The volatility of cryptocurrencies has become something of a joke. The fact its value bounces around like a kangaroo in a clown car has given rise to countless memes about the emotional toll of being an investor.
A new Knowledge Economy Institute (KEi) has launched to help put Australia at the forefront of the rapidly growing global digital economy.
One of Australia’s largest accounting consulting groups warns corporates will be a key target in filling the $12 billion gap in the Prime Minister’s tax revenues by the end of the financial year.
A Google engineer has released an open source Java client for the Bitcoin peer-to-peer currency system, simply called BitcoinJ.
Replacing the gross domestic product (GDP) with another measure of economic output holds distinct advantages, says the World Bank former chief economist and Nobel Prize winner, Joseph Stiglitz. The GDP could be “a misleading indicator” for countries trying to measure their economic success, Stiglitz told delegates at the Australian Economic Forum in Sydney.
With the fast paced world of technology, organisations are looking for a more flexible finance model that allows them to leverage the latest in technology and keep up with competitive trends without having to continually blow IT budgets on lumpy assets with fast depreciating value. This whitepaper looks at: the trends that are spurring a change in the utilisation of IT and associated expenditure, how CIOs are meeting demands in a way that frees up cash for further investment; and tips to maximise ROI with financial models.