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  • 5 reasons to build an enterprise mobile app store

    IT departments can keep employees from using malware-infested mobile apps by creating an internal store of company-approved apps. The store can also collect feedback from users about their preferences.

    Written by Lauren Brousell • 30 April 13 19:38

  • In security response, practice makes perfect

    We've heard it many times in many forms -- expect to be breached, expect that you've been breached, expect that you are being breached.

    Written by Sean Martin, a CISSP and the founder of imsmartin • 02 Oct. 12 19:45

  • DR in the cloud: Vendors jump in; enterprises wade

    Disaster recovery and the cloud should be a match made in heaven. Take a function that enterprises love to hate and address it with an outsourced, efficient cloud service that makes it easier and less expensive to reach recoverable nirvana, and presto - instant success. Well, not so fast.

    Written by Brandon Butler • 27 Sept. 12 10:28

  • Questions to ask your cloud disaster recovery provider

    Disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) is a blossoming area of DR and cloud computing. But because it's in its early days, many customers may not know exactly what to look for when shopping around.

    Written by Brandon Butler • 27 Sept. 12 10:28

  • Is your disaster recovery plan ready for cloud?

    Having successfully piloted cloud usage with SaaS applications such as CRM and ERP, many businesses are now looking to replace traditional on-site backup and disaster recovery (DR) solutions with cloud-based DR. Gartner predicts that more than 30% of midsize companies will have adopted DR in the cloud or recovery-as-a-service by 2014. That begs the question: Is your business ready to make the leap?

    Written by Patrick Sweeney, Dell SonicWALL • 12 Sept. 12 15:35

  • Preparing your organisation for BYOD

    While the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) trend has gained momentum among enterprises, it has also plagued CIOs with a range of technical as well as cultural issues making the execution of BYOD concepts somewhat complicated.

    Written by Chris Gacesa • 05 Sept. 12 15:28

  • The promise and lie of big data

    The term Big Data is everywhere these days, there’s no doubt about it. When I meet with CIOs, big data is often named as one of the top trends shaping their IT agendas for 2012, along with cloud and mobility.

    Written by Rhys Evans • 27 Aug. 12 09:50

  • Creating an effective multi-generational team

    A major leadership challenge for CIOs is attracting, developing and retaining a talented, functioning, multi-generational team.

    Written by Oliver Descoeudres • 24 Aug. 12 11:01

  • The rise of the chief process officer

    Processes are vital to organisations. They need to be treated as business assets and need to be managed and controlled. True process excellence goes further. It aligns an organisation’s entire business infrastructure — which includes people, IT, equipment and resources — to the core processes of the business.

    Written by Geoff Denyer • 22 Aug. 12 10:40

  • Rethink mobile app development: Re-use rather than rip and replace

    There is no question that mobile use is on the increase. According to Telsyte, nearly 90 per cent of all mobile phone users in Australia will have a smartphone as their primary device in 2015, up from just under 50 per cent in 2011. That equates to 18.5 million smartphone users.

    Written by Bruce Craig • 20 July 12 08:00
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    Cloud lessons learned

    Cloud adopters who are coming to the end of their initial three-year contracts may be intending either to change providers, or renew. Some now have strong opinions on what they liked – or didn’t like – about their Cloud experience and may be looking to do things a little differently this time around.

    Written by Dave Stevens • 17 July 12 12:00
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    What you need to know about disaster recovery in the Cloud

    While we all know how important it is to have a good disaster recovery (DR) plan in place, many of us still need to get our heads around this. Traditional disaster recovery planning can generally be expensive to implement and this has been a key inhibitor to many CIOs putting DR planning on their organisation’s must-do list.

    Written by Steve Stavridis • 09 July 12 13:32

  • Time travellers in technology

    I recently saw a Sci-Fi show where two time travellers had paths that crossed repeatedly through time. These intertwined timelines were travelling in mutually opposite directions: One time traveller’s past was the other’s future. Like the Sci-Fi show, ICT solutions can also travel in two directions, often at the same time.

    Written by David Fenton • 06 July 12 16:36
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    BYOD – more than just a pretty tablet

    Bring your own device (BYOD) is much more than an acronym; it’s a transformative movement that is changing Australian workplaces, workflows and fundamental operations dramatically.

    Written by Barry Costin, Alfresco Software • 22 June 12 09:35

  • The enterprise app store

    Enterprise application stores are one of the missing pieces in BYOD and mobility generally. Enterprises are buying devices and building management platforms to give these devices to users, but when it comes to apps it seems they are being left out in the cold.

    Written by Rhys Evans • 07 June 12 09:36

  • Transforming the office

    Technology remains as the great enabler within the workplace, so long as organisations can culturally adapt to the change and the opportunities it can bring. In the realm of activity-based working, Australian enterprises are utilising all the tools at their disposal to allow for greater collaboration in the workplace, and in some cases extending that collaboration out to the customer.

    Written by Andrew Birmingham • 05 June 12 09:26
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    Top six BI trends for 2012

    Following Gartner’s BIIM Summit in Sydney, Conrad Bates and Cameron Wall, managing partners of C3 Business Solutions, share the top six business intelligence trends they believe will drive the industry in 2012.

    Written by Conrad Bates and Cameron Wall • 17 April 12 13:19
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    Delivering effective human services: Custom build, off the shelf or hybrid?

    In the last 30 years, public and private organisations have all faced profound change in the way they operate and in the tools available to support new business models.

    Written by Brian Lee-Archer • 04 April 12 10:51

  • Racing and Wagering Western Australia bets its business on CA Technologies

    Racing and Wagering Western Australia (RWWA) can’t afford to gamble with its core IT systems. With the organisation bringing in more than $1.5 billion in turnover each year and achieving a turnover of up to $22 million during major sporting events such as the Melbourne Cup, IT is critical to the organisation’s profitability.

    Written by CA Technologies • 27 March 12 13:59
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    Five things I’ve learned: Operating in a new customer landscape

    Brian Donn, CEO of process-based CRM specialist Sword Ciboodle, spoke to CIO about what he has learned while operating in a new customer landscape.

    Written by Brian Donn • 26 March 12 11:06
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