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WISE Employment deploys Nintex to bolster employee experience

"We wanted to move with the times and have an online system to effectively and efficiently manage our processes across our distributed - and often remote - workforce."More

Yesterday

Lenovo hits $12.5B in revenue, marking eighth year of growth

According to the company, the strong results are led by the Intelligent Devices Group (IDG). The PC and Smart Devices Group (PCSD), one of its two business units, continued double-digit (12%) revenue growth.More

Yesterday

Autodesk, Splunk, PTC amongst top IT firms ripe for M&A

GlobalData predicts that well-positioned companies like Splunk, Autodesk and PTC are likely to be top of the wishlist – here’s why.More

20 Aug

Instalment service provider PartPay acquired by Australian player Zip

The acquisition gives Zip exposure to four key geographies – New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States and South Africa.More

Forrester acknowledges Adobe as a leader in data management

Cybersecurity is a growth accelerator, not a handbrake - experts

SMBs getting better at digital engagement - Deloitte

How crucial is cloud expertise to your organisation?

The fascinating way Microsoft is making a social impact

Adobe Advertising Ambassador program launches in Australia

Qualtrics aims to take 'guesswork' out of customer preferences

Qualtrics’ Conjoint XM dentifies preferences that consumers have for different features by automating the testing and analysis of various package combinations.More

Rackspace: Bridging on-premise and cloud workloads

The VMware Cloud on AWS solution is crafted through deep integration of VMware virtualisation and cloud management tools with the AWS cloud platform.More

Asked and answered - How FAQ Bot will save you time and money

With customer expectations sky-high, the FAQ Bot is the perfect solution for customers who need answers to common questions, 24x7.More

SaaS banking engine Mambu gains 'Challenger' spot in Gartner MQ

Software as a service (SaaS) banking engine Mambu has been positioned as a challenger in Gartner’s 2019 Magic Quadrant for Global Retail Core Banking.More

Australia Post selects Comscentre as network upgrade partner

Australia Post has selected Comscentre as its new managed service provider, responsible for managing network upgrades and connectivity for the next five years.More

Harmoney reshuffles senior exec team; appoints new CEO for 2020

Australasian marketplace lender Harmoney has appointed Australian-based David Stevens as its new CEO, effective early 2020.More

Understanding VMware in just 4 minutes

We look at the companies history and key technology solutions.More

Interview: Oracle SVP’s insights on Jetstar’s digital transformation

Techday spoke to Oracle SVP Shashi Seth about how the low-cost carrier is changing the way it engages with prospective and current customers. More

How to use chatbots to free your staff from client FAQs

FAQ Bot answers the questions that are asked most often, and can be simply and easily resolved, but place a load on customer service staff.More

Talend named Magic Quadrant leader for fourth year running

Gartner has recognised Talend as a leader in the Magic Quadrant for Data Integration Tools for the fourth time in a row.More

Small businesses unprepared for the latest wave of scams - Westpac

A report found small businesses are paying a hefty price to scammers; on average losing $38,845 and recovering much less than half.More

Why Microsoft's Slack beater is winning hearts and market share

A concise overview of Microsoft's Teams product and why it will be at the heart of business in 2019More

Mobile Mentor solution lets you manage Windows 10 like a smartphone

The solution gives IT managers the ability to holistically manage all endpoints to improve security and employee experience.More

Forrester report: Digital banks gain the edge on traditional players

Digital-only banks and insurers will shape the future of financial services within Asia Pacific, according to new data released by Forrester this week.More

'Wealth economy' key to measuring economic growth – University of Cambridge

Current economic indicators such as the GDP are inadequate for effective economic policymaking, a new study from the Bennett Institute for Public Policy at the University of Cambridge claims.More

Moving to a low-code content future - Hyland

What was once a case of ‘build once, update seldom’ has changed to the point where constant pressure requires software to continuously evolve.More

Online lending marketplace Harmoney records first profit of $7.2m

This is in comparison to the four-year-old company’s $1.8 million loss last year.More

Cylance report looks into questionable pentesting practices

The report demonstrates how the line distinguishing pentesting exercises from actual threat actor behaviour has thinned.More

Top four consolidate leadership in cloud services market

AWS, Microsoft, Google and Alibaba continue their dominance in worldwide cloud infrastructure services market.More

Security teams spend 25% of their time chasing false positives

The report also showed that teams were also concerned about investigating actionable intelligence and building incident timelines as well as cleaning, fixing and/or patching networks. More

