July 1, 2011

IT visionaries are busy looking for the “next big thing”. At each step since business computing began, visionaries have painted pretty pictures of where the world would be after it adopted another innovation.
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Rising world data volumes pose major opportunities | Microsoft launches Office 365 | AARNet terabit ready with Cisco | Internode links its first customer to NBN in Willunga | Kroll Ontrack teams with Covertec for data recovery insurance | Ninefold Cloud evolves beyond public Beta
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The Asia-Pacific (AP) business software market will burst into life this year, when it will grow by 8.4 per cent to hit $46 billion, according to Ovum. In a new forecast, the independent technology analyst predicts recovery from the global economic downturn will begin in earnest this year for the sector, which did not...
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According to Budde.com there is no doubt that the deal between Telstra and the Government that will lead to the roll out of the National Broadband Network in Australia is of global historic importance. While many countries (so far over 40) have indicated that broadband is critical infrastructure this requires government leadership; Australia is...
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A new Tecala survey reveals that more than 70 per cent of Australian organisations have experienced cost savings as a result of cloud computing deployments, with 69 per cent of companies planning to maintain or increase their budget for cloud computing by mid-2012.
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Cloud computing will continue to reshape the IT landscape over the next five years as spending on public IT cloud services expands at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 27.6%, from $21.5 billion in 2010 to $72.9 billion in 2015. But the impact of cloud services will extend well beyond IT spending, according...
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Research and consulting company callcentres.net Pty Ltd recently announced that it is relaunching as Fifth Quadrant Pty Ltd, a Service Strategy and Research Consultancy. Due to the strong equity in the existing brand, the callcentres.net name will be kept for Fifth Quadrant’s online, publishing and social media division, which now has about 9000 executive...
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Telstra expands global telepresence reach with Tata Communication | IAK Verzekeringen looks to Sitecore to enhance customer experience | Huawei Australia signs ANZ distributor agreement | Frontier Software selects ClickSuper | Brisbane’s Grabba International purchases Ballarat’s Entermo’s assets | ASI powers Down Syndrome Victoria services | EMC's VNXe chosen for Cloud Plus storage
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Microsoft director de Silva joins Velrada | Stanhope retires from Telstra | Orange Business Services appoints Makryllos ANZ MD | Nuix appoint Bunting for global customer support and quality assurance | HP appoints James-Killer to lead South Pacific imaging and printing | DB Results appoints Ruhl to board | Chamonix appoints Dave Pette VIC...
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