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Dell Aims to Plow Ahead with Acquisitions and Services Growth
IDEAS recently met with Joe Kremer, the Managing Director of Dell for Australia and New Zealand, for a presentation to a small group of press and analysts. During the talk, Mr. Kremer covered both local and global issues, reviewing the previous year and projecting what we might expect from Dell in 2011.
2 Feb / Written by Ideas International / Analysts' Corner -
Fads and Bubbles
Social media is the weapon of choice for the under 30s and advertisers are following them. But is there a bubble emerging?
26 Jan / Written by Morris Kaplan / Follow the Money -
Social networks light up the cloud
Teenagers have shown us how to do mobility, now its the cloud's turn to show us how to do business on the go
16 Dec / Written by Morris Kaplan / Follow the Money -
How heavy should a business plan be?
The business plan for the NBN is very, very heavy but tells us nothing about how competitive it will be in a free, open market.
30 Nov / Written by Morris Kaplan / Follow the Money -
eHealth: does it need the NBN?
We all know e-Health is - well - good for our health system but it is markets that will determine where business and IT developers can add value and help consumers.
12 Nov / Written by Morris Kaplan / Follow the Money -
money markets and telecoms
The merger between the ASX and the Singapore Exchange is not an Asian takeover story: It's a technology story.
2 Nov / Written by Morris Kaplan / Follow the Money -
Structural separation semantics
The Government is pointing the bone at Telstra threatening to do a structural separation of its businesses. Sounds painful. But who is the winner?
22 Oct / Written by Morris Kaplan / Follow the Money -
Mommas don’t let your babies grow up to be techies
There's an IT skills shortage on and hairdressers could tip us over the edge...
19 Oct / Written by Davy Adams / Number Crunch -
Three's a crowd
Signs are emerging that the big three internet service providers (ISPs), Telstra, Optus and iiNet, are concentrating their power. Will this affect consumer pricing? Yes; if Australia’s experience with its supermarket chains is anything to go by.
14 Oct / Written by Morris Kaplan / Follow the Money -
How to manage network performance
Before Ethernet, IP and converged services buying telecommunications services was an extremely complex business of choosing the right communications technology from a bewildering array of offerings including ISDN, X21, leased lines and Frame Relay.
14 Oct / Written by SAGE-AU / Sage Advice
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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.