September 9, 2011

Financial results

Publisher Len Rust

Challenging times, new business models, acquisitions, internal focus on cost control, patchy operating environments, exchange rates, delayed project starts, new partnerships, restructuring, organic growth and competing with majors were just some of the strong comments in this brief look at Financial Year results from Austechs.
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NSW invests in technology to drive down costs and improve efficiency

First O’Farrell budget to see up to $1.5 billion in ICT investment | Communications Alliance forms new Operations Council | Google and Yahoo NBN sellouts, says Turnbull | Internode debuts fetchtv IPTV service over NBN | Primus Australia connects customers in all NBN first release sites | Primus Australia connects customers in all NBN...
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Digital marketing specialists court risk

Digital marketing channel specialists who continue to work in silos are taking a risky approach, warns a white paper by Software-as-a-Service marketing technology provider, Hydra. Titled “Natural Search Specialist, should Paid Search matter to you?”, the white paper highlights why it is in the natural search specialist’s best interest – be they in-house or...
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IT services market suffers 40% global hit, APAC steady …

The IT services market suffered a severe hit globally in the second quarter of 2011, with the value of new contract signings falling to its lowest level in more than eight years, according to Ovum. In a new report, the independent technology analyst states that the total contract value (TCV) of deals announced in...
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Social media—employees get smarter, employers get tougher

Clearswift, the software security company, today unveiled the latest edition of its global annual research report, WorkLifeWeb, outlining attitudes towards social media and personal technology in today’s workplace.
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Ireland – ICT gateway to Europe

Ireland’s Minister for Small Business, John Perry, is to lead 40 Irish Companies in a Irish Trade Mission to Australia, taking place from the 12th-16th September, 2011. The Trade Mission is to focus on a number of key industry sectors including IT & mobility, telecommunications, financial services and e-health.
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All the bottom line action

AD2ONE gets social with Bebo | SAP to acquire NZ 3-D visualization software maker Right Hemisphere | CommScope signs 6-year lease with University of Wollongong’s Innovation Campus | NBN closes gaps with contracts worth $879 million | Innovam centralises web and marketing initiatives with Sitecore | Digital Realty Trust acquires data centre development...
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Who’s who of Aussie IT

SPECIALIST LINK | NAVISENS | KAGGLE | iASSETS | WARDY IT SOLUTIONS | ONLINE BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES (OBT)
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A snapshot of job movements this week

Internode restructure puts Simon Hackett in CTO role | Samsung appoints two marketing communications managers | IIA looks to fill executive position following Burrell’s no-show | NextDC hires Cooper | Leading computer scientist Pascal Van Hentenryck joins NICTA | SAP promotes Harbor
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