430,000 people hit with financial malware

Financial malware, that is malware that targets finances, cryptocurrencies and web-money services, has increased by 7% from the same period last year, according to new research from Kaspersky.More

How Ricoh printing solutions drive growth for Prima Printing

Ricoh Australia will provide several colour print solutions to Australia and New Zealand’s largest manufacturer of personalised consumer imaging products, Prima Printing.More

How you can leverage cloud’s advantages while staying secure

One of the largest inhibitors to cloud adoption is concern around the security of leveraging a service provider in a multi-cloud world.More

Bose revamps iconic QuietComfort headphones

The Bose 700s use the next-generation Bose noise cancellation for improved noise reduction and sophisticated electronic circuitry that eliminates the “hiss” regularly heard in other headphones. More

MYOB makes way for new CEO as Tim Reed steps down

MYOB is making way for new CEO Greg Ellis, as current CEO Tim Reed steps down and takes an advisory position with the company.More

IDC: Commercial sector will lead ICT spending to $4.8 trillion in 2023

Digital transformation and the adoption of automation technologies will be driving investments in applications, analytics, middleware, and data management software.More

HPE ProLiant delivers 'record' benchmarking results

HPE is celebrating new feats of engineering and performance in two of its new servers, all thanks to the power of AMD processors.More

Business ransomware detections spiking - Malwarebytes

Ransomware attackers are targeting large, ill-prepared public and private organisations with easy-to-exploit vulnerabilities.More

ASB invests in blockchain-based trade provenance solution

The ASB bank funding grant fast-tracks the launch of the company focusing on a blockchain trading product.More

Fluent Commerce scores $33m in funding round

Fluent Commerce, the Sydney-headquartered order management provider, has raised $33 million in series B funding, led by US growth equity firm Arrowroot CapitalMore

The story of Australia’s fibre optic advocates

We quickly explain the history of Australia's largest privately-owned fibre network operator.More

Lack of C-suite and IT teams collaboration holding back DX - NTT

The report highlights the need for business leaders to change themselves, build a different environment, and set new behavioural priorities and performance indicators.More

5G Analyst’s Views – from Hyping to Happening

Gartner Analyst Ian Keene led a discussion about ‘let’s forget the 5G hype and see what is actually happening’, read the summary.More

Oracle to launch Gen 2 Cloud region in Sydney

Oracle’s Generation 2 Cloud is getting ever closer to its launch day in Australia, as its new Sydney region prepares to go live by the end of August.More

AWS launches fully-managed data lake service

AWS Lake Formation aims to simplify and automate the creation of a data lake, including data collection, cleaning, and cataloguing, as well as data availability for analytics.More

Whitepaper: Managing cyber risks inherent in digital strategy

Growth, innovation and security should all be part of one conversation.More

Changing skill sets become major driver of business restructures

Restructure, restructure, restructure. That seems to be the message that almost 900 New Zealand employers and 3400 Australian employers are taking away from the continuous need to keep up with changing business needs.More

Hyland a 'leader' in ECM — Forrester Wave report

Content services provider Hyland has been dubbed a ‘leader’ in the Forrester Wave Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Content Platforms Q3 2019 report.More

Whitepaper: Breaking down cloud migration’s critical components

Addressing aging infrastructure and delivering cost savings across current IT environments ranked are the two leading objectives for cloud migration.More

Regtech company Kyckr raises $5.2 million in share placement

The proceeds from the Placement will be used to accelerate the Company’s global commercialisation activities.More

Opinion: UK tax agency proves crypto is the future of money

"This move by the UK’s tax authority cannot be viewed as anything other than another clear sign that cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP are not only part of mainstream finance, but also the future of money."More

BlackLine launches new tiered alliance program for consulting partners

The program is designed to provide an even greater level of expertise and service to enterprise and mid-market customers undergoing digital financial transformations.More

Nintex announces new electronic forms capabilities

The new designer makes it easier to create digital forms to power automated workflows leveraging Nintex for Office 365 and Nintex Workflow Cloud.More

On the shoulders of open source, cloud stands tall – BlackLine

Open source changed software development, but its impact could pale in comparison to the public cloud, writes Pete Hirsch.More

ADTRAN explained in 3 minutes

We quickly explain the history and fortunes of telecommunications network equipment vendor ADTRAN.More