Industry Insider

  • Kofax marked down for 2011 FY results

    Australia has made a strong contribution to record 17% Asia-Pacific revenue growth for Kofax, however reduced global software sales in the second half of 2011 caused a sharp drop in the company's share price after it announced its annual results.

  • Staying afloat in the data deluge

    Torrents of data flow in every day to the Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA), as it tracks the ebb and flow of southeast Australia’s major inland rivers. Brian Catto, CIO of the MDBA, is tackling ever-growing volumes of structured and unstructured data.

  • Mycosm mines 3D assets

    A 3D simulation platform from Australian developer Simmersion has been customised to facilitate site planning, asset management and training for the mining sector.

  • Cisco acquires Versly Office collaboration

    Networking giant Cisco has acquired privately-held US startup Versly, developer of collaboration plug-ins for Microsoft Office applications, including documents, spreadsheets, presentations and email.

  • Allens finds IM future with Recommind

    Major Australian law firm Allens Arthur Robinson has chosen Recommind's Decisiv Search and Matters & Expertise Tools to overhaul its information management Infrastructure.

  • NZ’s Hutt City Council goes mobile with TechnologyOne

    With the need to increase the amount of productive time in the field for its Waste Management team’s mobile workers, New Zealand’s Hutt City Council (HCC) has turned to TechnologyOne’s new mobile offer.
    The Council aimed to reduce paperwork, improve service quality and provide a significant increase in productive time through scheduling work orders while on the go.

  • SAP Business ByDesign arrives downunder

    Australia has joined the global rollout of SAP’s SaaS business software, with prices starting at $A11 a month for a platform that can extend to embrace financials, customer relationship management, human resources, supply chain, and project management.

  • Commonwealth A-G seeks SharePoint solution

    After a year spent deploying a new SharePoint collaborative environment, the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department (AGD) is asking whether it should look beyond its existing TRIM platform for records management. A major tender has been called to discover potential alternatives.

  • CASE STUDY: Mastering the DAM Landscape

    Michael Cowled, Associate, Graphic Designer for Tract Consultants, explains DAM use at the prominent Australian Landscape Architecture, Planning and Urban Design Company with approximately 120 staff across 6 offices.