Does your sysadmin pass the Van Halen brown candy test?

If your desktop environment is littered with unnecessary icons or apps then dig deeper. Apply the Van Halen M&M test.
 

Budget outlook relatively good for Asia Pacific CIOs

A new survey carried out by a major analyst firm suggests CIOs in the Asia Pacific region will be relatively flush with cash compared with their counterparts in the US and Europe.
 

What your IT dept wish you knew about requesting support

"Why won't the help desk just help us?" says many an office worker about their internal IT support. Yet, IT is similarly lamenting, "Why can't the user just log a ticket properly?". Never before has "help us help you" seemed so strained. Let me break away the tension and reveal just what your IT department wish you knew about logging a support request.
 

Consumer social networking solutions a learning point

Over the next 12 months, more than 24 percent of Australian IT decision makers will deploy social media or collaboration-type applications via platforms that allow the business to build applications in-house, but one market-watcher says that consumer social media tools and the way users connect online is too different from the current internal collaboration strategies of organisations in Australia.
 

Online retailers to increase technology investment

A surge in online retailing is driving a massive investment in technology by Australian retailers as they face the need for enhanced website features, superior business management tools, and closely integrated systems.
 

Smelly Black Dog’s new access plans prove to be popular

Following the release of our new internet plans in early September, many users now have access to faster Internet speeds and a more generous download limit then they previously had. Due to the popularity of the new access plans, SBDC has grown by a staggering 45% in one month.
 

Australian insurers to spend up big on IT

As spending on information technology and services in the Australian insurance sector grows, external factors like regulatory change, an uncertain economy and the increasing frequency of catastrophic events are forcing insurers to reassess their business processes and the technology that enables them.
 

IT&T workers on the move, looking for better deal

Strong competition for talent within the Australian IT and telecommunications sectors is leading to high levels of mobility among workers, with 43 percent of workers planning to leave their job in the next 12 months in search of a better deal.
 

Sitecore launches its Digital Marketing and Web Content Management Conference in Australia

Hundreds from Australia and New Zealand are connecting to redefine Customer Engagement
 

Australian employers “paralysed” in the face of consumerisation of IT

A study funded by IT company Unisys has shown that while Australian employees' use of mobile devices at work has increased threefold over the past 12 months, employers have failed to proactively address the management and security challenges presented by the practice.