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Hyland releases OnBase Foundation, the first of many product releases

Hyland's new releases will incorporate new technology and offer more frequent releases to provide customers with quicker access to enhancements and new functionality, the company states.More

20 Sep

GitHub amps up vulnerability reporting capabilities

GitHub has announced new capabilities that make it easier for developers to report vulnerabilities directly from their repositories.More

20 Sep

Business looks to expand mainframe capabilities in AI, Blockchain

"The latest generation of mainframe technology will now run the same cutting-edge applications and services as cloud infrastructure."More

19 Sep

Enterprise cloud complexity making IT performance 'extremely' difficult to manage

Digital transformation, migration to the enterprise cloud and increasing customer demands have tech leaders looking to AI for the answer More

IBM launches data privacy platform for hybrid multicloud environments

Interview: Stratus CTO talks edge computing for industrial automation

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NEXTDC deploys Genetec physical security systems

Lack of investment in talent biggest barrier to martech adoption - Adobe

IoT devices lacking basic security assessments

Qualtrics expands research & strategy team in APJ

Qualtrics has expanded its research services and strategy team with three new appointments, in a move that demonstrates its growing investment in the Asia Pacific and Japan.More

Soft skills increasingly important for IT career growth – SolarWinds survey

SolarWinds conducted a survey and had responses from 177 technology professionals from across the globe, including those from public and private sectors.More

The true extent of cloud inertia’s effect on your organisation

The report dives into the importance of expertise to an organisation’s cloud evolution and the impact the current technical skills gap is having on businesses.More

Australians unaware of govt's digital services

New tools that leverage AI and other innovative technologies have potential to future-proof the provision of online services in Australia."More

Hands-on review: Lenovo ThinkPad Carbon X1 (6th Gen)

The 14-inch Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon with Windows 10 Professional is certainly a good investment for a durable work laptop – and it definitely ticks all the boxes.More

20 by 2020: Oracle Cloud's ambitious global expansion

Oracle has bold plans to launch 20 new cloud regions by 2020, equating to one region every 33 days for the next 15 months.More

Australian businesses struggling with robotic automation

A new global study shows robotic automation not a magic bullet for digital transformation.More

You’re invited: Digital Transformation and Making Effective Change

Designed and delivered by the Australian Graduate School of Management, the ACCELERATE DX Program promises to deliver practical Digital Transformation tools and thought leadership.More

How MSPs can choose solutions that don’t drain ROI

MSPs today are expected to align IT with business strategy, digital transformation and still stay competitive while providing room for scalability and growth.More

Motivations and concerns driving AU’s cloud migration

Cloud can deliver more than just cost savings and the very best in the business can track and align their cloud migrations with revenue, delivering more than just ‘value’ to a project.More

Securing your network at every point with an adaptable security fabric - Fortinet

The most effective method to ensure optimal network functionality is to employ consistent security.More

Beyond deployment: Making AWS work for your use case

If you’re a business that wants to understand how to save time with your technology, AWS actively seeks those optimisations and gets your technology to work in ways it couldn’t work before.More

Whitepaper: The IT directors’ guide to application modernisation

The digital enterprise couldn’t exist without modern applications – otherwise it would be nothing more than a stale system that’s slow to react.More

MSPs: Here’s key to managing IT more effectively and securely

As businesses become increasingly mobile and fast moving, unified IT has gone from being a luxury to becoming an absolute necessity for all small and medium-scale organisations.More

Zoom named Leader in Meeting Solutions Magic Quadrant

This marks the fourth consecutive year that the company has been placed into the Leader Quadrant.More

IoT devices leaving businesses open to security risks – Zscaler

IDC has forecast that spending on IoT will reach US$745 billion in 2019 and surpass the US$1 trillion mark in 2022.More

DXC appoints new leader following Mike Lawrie retirement

"I am looking forward to leveraging these strengths and my proven operational playbook to accelerate the execution of our growth strategy."More

IXUP embeds Five Safes framework in platform

The Five Safes framework provides five key data sharing principles across projects, people, setting, data and output.More

Understanding the shifting paradigm of the threat landscape

“The ability of threats to persist has made the whole idea of prevention obsolete.”More

Enlighten recognised by Gartner, nod to growing demand for optimisation solutions

“At Enlighten, our mission is to continue to educate the market about our robust MBWFO solution, and the advantages of enhancing productivity through more visible performance metrics.”More

