We may question the changes some companies make, but it is the companies that don't change that we should question.
An increasingly demanding legislative environment and chronic under-training of staff are threatening even the most well-meaning companies' plans to meet compliance requirements, Professor Allan Fels has warned today upon the release of a new white paper he authored on the topic.
How do you grow an idea into successful company in Australia? Research and development company Thiri chose to be part of a business incubator to turn an idea into reality.
Research group Gartner has forseen a wave of Chinese hardware and Indian IT services companies about to hit the Australian market in 2005, with some of the largest manufacturers in the world on the list.
RFID is moving from a much-talked about technology to a much-used technology, with many companies about to share RFID trials.
What can organisations do to keep the employees they have and maximise their potential?
Adobe's push into web-based services has delivered a windfall for Australian entrepreneur Bardia Housman, who quietly sold his company Business Catalyst to the US software maker at the start of September.
One of the big problems of the internet is that is practically impossible to keep up-to-date on preferred topics. You can limit your sources, but this can mean missing a lot of valuable data.
Brisbane-born start-up Particls promised a better way of organising information from the web. Now, however, it appears to have given up the battle, with both the Particls website and that of its parent company Faraday Media disappearing from the web.
One year into its tenure, how has the new New Zealand Government performed on issues of technology and telecommunications?
Many businesses find that tracking blogs and online discussion groups yields candid -- and crucial -- information about their products, services and competitors.
Security company Check Point faces vulnerabilities of its own. Will a wave of new products catch customers' eyes?
Want to shop locally for IT services but don't want to compromise on quality? The local services industry is finding ways to outdo global giants.
Australian companies are showing a lot of interest in Voice over IP, yet not many projects are underway. We profile the companies that are ahead of the pack.
Five Aussie businesses take us behind the scenes during the early set-up phase of their tech companies.
Shadman Zafar, CIO of Verizon Telecom, talks about how focusing on the growth of the company acts as a great incentive for employees to innovatively come up with ideas and create new business cases around those ideas.
At the AlwaysOn Summit at Stanford University, panelists discuss benefits that huge companies like Google and Facebook could get from embracing open source, such as third-party developers integrating their products into new application versions and easier connectivity with emerging technologies. Panelists include Ron Yekutiel, CEO of Kaltura; Kim Polese, CEO of SpikeSource; and moderator Matt Asay, vice president of business development at Alfresco and a member of the CNET Blog Network.
At the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles, Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie talks about the company's new cloud computing operating system, called Windows Azure. The new OS is a framework that allows you to scale from 10 users to 10 million users without additional coding. Ozzie also discusses what the technology means for developers and businesses.
If you're still pushing drugs, you're a fool -- cybercime is where the money is, says the CEO of Web filtering company, Websense.
So what if a few IT guys need to work late to fix up damaged machines after a cyberattack -- this won't affect your stock price, says the CEO of Web filtering company, Gene Hodges.
We may question the changes some companies make, but it is the companies that don't change that we should question.
With the ReadyNAS Pro, Netgear has proven it's still king of the hill. However, some interface quirks, inelegant recovery from catastrophic volume failure, and poor volume, user and share management may put some users off.
Looking for an affordable business desktop to roll out? We look at the major players available in the market today.
The Fujitsu Lifebook S6520 is a decent refresh with Centrino 2 parts, but there are cheaper alternatives if portability is of utmost importance.
The 6720s is a budget business notebook that could fit the bill if you don't need serious CPU or graphics power, and are likely to spend most of your time in the office rather than on the road.
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