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• NRMA embraces startups, eyes emergency digital assistance

  The 94-year-old NRMA seeks to reinvent its business for the 21st century through startups and a digital twist on its roadside assistance program.

• Startups win reform in Abbott's competitiveness agenda

  The Australian government will reform how employee share options are taxed to make it easier for startups to attract and retain talent, as part of a $400 million Industry Innovation and Competitiveness Agenda unveiled today by Prime Minister Tony Abbott.

• Atlassian CEO gets why startups want to leave Australia

  Atlassian founder Scott Farquhar said he would not stay in Australia if he was starting a tech company today.

• NRMA accelerates startups with Jumpstart

  The National Roads & Motorists’ Association (NRMA) is the latest large organisation to engage with Australian startups, launching an accelerator program called Jumpstart.

• The CIO as a venture capitalist

  CIOs who want to help drive future business growth and innovation will need to develop a new mindset and new capabilities.
  

• Should you buy enterprise applications from a startup?

  The idea of buying an enterprise application from a startup company might sound like anathema to a CIO. But Chris Laping, CIO of restaurant chain <a href="http://www.redrobin.com/">Red Robin</a>, based in Greenwood Village, Colo., disagrees. He believes we're in the middle of a significant shift that favors startups -- moving from huge applications with extensive features to task-based activities, inspired by the apps running on mobile devices.

• Are startups and enterprises better together?

  Australian startups are receiving increased attention from corporate enterprises, according to entrepreneurs at the York Butter Factory co-working space in Melbourne.

• Why corporates can’t innovate like startups

  When you meet people who work in startups, you can sometimes sense that they are naïve. This may be correct but this sense of innocence is perhaps the reason why they have so many good ideas.

• World Cup star Luminoso scores $6.5M to fund expansion of text analytics business

  Text analytics company Luminoso, a 2010 MIT Media Lab spinoff that helps its customers make sense out of unstructured data, has raised a $6.5 million Series A round of funding. The 25-person outfit plans to use the funds for new hires in sales, product management and client services as well as to expand its product line.

• In Pictures: 10 Big Data startups to watch

  The Big Data space is heating up

• Australian startups need our support: CBA CIO Michael Harte

  Startups have been crucial in developing innovations such as mobile apps, but Australian-based startups struggle to remain sustainable due to a lack of support from the federal government, according to CBA CIO Michael Harte.

• Australia holding back startups: AIIA

  Australia risks slipping further behind other countries unless it does more to foster technology startups, the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) has warned.

• Coalition drops tax reforms meant to help startups

  The Coalition has decided not to continue with two tax reforms expected to boost investment in Australian startups.

• Enterprises turn to startups for innovation

  A growing number of big Australian companies are seeking partnerships with startups to stay innovative.

• Telstra wants to work with (and like) startups

  Telstra believes working with startups is a “strategic necessity” if it wants to survive increasing competition from over-the-top players and other rivals, according to Telstra CIO Patrick Eltridge.