Industry Insider

  • Data Breach costs up by 15 percent: survey

    According to a study of 314 companies spanning 10 countries, the average total cost of a data breach increased 15 percent in the last year to $US3.5 million. The Ponemon Institute annual Cost of Data Breach Study, sponsored by IBM, also found that the cost incurred for each lost or stolen record containing sensitive and confidential information increased more than nine percent to $US145.

  • Port Stephens cleans up with ControlPoint

    Information Management and Governance (IMG) specialist, iCognition, has won a contract to deploy HP’s key information analysis and legacy data clean-up software, HP ControlPoint, at NSW’s Port Stephens Council.

  • Wearable Electronics at the Novelty Peak

    Last Christmas and New Year the ideal present, for a girl of a certain age, from Japan to the UK was the neurowear clip-on of floppy ears driven by brain waves to reflect your mood. They would have been played with for one day and then put away forever. Such novelty peaks can be expected with many forms of wearable technology as it enters its manic phase with hugely overpriced acquisitions. Facebook is buying tiny Oculus VR, a Californian company which specialises in virtual reality headware, for around $2 billion. Is it worth that much? 

  • Fugro implements AP Smart for workflow automation

    AP Smart has been chosen to streamline the purchase requisition, procurement and Accounts Payable processes at Fugro TSM and Fugro Survey, global subsea contractors servicing the oil and gas and marine industries with offices in Perth and Brisbane.

  • ReadSoft wins large NSW invoice automation bid

    The New South Wales Department of Education and Communities, the largest single organization, public or private, in Australia, has chosen ReadSoft’s SAP -certified invoice automation solution to streamline its existing invoice processing operations and enable greater efficiencies across its Shared Services Centre.

  • Commission of Audit wants shared services push

    The national Commission of Audit (CoA) has recommended the Australian Public Service consolidate its vast range of bespoke and off the shelf corporate ICT in order to facilitate a move to shared services. The incoming Liberal Government established the Commission of Audit in October 2013 to review and report on the performance, functions and roles of the Commonwealth government.

  • Dropbox means business

    Online storage and collaboration service Dropbox has officially launched its Dropbox for Business service, provising users with two different online storage compartments: one for personal use, and one for professional.

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  • Data Breach costs up by 15 percent: survey

    According to a study of 314 companies spanning 10 countries, the average total cost of a data breach increased 15 percent in the last year to $US3.5 million. The Ponemon Institute annual Cost of Data Breach Study, sponsored by IBM, also found that the cost incurred for each lost or stolen record containing sensitive and confidential information increased more than nine percent to $US145.

  • Port Stephens cleans up with ControlPoint

    Information Management and Governance (IMG) specialist, iCognition, has won a contract to deploy HP’s key information analysis and legacy data clean-up software, HP ControlPoint, at NSW’s Port Stephens Council.

  • Wearable Electronics at the Novelty Peak

    Last Christmas and New Year the ideal present, for a girl of a certain age, from Japan to the UK was the neurowear clip-on of floppy ears driven by brain waves to reflect your mood. They would have been played with for one day and then put away forever. Such novelty peaks can be expected with many forms of wearable technology as it enters its manic phase with hugely overpriced acquisitions. Facebook is buying tiny Oculus VR, a Californian company which specialises in virtual reality headware, for around $2 billion. Is it worth that much? 

  • Fugro implements AP Smart for workflow automation

    AP Smart has been chosen to streamline the purchase requisition, procurement and Accounts Payable processes at Fugro TSM and Fugro Survey, global subsea contractors servicing the oil and gas and marine industries with offices in Perth and Brisbane.

  • ReadSoft wins large NSW invoice automation bid

    The New South Wales Department of Education and Communities, the largest single organization, public or private, in Australia, has chosen ReadSoft’s SAP -certified invoice automation solution to streamline its existing invoice processing operations and enable greater efficiencies across its Shared Services Centre.

  • Commission of Audit wants shared services push

    The national Commission of Audit (CoA) has recommended the Australian Public Service consolidate its vast range of bespoke and off the shelf corporate ICT in order to facilitate a move to shared services. The incoming Liberal Government established the Commission of Audit in October 2013 to review and report on the performance, functions and roles of the Commonwealth government.

  • Dropbox means business

    Online storage and collaboration service Dropbox has officially launched its Dropbox for Business service, provising users with two different online storage compartments: one for personal use, and one for professional.

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