Accenture buys three year old Aussie tech firm for $31m
Global consulting giant Accenture has acquired local Oracle reseller and managed services provider PrimeQ for $31 million, after a rapid rise for the Adelaide-based company.
Xero to shift business model after hitting 1m customers
Xero has hit its next major milestone of one million ANZ subscribers, but is looking for new opportunities around data and lending.
Digital Realty rolls out $1b data centre portfolio in Australia
Global data centre giant Digital Realty is expanding operations in Australia, taking its investment here to $1 billion.
Edge or cloud computing: which is the best investment?
Proactive investing requires making choices that often demand a level of conviction about a decision many years ahead of its time.
Why IBM paid $US33b to buy Red Hat
IBM's purchase of Red Hat is a make or break $US33 billion bid aimed at catapulting the company into the ranks of the top cloud software competitors.
NAB trials AI-powered facial recognition ATMs
National Australia Bank has revealed plans to trial new ATMs that will recognise customers' faces as they walk up to ATMs as part of a bigge...
Salesforce boss says CEOs must be activists
New Salesforce co-CEO Keith Block has called on fellow business leaders to step up and speak out amid political upheaval.
Digital inequality, disruption and the rise of Trump
Increasing digital inequality and fears around automation have caused the political divisions behind controversial leaders.
Westpac defends cloud policy amid encryption concerns
Westpac's technology boss has insisted all customer data is fully encrypted in its new cloud computing setup, after internal staff raised co...
WA Police brings in AI detectives to catch crooks
Police in Western Australia have completed trials of a comprehensive new system that uses the latest AI tools to comb through mountains of d...
