Data Management News

Better data for CEO main driver for data management projects: survey

Australia's IT directors believe that achieving a single view of their customers and providing accurate information to their business leaders are the key benefits of data management, according to a recent iTWire survey sponsored by data management solutions provider DataFlux. read more

Data breach costs average $2 million

Data breaches can be costly. A new study suggests the average cost of a significant breach in Australia is around $2 million. read more

Platon and DataFlux join forces in Australia

The local operations of Platon and DataFlux are teaming to promote data quality initiatives in Australia. read more

Rising tide of red tape occludes cloud

Enterprises are grappling with 40,000 different regulations concerning data governance around the world - and that figure is growing by as much as 60 new regulations each month. For cloud computing vendors this rising tide of red tape is holding back widespread adoption. read more

Salesforce.com promises Australian datacentre

Global cloud computing giant Salesforce.com has given Australian customers concerned about losing control of their data to other jurisdictions the first ray of hope in the past decade, confirming today it was evaluating the case for creating a local datacentre. read more

AIIA calls for three way collaboration to build digital economy

The Australian Information Industry Association has called on government, business and industry to work together to make the digital economy a reality for Australia. read more

Google launches Google Shopping in Australia

Price comparison web sites in Australia are about to face some stiff competition from the global behemoth: Google has launched Google Shopping in Australia. read more

Vividwireless close to securing funding for capital city WiMAX networks - UPDATED

vividwireless has extended its mobile WiMAX network to areas around the Australian National University and universities of Queensland and Adelaide and says it is in discussions with a short list of potential investors to fund large scale rollouts in these cities and in Melbourne and Sydney. read more

Mitel narrow market focus & restructures

Unified communications vendor, Mitel, is to concentrate its R&D on technologies for the mid-market (100-2500 users), create a single organisation for all sales outside North America and restructure itself into three product/service divisions. read more

Telstra names high flyer to boost China business

Telstra has appointed Ms Xiaowei Chen to the role of CEO Telstra China: a market from which it aimed to generate $1.0b in revenues by 2013, but where it is still well short of this figure. read more

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Five Models for Data Stewardship Former Intel CEO Andy Grove once coined the phrase, “Technology happens.” As true as Grove’s pat aphorism has become, it’s not always good news. Twenty years ago, no one ever got fired for buying IBM.

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Data Monitoring: Add Controls to Your Data Governance Program Many companies today have come to realize the substantial impact that its underlying data can have on every aspect of a company’s life. From corporate strategy to customer service to supply chain management, the information that you gather on customers, prospects, products, inventory or employees can be a major factor in your organization’s ability to properly understand its current corporate landscape.

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Identity Resolution for Data Quality and Master Data Management Download this report to get Rich Mogull's (Senior Data Protection analyst at Gartner Group), advice on how to tackle today's DLP challenges. He has unique insights on the issues facing IT professionals charged with protecting vital information.

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Data Integration: Moving Beyond ETL With large amounts of business data generated every day, it’s not surprising that organizations can become overwhelmed by the task of managing it. Whether they’ve created their own disparate data stores over the years or inherited information through mergers or acquisitions, businesses frequently struggle to find reliable, consistent ways to move and manipulate data. As a result, their data becomes too disorganized and unwieldy to be of any business use.
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NEC launch cloud telephony service for SMEs

NEC is looking to penetrate the small to medium sized business market with the launch of a scalable, cloud telephony solution designed specifically for Australian SMEs.

Optus cloud offerings leverage Singtel plans

Optus is leveraging parent company Singtel’s cloud services with its expanded cloud offerings for the Australian market in what a leading market analyst says is a clear indication of Singtel’s intentions to roll out a uniform regional cloud offer and to boost its pan-Asian position in the cloud computing market.

Optus cloud offerings leverage Singtel plans

Optus is leveraging parent company Singtel’s cloud services with its expanded cloud offerings for the Australian market in what a leading market analyst says is a clear indication of Singtel’s intentions to roll out a uniform regional cloud offer and to boost its pan-Asian position in the cloud computing market.

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