Enterprise Applications

Five ways social collaboration benefits organisations

Organisations that are not yet using enterprise social are missing out on valuable opportunities to increase productivity and effectiveness as well as improve organisational culture. Enterprise social uses social media and communication technologies, such as chat and mobile tools, to provide a framework for collaborative working. 

Kodak Alaris begins again with Dynamics AX and Office365

Emerging from the wreck of the once mighty Eastman Kodak, Kodak Alaris has taken a Microsoft-centric approach to relaunching as a $US1.2 billon startup. The organisation with over 4700 staff in 30 countries is faced with a 2 ½ year task to move to an entirely new ERP system and replace business processes based on the previous environment comprising SAP and Lotus Notes Groupware.

A Tale of Two Countries - the Digital Disruption of Government

A research paper analysing the differing experiences of the UK and Australian governments in attempting digital transformation finds there is an urgent need for a change of vision and strategy, with Australian agencies bogged down in the past and burdened by thousands of PDF forms.

Biomax Informatics updates KM system

Biomax Informatics AG has launched the BioXM Knowledge Management Environment version 5.1 with new features that increase productivity and extend the underlying semantic concepts of the system.

Business support data retention but nervy about cybercrime

As the Australian Federal Government poises to toughen laws to crack down on terrorist threats on home soil, a new survey has found that Australian corporates generally support the data retention proposals, but insist on strict safeguards to protect against the heightened privacy and cyber-crime risks, while harbouring deep concerns about the measure’s ‘knock- on’ costs.

Empired to acquire Intergen Ltd for $A17.4M

Australian listed IT services company Empired has acquired IT services provider Intergen for $A17.4 million due to be paid over a three year period with $A5m paid on completion through a combination of cash and shares. 

Auckland uses big data analytics to improve safety

The city of Auckland is deploying video analytics to help provide a safe community and more efficient roadways for its residents. Auckland Transport, the government agency responsible for the transportation infrastructure and services, has chosen the HP IDOL information analytics platform to power an innovative big data project.

IBM announces first commercial application of Watson in Africa

Metropolitan Health, the largest medical schemes administrator in South Africa, has announced the first commercial application in Africa of IBM's Watson, the computing platform made famous by competing and winning against human contestants on the game show Jeopardy. 

Splitsville for HP and Symantec

Tech giants HP and Symantec have each announced plans to carve themselves in two to provide a better focus on the information management market.

Back to the future with Windows 10

Microsoft is attempting to placate disgruntled enterprise users by toning down its touchscreen-optimised Windows 8 Metro interface, signalling a return to a more desktop mouse-and-keyboard friendly approach with the next version of Windows due out in 2015.

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