IBM Acquires Ustream To Expand Its Cloud Platform
Jan 25, 2016 06:53 am UTC| Technology Business
IBM on Thursday announced the acquisition of Ustream, Inc., a provider of cloud-based live video streaming services, in a move to extend theIBM Cloud platform to help enterprise clients utilize the unparalleled value of...
Nine business bets for our emerging digital economy
Jan 21, 2016 01:30 am UTC| Technology Digital Currency
Every year seems like an accelerated version of the previous one. Every year we think we have reached the peak and then following year comes, paling everything before it. Will 2016 be the same? Every available sign...
Hack attack on a hospital IT system highlights the risk of still running Windows XP
Jan 21, 2016 01:16 am UTC| Technology
A virus attack on the computer system of one of Melbournes largest hospital networks is cause for concern because it affected machines running Microsofts Windows XP, an operating system no longer supported by the software...
The ideas boom – where to from here on?
Jan 20, 2016 05:40 am UTC| Technology Science
The Commonwealth Government has quite wisely recognised Australias long-term prosperity is unlikely to rely on our traditional areas of excellence. The exporting days for coal are numbered; easy power from open-cut mining...
Ultrasound could transform 3D printing for a future of smart materials
Jan 19, 2016 02:36 am UTC| Technology
The advent of 3D printers supposedly means we can manufacture anything in our homes. But in reality most existing home 3D printers can only make things out of certain plastics, although there are industrial systems that...
The startup employment dream – the pros and cons
Jan 19, 2016 02:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
People involved in startups are sometimes treated as the rock stars by the business media. Some employees of tech startup Atlassian, for example, have been outed as newly minted millionaires as the company rises in value...
The disruptive technologies that will shape business in the years ahead
Jan 19, 2016 02:11 am UTC| Technology
Regardless of your industry, the marketplace is continually evolving. The reason, increasingly, is the evolution of disruptive technology. Disruptive technologies are enhanced or new technological innovations that...