-skilling displaced workers.
Blended delivery creates effective courses
The hype surrounding e-learning as the sole training method has passed as organizations realise the solution is in a blended mix of course delivery.
Users weary of reps' critical selling blunders
Software sales reps still manage to make the simplest errors and offend potential customers in the process.
Flight Centre backs up for growth strategy
Travel agency The Flight Centre has completed a two-phase project in which it completely redesigned its storage infrastructure.
Technology bites hands that run it
Innovative technology could be your worst enemy. Ironically, the biggest threat to IT jobs isn't offshore outsourcing, tight budgets, hiring freezes or project failures, but new technology.