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• Gen-i expands Australian operations

  By Mike Gee | 02 May, 2012 11:12

  Integration and services specialist, Gen-i, will expand its client support operations within Australia.

• $500M state pension software system wracked by backlogs

  By Chris Kanaracus | 18 April, 2012 04:31

  An expensive and long-troubled software program for California's pension system that went live last year has stumbled out of the gate, with some areas of service dealing with significant and growing backlogs, according to a report released Tuesday by officials at the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS).

• Epicor customer lawsuit may show danger of going solo on ERP software project

  By Chris Kanaracus | 11 April, 2012 01:01

  Epicor is being taken to court by a customer over an allegedly failed ERP (enterprise resource planning) implementation, but the case may illustrate the potential dangers customers engender by embarking on such IT projects by themselves.

• Watchdog agency report shows beleaguered state of US military software projects

  By Chris Kanaracus | 03 April, 2012 06:04

  Public-sector ERP (enterprise resource planning) software projects historically have experienced some of the industry's most dramatic cost overruns and delays, a fact that a new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office brings into sharp relief.

• Data#3 forms strategic partnership with EMC

  By Matthew Sainsbury | 03 February, 2012 10:25

  Data#3 has announced a new partnership with EMC, one of the world’s largest storage vendors.

• Roundtable: Transitioning to telecommunications

  By Matthew Sainsbury | 30 January, 2012 09:04

  The convergence of traditional IT and the telecommunications industry has meant that players from both industries are looking at a broader range of opportunities. But what services do traditional IT resellers and integrators need from their distributor and vendor partners to adopt a broader role in the market, and where is the value for all in making the transition to telecommunications

• BigCommerce’s $2m integration fund for developers

  By Nermin Bajric | 20 January, 2012 12:07

  BigCommerce, a Sydney-based e-commerce platform, has launched a $2 million integration fund for developers.

• Kiandra IT predicts near 50 per cent revenue growth

  By Spandas Lui | 18 January, 2012 16:28

  IT service provider, Kiandra IT, has reported good first-half financial year results and is expecting to grow the business’ revenue by 49 per cent in the 2012 financial year.

• Auditor: Big Aussie SAP project behind schedule, over budget

  By Chris Kanaracus | 08 December, 2011 03:38

  A major SAP ERP (enterprise resource planning) software project being conducted by the New South Wales Department of Education and Communities has hit a rocky patch, with projected costs for the first phase ballooning from $153 million to $210 million, according to a new report by the Australian state's auditor.

• Customer sues Epicor after ERP software project attempt ends in 'big mess'

  By Chris Kanaracus | 30 November, 2011 07:11

  A would-be Epicor customer is taking the ERP (enterprise resource planning) vendor to court over a "big mess" of a software project that it says ended up battering its bottom line instead of improving operations.

• ac3 to offer Government mobile management services

  By Matthew Sainsbury | 02 November, 2011 16:07

  Managed services provider, ac3, has added to its Government capabilities with the announcement of Mobile Device Management Services (ac3 MDMS).

• US Air Force mulling changes as major ERP system project stumbles

  By Chris Kanaracus | 02 November, 2011 06:02

  The U.S. Air Force is close to making decisions on the future of a sprawling Oracle ERP (enterprise-resource-planning) project that is supposed to remake the military branch's worldwide supply chain, according to a recently released document.

• Customer, Lawson Software, hosting provider in legal dustup over ERP project

  By Chris Kanaracus | 18 October, 2011 06:39

  Health-care business services provider MedSynergies has sued Lawson Software and hosting company Velocity Technology Solutions over a rash of alleged problems with an ERP (enterprise-resource-planning) application project, but Lawson and Velocity say MedSynergies is just trying to get out of a contract it inherited through an acquisition.

• Apple Lion: 5 things you need to know

  By Lauren Brousell | 29 September, 2011 05:49

  1. Integration could pose challenges. Possibly the biggest issue with Lion has been how it gets along with existing applications-especially Adobe's-because it doesn't support Flash. Both sides say they are working on this, but for now this limitation restricts the use of Adobe applications. Bryson Payne, CIO of North Georgia College and State University, says, "if these [Adobe] issues aren't 100 percent resolved, we'll halt the rollout of Lion completely." Tom Catalini, VP of IT at William Gallagher Associates, also noted that the download and upgrade process was anything but quick: "It was confusing at points because the install process did not report a lot of progress."

• Report: Large Australian retailers are losing the online battle

  By Julia Talevski | 13 September, 2011 13:52

  Australia’s online retail sector needs to improve its online strategy or risk losing ground to overseas players, according to a new report.