Business Insight: News

Ann Livermore, a member of Hewlett-Packard's board of directors and a longtime head of the company's enterprise business, will be the first witness called when a court in San Jose, California, hears HP's lawsuit against Oracle for ending future development on the Itanium platform.

A fresh crop of ultrabooks sporting Intel's latest "Ivy Bridge" Core processors will start to go on sale next month, including 30 models with touchscreens, Intel said Thursday.

Windows 8 and ultrabooks are expected to take center stage at the Computex trade show in Taipei next week, as industry giants Microsoft and Intel try to develop products that can compete better against Apple's iPad.

Worldwide server shipments grew at a slower-than-expected clip during the first quarter of 2012, but Cisco, which has a small market share, beat market trends as top server makers struggled with slow demand and weak economic conditions, research firm Gartner said on Wednesday.

Dell on Tuesday announced a prototype low-power server with ARM processors, following a growing demand by Web companies for custom-built servers that can scale performance while reducing financial overhead on data centers.

The face of the Australian enterprise is changing as a result of the shifting customer mindset and demand for value that comes with the adoption of Cloud, in unison with employee push for the consumerisation of IT, BYOD and mobility, according to Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) CIO, Michael Harte.

Effective communications, many would argue, is the key to business. But finding the appropriate technologies to support effective communications can be challenging for IT professionals. Unified communications is a concept that encompasses a variety of technologies, all capable of working together, and, yes, while communication is a human process, technology can enhance and improve it.

Companies are on the path to cloud adoption. According to a recent report, 28% of U.S. organizations are using cloud computing today, with 73% reporting their first step was implementation of a single cloud application. Yet while 84% of organizations say they have employed at least one cloud application, most do not yet self-identify as "cloud users" who are "implementing or maintaining cloud computing."

The great Irish poet and playwright, William Butler Yeats, once made the astute observation that we should “Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people”.

The new product called Confirmed Capital, offering funding for businesses starting from $1 million up to $10 million.

ARN recently conducted a comprehensive study into the state of the IT channel revealing intriguing information on management strategies, technology directions and challenges ahead

Acquisitions are commonplace in the IT industry. ARN investigates what makes the difference between a successful acquisition or merger, and where things can (and do) go wrong.

With news of the recent earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand, my mind jumped not only to the poor individuals involved in the disaster, but also to the technology devastation that will have occurred. What do I mean by that? The fact is the majority of SMBs will not have planned to deal with this type of event.

After putting the IT industry behind him, D2K director, Matthew Drane, tried his hand at it again by starting his own IT integration business at the age of 19. SPANDAS LUI spoke to him to talk about his Queensland-based regionally focused company and what frustrates him the most in the IT business.

Industry-specific solutions and the extension of core applications are the next big trends in mobility. JENNIFER O’BRIEN looks at some of the latest apps to entice workers.

Maintaining a successful boutique distribution business in an increasingly globalised market requires perseverance, ideas and value. WhiteGold Solutions managing director, Dominic Whitehand, caught up with NADIA CAMERON to discuss how it plans to use partner enablement and new technologies to drive growth long-term.

The dust has settled on the iPhone 4 pre-order stampede, the tents are pitched outside of Apple stores, and the world is bracing for the official launch of the next-generation iPhone tomorrow.

The National Broadband Network (NBN) will help companies compete on an international scale, according to Hostech executive chairman, Peter Kazacos.

Small and medium-sized IT providers have welcomed the Federal Government’s plans to appoint an SMB IT advocate, but some claim nothing will change unless it gains extra powers.

Labor ACT senator, Kate Lundy, has announced the Government’s plan to appoint an IT advocate to assist SMB suppliers targeting government and enterprise contracts.