Ditch PowerPoint and engage your audience: Garr Reynolds
Death by PowerPoint presentation has become the norm but strong images and small amounts of data are better at engaging your audience, according to communications consultant Garr Reynolds.
View ArticleNewSat enters administration
NewSat (ASX: NWT) and its subsidiaries have entered administration pending an assessment of its financial position.
View ArticleTransporting data to the cloud
The Department of Agriculture and Food in Western Australia is successfully using a private cloud and virtualisation to rein in data growth and kickstart new business programs.
View ArticleWA looks to cut IT costs with state budget
Approximately $110 million will be cut from the ICT budgets of a range of Western Australia government departments and agencies, with the state government looking to put $25 million of the savings into...
View ArticleKeeping the blind connected
Vision Australia has upgraded its CD players to a 3G service, offering a new wealth of content to blind and vision impaired clients.
View ArticleDigital transformation could save Australian governments $26.6b
Australians conduct approximately 800 million transactions with federal or state government departments every year, with 40 per cent of these transactions still completed via phone or post according to...
View ArticleCSC to acquire UXC for $428m
CSC has announced plans to acquire the shares of UXC (ASX: UXC) for $428 million, subject to board approvals.
View ArticleBank of Queensland outlines 2016 tech priorities
Bank of Queensland (ASX: BOQ) has outlined its technology priorities for 2016, which includes rolling out a retail lending origination system.
View ArticleRoyal Hobart Hospital trials virtual online training
Biomedical staff at Royal Hobart Hospital are receiving training on advanced medical equipment from clinicians in other parts of Australia under a new telepresence system trial.
View ArticleWikileaks releases TPP documents
Internet service providers would be asked to block websites without a court ruling and there would be 20 year retroactive copyright term extensions, according to Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP)...
View ArticleNBN COO Greg Adcock to leave company
NBN COO Greg Adcock is due to leave the company after a two year stint and won't be replaced.
View ArticleGreens slam changes to tax transparency laws
Greens MP Adam Bandt has lambasted the passing of new laws that ensure tax details of Australian-owned private companies are exempt from public disclosure rules, saying the government has made it...
View ArticleNAB running $250b in daily transactions out of Deer Park data centre
National Australia Bank (NAB) is running over $250 billion in transactions every day out of its Deer Park data centre in Melbourne according to the bank.
View ArticleMicrosoft Australia unveils Sydney flagship store
Sydney is the first location outside of North America to get a Microsoft flagship store.
View ArticleBaptistCare hunts for new CIO
Not-for-profit organisation BaptistCare NSW & ACT is advertising for a new CIO after George Lymbers left the organisation this month.
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