Enterprise Applications

When the BI and ECM worlds collide

Is Big Data bringing together the traditionally separate worlds of structured and unstructured data? Enterprise analytics leader SAS believes the growing uptake of its tools for social media analysis could be the trigger to crossing the divide.

TechOne wins $A3m Red Cross deal

Australian Red Cross has signed an $A3m deal with TechnologyOne to implement new enterprise software as part of a major initiative to boost its national retail business, consolidate its business systems as part of the ‘One Red Cross’ program and improve fundraising.

CSIRO sorts social media with smart software

Responding earlier to bushfires and helping address mental health issues are just two of the benefits being seen with the introduction of new social media software from CSIRO. The social media analysis software is helping organisations make sense of massive volumes of social media traffic, according to a services research specialist Alan Dormer.

Enterprise Social Software market maturing: IDC

Analyst firm International Data Corporation (IDC) has published its 2012 MarketScape report profiling and ranking the leading providers in the worldwide enterprise social software market. This new research indicates that as use cases of enterprise social software broaden and mature, organisations are looking to engage internal users and customers in an ongoing conversation, inside and outside the firewall. 

MYOB launches cloud accounting suite

Australia’s MYOB has announced its cloud accounting solution, AccountRight Live, will be available from 8 November with subscriptions starting at $23 per month.

Gartner predicts Top 10 Trends for 2013

Analyst firm Gartner predicts the top 10 technologies and trends that will be strategic for most organisations in 2013 include mobile devices and apps, Hybrid IT and cloud computing.

Microsoft’s Surface tablet almost here

Microsoft has announced its first Windows RT Surface Tablet PC will be available on October 26 and it s accepting preorders in Australia for three versions at www.Surface.com.

Adobe to power Fairfax ‘digital first’ newsrooms

Fairfax Media’s Metro Media division has announced it will introduce an Adobe editorial publishing platform to power the newly integrated, multi‐platform, ‘digital first’ newsrooms of mastheads including The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.

Can Windows 8 cure the B.Y.O.D. headaches?

The Bring Your own Device (B.Y.O.D) trend is sweeping the market and causing many headaches for the IT Manager as well as hidden costs.

Searchdaimon unveils new enterprise search system

A new enterprise search system has been released by Searchdaimon, a software development firm based in Norway.

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