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Digital transformation in Australia and New Zealand has taken something of a beating, as many companies in both countries hold back on taking the plunge into the new digital world due to poor performance of their IT networks and the need for network upgrades.

New Zealand farmer-owned co-operative Ballance Agri-Nutrients, is the first organisation in New Zealand to go live with the SAP S/4Hana technology platform as part of its digital transformation.

New, Australia-first research on the impacts mobile technologies are having on the country’s productivity and workforce participation challenges has found that Australia’s economy was $42.9 billion larger in 2015 than it would otherwise be because of the benefits generated by mobile technology take-up.

The Nuance Dragon speech recognition user group is holding its first meeting in 2016 as a virtual online webinar, with an update on using Dragon software for professionals.

Microsoft’s cloud and mobility services will be made available to more than 130,000 employees in five NSW Government departments in a deal announced today.

Far from being a timesaving and productivity mechanism, I suggest to you rules in Outlook actually make you worse at managing email.

Jabra has added the SPEAK 810 conference speakerphone to its range, promising ‘flawless call experiences’, improved productivity and better meeting collaboration by eliminating common pain points.

The co-founder of health, safety and productivity platform, CareMonkey, Troy Westley, has won the top Asia Pacific prize in the annual global technology competition, theTalent Unleashed Awards.

The ANZ Bank has signed a five-year, $450 million strategic agreement with IBM which provides the bank with access to IBM’s entire software portfolio, an Innovation Lab, next generation cloud development capabilities and core systems infrastructure.

We Australians have still not fully embraced the use of online channels to transact with government, including for completing tax returns, passport or drivers’ license renewals and benefit payments.

After its misfortunes in the phone space, Microsoft finally has something to smile about. General Electric is deploying its 300,000+ staff worldwide in over 170 countries with Office 365.

The adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) technology in Australia may be impeded by a lack of preparedness and insufficient skills amongst IT professionals.

Supply chain solutions vendor Wavelink has released the next generation of its Velocity mobile application platform which it says transforms warehouse productivity by increasing efficiency through reducing training and improving accuracy.

Australia’s I CT sector is on the verge of a mini jobs boom over the next six years, but the predicted demand for IT professionals is tempered by a continuing and worrying decline in the number of graduates with ICT qualifications.

Nokia says its investment in IT enterprise infrastructure from HP, Microsoft and Telefonica will foster development of next-gen software and maximise employee productivity.

The Inabox Group expects to break even by the end of June on its acquisition of Anittel, attributing a “turnaround’ of the IT services provider to growth in the HCS (Hosted Collaboration Solutions) business, new sales initiatives and labour productivity gains.

Five years after Office 2011 for Mac was released, Microsoft has finally gotten around to releasing its long-awaited update as a free preview, dubbed Office 2016 for Mac.

Productivity app Beesy now offers Livescribe 3 integration as an optional extra.

Melbourne car dealership Essendon Volkswagen says it has improved productivity, security and staff satisfaction since deploying User Suite from unified identity management provider Centrify late last year.  

Microsoft has finally announced the ‘general availability’ of its Office suite for Android tablets from Google Play, along with a preview of Outlook for Android and the release of Outlook for iOS.