New Schneider tool helps discern value of Li-ion

Schneider Electric’s TradeOff Tool delivers detailed cost and energy advantages of lithium-ion cells versus VRLA batteries.More

Mining industry looks to technology for longevity

Mining firms around the world – including those in Australia – are looking to technology as the primary force that will have a major impact on their businesses in the next 15 years.More

Cloud-based data warehousing at the heart of today’s enterprise - Snowflake

Becoming a data-centric organisation has become an aspiration and a goal for thousands of Australian enterprises.More

Rapid data growth becoming major business challenge

StorageCraft research reveals rampant data growth, and inadequate IT infrastructures are a source of global concern and risk.More

How to empower IT professionals with key decision-making information

A cohesive RMM, PSA, and IT Documentation solution enables you to manage all essential MSP functions from a single pane of glass.More

Microsoft and Walt Disney Studios form innovation partnership

The companies are collaborating to pilot new ways to transform content workflows in the Microsoft Azure cloud.More

Google Cloud rolls out Cloud Dataproc on Kubernetes

Cloud Dataproc on Kubernetes combines open source, machine learning and cloud to help modernise big data resource management.More

Rackspace welcomes two new senior Asia Pacific execs

Sean Girvin succeeds Darryn McCoskery as managing director of Rackspace Australia and New Zealand; and Sandeep Bhargava steps into a newly created role as managing director of Asia-Pacific Japan.More

Finance breaches highlight need for internal cyber vigilance - Bitglass

The financial services sector reported the second-highest number of data breaches in the 12-month period covered by the latest OIAC report. More

Step aside: Employees think they'd do a better job than the boss

“With the number of millennial managers growing, attitudes toward aspects of management and working style will also change."More

Flexible consumption models the way to customer's hearts

“Several factors suggest that flexible consumption offerings for on-premises IT will continue to attract new customers and generate growing revenue for vendors and service providers."More

IoT a hot topic in cybercriminal underbelly

"We've lifted the lid on the IoT threat landscape to find that cybercriminals are well on their way to creating a thriving marketplace for certain IoT-based attacks."More

Gartner: Blockchain to be “transformational” within a decade

Gartner’s 2019 Hype Cycle for Blockchain Business shows that blockchain will have a transformational impact across industries in 5 to 10 years.More

DNS amplification attacks increase 1000% since last year - Nexusguard

Enterprise networks and communications service providers (CSPs) need attack mitigation as DNS patch adoption creates new threats.More

Five ways robotic process automation is improving the public sector – FTS Data & AI

The robots are coming, but they should be welcomed with open arms, rather than fear and trepidation.More

VR boom shows no sign of slowing

The virtual reality market will exhibit a 42.2% CAGR, as big brands move to offer an advanced user experience says Fortune Business Insights.More

Why businesses need a strategy to combat the enemy within – Ping Identity

While strengthening your organisation’s external defences with the latest tools and technologies makes sound sense, it’s only half a battle plan.More

Apple issues clarification on extent of iOS malware infection

The attack affected fewer than a dozen websites that focus on content related to the Uighur community. More

How to manage Windows 10 like a smartphone

If only a business’ Windows 10 endpoints could be managed with the same simple, intuitive toolsets as smartphones.More

Impulsive Aussie workers creating a security risk, research finds

A new survey has found Australians are creating an unnecessary security risk for their employers by deliberately avoiding overworked IT teams.More

Why digital transformation needs to extend beyond the IT department - Nintex

It’s no longer just technology decision-makers who are automation-literate but frontline staff as well.More

Whitepaper: How businesses are navigating the competing needs for innovation and security

Given the importance organisations place on digitisation to transform operations, resolving the tension between innovation and security is critical to their long-term success.More

Blue Prism rolls out new intelligent automation offering

“We are adding this flexibility without compromising on key enterprise features such as security and scalability. We’ve eliminated the guesswork and taken out any objections or barriers, so innovators and business leaders can begin their RPA journey.”More

Sumitomo Chemical chooses Workday to bring HR vision to life

With Workday HCM, Sumitomo Chemical will unify a wide range of the company’s HR functions in one single system.More

HPE offers new way of accelerating AI & ML lifecycle

HPE is throwing its weight behind a new way to shrink the time required to deploy machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) workloads from months to mere days.More

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