Stories by Bonnie Gardiner

Data silos limit insights and raise costs: IDC

Data silos within Asia Pacific organisations are raising IT costs and security risks, while limiting the ability of organisations to make insight-based decisions, according to IDC research released on Tuesday.

Written by Bonnie Gardiner07 July 15 14:34

Virgin Australian acquires analytics firm Torque Data

Virgin Australia has announced its acquisition of Australian data analytics firm Torque Data with plans to integrate it with Virgin’s customer loyalty business, the Velocity Frequent Flyer program.

Written by Bonnie Gardiner03 July 15 12:34

Australian IT spend to increase despite global decline

Australian IT spending for 2015 will increase 2.1 per cent from last year, reaching almost A$78.1 billion, despite an overall decline in worldwide IT spending, according Gartner forecasts.

Written by Bonnie Gardiner01 July 15 15:53

Linear roadmaps unrealistic for collaboration tools

Companies working on a collaboration and unified communications strategy need to accept that it will not be a linear process, according to Forrester analyst, Tim Sheedy.

Written by Bonnie Gardiner04 June 15 16:34

An inside look at the Qantas hackathon

Qantas is set to benefit from a wealth of new ideas generated during its first ever hackathon last weekend.

Written by Bonnie Gardiner02 June 15 12:50

More tech trends to disrupt data centres

This week CIO is exploring the top tech trends expected to disrupt data centres in the future, as well as IT departments, business units and the c-suite, including shifting skillsets and business strategy.

Written by Bonnie Gardiner27 May 15 11:38

Offshore sensors record NSW Coast wave data

A network of seven motion sensor buoys, located several kilometres off the NSW coastline, is helping to determine onshore wave conditions and identify associated coastal hazards.

Written by Bonnie Gardiner26 May 15 10:03

5 tech trends that will impact data centres in the future

At Gartner’s Infrastructure, Operations & Data Centre Summit in Sydney, research analyst, David Cappuccio, detailed new trends that are likely to impact IT operations and data centres of the future.

Written by Bonnie Gardiner25 May 15 11:34

Ombudsman boosts data centre efficiency with hyperconvergence

Australia’s Credit and Investment Ombudsman (CIO) has deployed hyperconverged infrastructure to simplify its IT environment and increase performance in its primary data centre and disaster recovery co-location site.

Written by Bonnie Gardiner21 May 15 12:32
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