Rust Bucket

Despite the recent downturn the IT industry has much to be proud of and there are signs the pride level is once again rising. Throughout the industry, there is a growing spirit of invention and innovation.
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Speakers at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo on the Gold Coast, the industry’s largest and most important annual gathering of CIOs and senior IT executives discussed many key issues facing the IT industry.
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The pressures on IT today and the engulfing sense of change in the IT landscape are hard to overlook. Anytime one changes the way people communicate and interact with each other, you have the potential to change not only the structure of organisations, but also the way people work.
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The world is changing. Economies are changing. Corporate budgets are tightening. CIO’s are re-evaluating how dollars are allocated and searching for ways to reduce existing IT cost models. At the same time such trends as cloud computing, social media and virtualisation are overlapping to upset the client landscape.
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As worldwide competition intensifies, Australia needs continuous innovation and industry support. But when our public policy leaders look for guidance from the technology industry, they are likely to be confused when they are lobbied.
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Before the internet revolution took off, the credibility of IT management was high and computer and software vendors were having field days rolling out new products and services. Corporate executives wanted to be seen as being part of the action and certainly ahead of their competitors.
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Modern technologies and applications, particularly of information and communication, are a major driver today not just of improved quality of life but also of economic growth. The implications of the growth of the “digital economy” for the prosperity of the general economy cannot be overstated. Numerous studies have documented the relationship between increased use...
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Changes in the way customers buy technology are challenging existing vendor channel and partner organisations, processes and capabilities. Once upon a time we lived in a product-driven world. Sales involved promoting the newest product and the latest bells and whistles. Today, customers want solutions to business problems.
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Storm clouds are gathering on the horizon but many industry executives are still basking in memories of sunny years of profitable growth and public accolades.
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In 1974, Peter Drucker wrote a paper called “The Theory of the Business” He argued that every organisation is built and run on a set of assumptions about markets, customers, competitors, value perception and so on. When those assumptions are in harmony with the external reality there are conditions for growth and success. When...
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Today academia, industry, labour, the financial sector, technology providers, associations and government all contribute significantly to innovation. However, at the point of intersection between them, the interplay is often insufficient or counterproductive. It is here where promising opportunities and ideas may be lost and where new policies and new approaches are essential.
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The Austech reporting season continues to highlight mixed results. The following eight companies have taken various changes of direction during the past twelve months.
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