IT Software & Applications Feature Articles

Big Blue executive says Australia’s top bosses face new challenges in battle to stay ahead.

There will be an average of at least one connectable device for every person on the planet by the end of the decade, claims a new report.

The past four years has seen a dramatic growth in the use and availability of smart phones, and the handheld devices are now having a profound influence on the way many people do ...

As the economy rebounds, today’s SME’s are in a uniquely challenging situation: they must drive innovation in both their products and internal processes while establishing a foundation ...

Negligence is the biggest cause of data breaches at corporations, but criminal attacks are growing fastest, a study recently released concludes.

The National Australian Bank's widespread delays in processing payments and transactions have been blamed on a corrupted file, but sensible design of enterprise systems should be ...

A new simulator being developed at Swinburne University will help airline operations controllers make better decisions under pressure and get more planes and passengers to their ...

For many blind people, computers are inaccessible. It can cost upwards of $1000 to purchase "screen reader" software, but two blind computer programmers have solved this problem.

Excessive pressure at work is costing Australia's economy $730 million a year due to job-stress related depression, a University of Melbourne and VicHealth report has revealed.

Griffith University physicists have shown that Einstein's theory of entangled particles could enhance security for tomorrow's quantum internet.

Feature of the week: When the Rudd government pointed a gun at Telstra's head and issued an ultimatum: divest your trusty copper wire assets or risk forfeiting the opportunity to ...

Feature of the week: The software integration industry is experiencing a boom time with business enquiries for enterprise resource planning (ERP) consolidations driving business ...

Only 38 per cent of Generation X, tertiary qualified women participating in a long-running University of Melbourne study or work full-time, compared to 90 per cent of Generation X, ...

The June quarter 2010 ACCI-Westpac Survey of Industrial Trends showed a marked softening of manufacturers’ General Business Sentiment for the second half of 2010, amidst softening ...

Feature of the week: Every year Australian businesses purchase millions of computers, printers and televisions, and throw out their old ones.

The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has renewed calls for Australia's banks to make a greater effort to understand and meet the needs of the small business sector following ...

Where there is emotional intelligence in the workplace, there are likely to be happy, and productive employees who work as a team.

A new web-based smart metering system has been developed by CSIRO to enable householders, small businesses and electricity retailers to remotely control energy use over a broadband ...

The risk of sensitive information falling into the wrong hands could be eliminated by a new quantum communication process that delivers unprecedented security.

A major national study aimed at identifying the secrets of business success for small and medium enterprises gets underway this week.