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Distruptive innovation
Clayton Christensen's term 'disruptve innovation' can be aptly applied to a number of industries; but do they know it yet?
25 Mar / Written by Morris Kaplan / Follow the Money -
mobility on fire
More deals of the day; more comparison sites; all point to more mobility useage via the now mandatory smart phone
14 Mar / Written by Morris Kaplan / Follow the Money -
New Job
At management school I was given the following advice "When you arrive at a new job you get fired for what you do, not what you don't".
3 Mar / Written by SAGE-AU / Sage Advice -
Acquisition rumors put spotlight on evolving microprocessor market
Recently, rumours were swirling that Dell might be preparing to acquire AMD Corporation. Although we do not feel such a deal is likely, it did get us thinking about the evolving role of “industry-standard” microprocessors, and whether that may be the driving force behind the rumour.
2 Mar / Written by Ideas International / Analysts' Corner -
HP Looks for Critical Advantage in Support Services
As hardware maintenance services have gradually become commoditised, along with the hardware itself, vendors have increasingly sought to increase margins by packaging and selling higher-level services. Once upon a time (prior to the 1990s), when margins on computer hardware sales were still quite high, maintenance services were not always seen as a key source of revenue, but rather were considered a giveaway that were effectively bundled in with the product. However, times have changed.
22 Feb / Written by Ideas International / Analysts' Corner -
Telstra's new formula for customer acquisiton
Has Telstra got its numbers right by invetsing a billion dollars in new customer acquisition costs?
22 Feb / Written by Morris Kaplan / Follow the Money -
IPv6 – are you ready? Pt 2
Last post, I discussed the imminent demise of spare IPv4 addresses, wherein the last addresses are likely to be allocated to end user organisations around November 2011. After this point, no more IPv4 addresses will be available – and this means that the way people will be connected to the Internet will have to change.
21 Feb / Written by SAGE-AU / Sage Advice -
IPv6 – are you ready? Pt 1
The Internet as you’ve come to know it is about to change. It’s not a bad change, and it won’t be a dramatic change, but it’s a change that if you work in this industry, you’ll need to know about – preferably now. Yesterday, actually.
21 Feb / Written by SAGE-AU / Sage Advice -
Navigating IPv6
On the 12th of January the Internet Society announced that several major internet content providers would be switching IPv6 on for the world on June 8th as “World IPv6 Day”.
9 Feb / Written by SAGE-AU / Sage Advice -
Nothing dull in digital
Digital communications continues to hold attention, like an unfolding drama. Some things however never change.
9 Feb / Written by Morris Kaplan / Follow the Money
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Analysts' Corner
The latest analysis on Australia's ICT sector.
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Changelog
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Fair Warning
The latest from the world of IT security.
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Follow the Money
Keeping an eye on the market
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Innovation!
In the modern economy with constantly evolving trends, technologies and ideas the companies that don't innovate will be overtaken. Innovation is no longer the domain of R&D, new product development or IT, but instead a core deliverable of every business unit and the foundation of success and profit.
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Adrian Abrate
Adrian Abrate is the founder of Pogospring.com, a Sydney-based business and technology blog.
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Davy Adams
Davy Adams is the Managing Director of IDG Australia, publisher of Computerworld and CIO.
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Morris Kaplan
Morris Kaplan, one-time stockbroker and venture capitalist, brings his finance skills and recent experience as a business journalist and writer to IT, with a special interest in telecoms and how communications is being transformed by technology.
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Ross Maher
Ross Maher is the director of Build21c, an innovation project planning and research company that helps companies innovate. His specialities include project definition and set up, and he believes the best innovation occurs through a conversation with customers, suppliers and other stakeholders. Learn more at www.build21c.com.au
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SAGE-AU
SAGE-AU is a not-for-profit professional organisation that promotes the development of the system administration profession.