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ASX VENDOR ANNOUNCEMENT: WhiteHawk Ltd (ASX:WHK) announced that it has established a new sales partnership with a major global consulting firm which is already bringing in new revenues.

Desktop 3D printing vendor Ultimaker has expanded its leadership team in a move it says supports its global growth strategy.

IT services provider DXC Technology has appointed former GE chief information officer Chris Drumgoole as executive vice president and chief information officer.

Australian and New Zealand enterprises are global leaders in board-level cyber security practice, with cyber security a top priority for organisations in the two markets and with boards taking a more hands-on approach to cyber security.

During the first F1 race of the season in Melbourne, I was invited by Acronis to talk to its partner in F1, the Williams Racing Team, and specifically its chief information officer, Graeme Hackland, about all the challenges he faces in what is one of the world's greatest sporting events.

Chief executives of companies which experience security incidents are more likely to lose their jobs than the chief information officers or the chief information security officers of the same firms, a research firm claims.

Running the vast infrastructure for digital operations software company, BMC, affords its chief information officer Scott Crowder a perspective on the customer experience that extends to the company’s employees, whom he dubs customer zero.

Red Hat is a successful, public open source software company. It’s the first open source company to crack US$1 billion in revenue and is closing in on US$3 billion. Here is some advice from the chief executive for your own business.

Insights for better experiences, intelligent automation for DevOps and “Shift-Left” for native security are the innovations enterprises need for their Modern Software Factories.

Analytics software company SAS held its annual Global Forum last week. Among product announcements, there is a lot of smart thinking that organisations worldwide can benefit from. Here’s my pick.

Today’s cyber criminals are able to achieve their aims using increasingly advanced tools and techniques designed to get around most network defences, go undetected during the intrusion, and then remain hidden on networks over long periods of time.

“The cloud” is the buzzword of the modern day. Companies are told they must “get on the cloud”, while the deeply technical bemoan how what is essentially a hosted service became a special term. If you’re a CxO, here’s the nuts and bolts of the cloud.

Underlining the importance of big data in the corporate world, the creation of a data warehouse for a publicly listed dental company has played a major role in the firm's IT manager gaining promotion as its first chief information officer.

Governance and change management can be challenging and confusing and internal IT departments should look to partner with external providers to enable services and platforms that improve productivity while protecting against fragmentation and security threats, a senior IT official from Bluewolf says.

Member concerns over the performance of the board of the Australian Information Security Association (AISA), the country’s peak body for information and cyber security professionals, have pressured AISA to call an extraordinary general meeting.

More than two-thirds of large Australian organisations would put new business applications in the cloud rather than on-premises, according to a new survey.

International Data Group, the owner of PCWorld magazine, several other tech journals and the IDC market research organisation, has been bought by two Chinese investors.

I'm persuaded that for any enterprise a managed print solution can provide economic efficiencies and free IT depts from dealing with these devices. Yet, enough of the "minimum print volume" contracts. Just say no, says this CIO.

New products and services are now the number one board priority for IT in Australia despite not rating highly globally, data shows.

Whether you are adopting an ERP system for the first time or planning to transition to a new one, here are some vital lessons to ease your pains.