After 6 years in the making, Microsoft has confirmed the opening date of its first flagship stores in Sydney and New York. The Sydney store, opening on November 12th, will be located at Westfield on Pitt Street Mall giving customers and business the opportunity to experience the latest technology from Microsoft and its partners. Some of the […]
The Role of Technology in Business Business technology used to be simple in its infrastructure, yet required high levels of maintenance. For example, a fax machine answered only one particular need, was costly to maintain and required physical archiving. As such, IT was never critical to business operations but was a cog to keep the […]
As cloud computing gains in popularity seemingly every day, it’s our natural tendency to look toward the future for where the technology might be headed. The growth of the cloud has largely been due to the benefits it provides as well as the relative ease with which organisations are able to implement it. It’s clear […]
Organisations often view their workforce as an amalgamation of highly talented individuals bringing their own unique skills and experience to the table. Indeed, the strength of a team has traditionally been built upon the knowledge of individual members, who have all come together as a collective. As such when interviewing potential candidates, organisations tend to […]
A new whitepaper released by leading specialist recruitment firm, Robert Walters, has found that the majority of employers surveyed (79 per cent) believe that the younger generations’ expectations of rapid career progression is the biggest source of intergenerational conflict in the workplace. All three employee generations, Millennials, Gen X and Baby Boomers, agree that the […]
Have you ever travelled, offered to bring something back and ended up with a shopping list and half your luggage allowance already accounted for? For Alex Hsu, this was an all too common predicament. Frequently travelling to the US for his IT business trading computer parts, Alex became inundated with requests for running shoes, typically […]
We’ve all heard the word ‘disruption’ being bandied around in a business context, but how does it really impact businesses and as its urgency increases, how can they respond to it? American Express recently explored this point with a major research study, capturing the views and practices of 250 CFOs from companies with revenues of […]
Tinder style match-making technology is set to take the Australian employment market by storm with the launch of technology driven job marketplace Likeajob. Using a unique algorithm and targeted technology to match candidates with prospective employers based on skills, experience, location and lifestyle, each applicant or employer will be given a percentage match via a […]
If figures from Deloitte are to be believed, Australia’s digital economy is booming – with the advisory firm valuing it at $AUD79 billion. Another report by Chinese networking firm Huawei now ranks the country in 12th position among 50 leading countries, for Internet connectivity and adoption of a digital economy. The digital enterprise within Australia: A […]
‘Singularity’ is word used to describe something of distinction or wonder. Simple and unassuming? Not if the latest MYOB report in its ‘Future of Business’ series is anything to go by. The report entitled ‘Surviving the Singularity’ discusses the future of businesses around Australia as technology reaches the point when machines are capable of independent […]
