May 27, 2011

Slumping, soaring, plain sailing

Publisher Len Rust

No factor is more important in explaining why some countries lead the world in innovation and competitiveness than national level leadership. The information technology revolution has transformed the world and created a whole new economy.
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Australia leading APAC cloud adoption

Frost & Sullivan: State of Cloud Computing in Australia | Government and industry collaborate to showcase ICT at CeBIT Sydney 2011 | Organisations under greater pressure to protect against data loss | Unisys Security Index rates Net lower national security risk than airports | Aussie Senetas begins CESG CAPS approval in UK | Symantec.cloud's...
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Gartner: five ways to migrate apps to the cloud

Organisations seeking to move applications into the cloud have five options: re-host on infrastructure as a service (IaaS), re-factor for platform as a service (PaaS), revise for IaaS or PaaS, rebuild on PaaS, or replace with software as a service (SaaS), according to Gartner, Inc.
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Oz videoconferencing market sees 33% growth in 2010

Government incentives and pent-up demand following the global financial crisis (GFC) helped the Australian video conferencing market to increase revenues by 33 per cent in 2010.
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Mission critical computing shift in Asia Pacific

A survey of 1,091 organisations across ten countries in Asia Pacific revealed dramatic changes in mission critical computing are forcing organisations to adapt their business strategy and approach to the technology.
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Vale Ray Cooper

Industry media and PR veteran Ray Cooper sadly passed away on May 4th. Ken Macgregor recalled his memories of Ray at the funeral service.
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All the bottom-line action

Fujitsu Cloud to support Surf Life Saving Australia ‘Saves Time Saves Lives’ project | AWA appointed major service provider for DGTEC | Hanson cements appointment of Esri Australia for global technology roll-out | IBM to help Jetstar offer mobile SMS boarding to passengers | International College of Management selects Tripoint | SIMaid Partnership with...
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Who’s who of Aussie ICT

CLARINOX | OPTIMATICS | ACQUIRE | ALCIDION | IN THE CLOUD (ITC) | FAULKNER LAB | CLARINOX provides the backbone to cater for a myriad of wired and wireless embedded applications through innovative products and customization services
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A snapshot of employment market movements this week

Kiandra IT appoints IT industry veteran to head up software sales | Logitech announces three new hires
 | MDSL expands APAC operations | Attachmate names leadership team following Novell acquisition | QSR International strengthens presence in Americas and Europe
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Jackie Tarranto, MD, Hannover Fairs Australia

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