Archive for the ‘E-mail & the internet’ Category
Tuesday, August 6th, 2013
Technology Spectator columnist Tim Reed has called for more innovation from Australian small businesses.
Reed said the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ (ABS) report on ‘Innovation in Australian Business’ found the proportion of innovation to active small to medium businesses (SMEs) increased by 13% in the year ending 30 June 2012 across four areas of innovation: good or services, operational processes, organisational/managerial processes, and marketing methods.
As small business represents 96% of businesses in Australia, Reed said, what happens in this sector has the potential to drive improvement in the domestic economy.
One way for small businesses to adopt innovation is through the use of online technologies, he said. Most consumers are now searching online first when shopping for a new product or service and yet 2/3 of SMEs don’t have a website, meaning a significant proportion of businesses are missing out on sales and marketing opportunities simply by not having an online presence.
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Tags: Australia, Australia Bureau of Statistics, business, innovation, online
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Wednesday, July 31st, 2013
The CEO of one of Australia’s biggest online real estate advertising companies says businesses in the country need to adapt to the digital future in a hurry or risk being shut out by international competitors who are further ahead.
Greg Ellis, CEO of REA Group, said companies in all sectors in Australia are struggling to adapt to the digital economy and will lose market share to international rivals if they did not change their management strategies.
“On a bigger scale Australia needs a damn big wake-up call,” he told a Melbourne Press Club luncheon last week. “We’ve got some material competitors coming who could take a significant percentage of market share and jobs away through the strength of their digital offering.”
He said managers needed to better tap into the talent in their organisations, saying the best workers found in companies such as his were 30-year-olds familiar with the digital economy.
“There is a significant shortfall of skills to transform Australian business in the digital economy,” Ellis said. “At REA when we bring people in we have to effectively de-program from the historical techniques they have used to manage people. It’s the preparedness to push the responsibility of the decision-making down to the people below you who have the expertise.”
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Tags: adaptation, Australia, business, competition, digital, economy, online
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Friday, July 19th, 2013
Australian businesses are quickly jumping on the 4G train as, Vodafone became the final of the big three telecommunications companies to launch an LTE network last month. The latest generation mobile technology provides faster speeds and makes more efficient use of wireless spectrum capacity.
Telsyte analyst Foad Fadaghi said 13 per cent of all mobile connections in Australia — including consumer, business and M2M — are 4G, and the percentage specific to business penetration is likely consistent.
While 13 per cent may not appear large at first, it shows rapid adoption considering that Telstra has only had a 4G network for 18 months, Optus for only 12 months, and Vodafone has just launched, Fadaghi said.
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Tags: 4G, Australia, business
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Friday, April 19th, 2013
Due to the economic slowdown Australians are becoming more reliant on online business sites, which is just another way for boosting economy and going about increasing their savings. Online business is very successful and offers many benefits, whether it is used to increase the number of sales for a business, to get a business back on track or to start a new business from scratch.
ING Direct executive director Rob Hendriks says “Australians are very creative in boosting their income. We see an increased effort in selling goods online, taking additional jobs, and especially in New South Wales we see a lot of women entering the workforce.”
You can read the full article at http://www.smartcompany.com.au/economy/049233-more-australians-to-start-online-businesses-as-two-speed-economy-takes-hold.html
Tags: Australian, business, online, sales
Posted in business, dynamic content, E-mail & the internet, online business, Online Sales, online shopping, online stores, selling online | No Comments »
Thursday, October 7th, 2010
Scott Charney, Microsoft’s VP for trustworthy computing spoke at the International Security Solutions Europe (ISSE) conference in Berlin, suggesting that the IT Industry, government and ISPs institute a new “health model” for the internet.
The suggested health model would mean that relevant stakeholders would have to ensure that consumer devices were safe from malware before allowing the devices to access the internet. A health certificate would be required from consumer machines showing what software patches were used, firewalls, and anti-viruses in place before the machine could access the internet.
Therefore, if major problems were found, such as a malware infection, the device’s bandwidth could be constricted.
A risky idea which requires a balance between privacy and risk control, but perhaps wise given increasing cybercrime worldwide.
The full article at SC Magazine is available here.
Tags: botnet, cybercrime, internet health, malware
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Thursday, September 23rd, 2010
So the year is not yet over, but Sydney Morning Herald would like to update us on the top 10 biztech trends for 2010.
Some of the best trends noted in the article include:
- The ‘big four’ Microsoft upgrades, including Office 2010 and Sharepoint 2010. And Windows 7 (as XP starts to wane).
- Virtualisation, which will soon become a standard industry recovery and available technique. Desktop virtualisation in particular is something for businesses to give more thought to as the technology develops.
- Biometric Authentication - NAB now uses voiceprints to authenticate its customers for phone banking. This technology will be available for wider deployment soon.
View all 10 trends in the article here.
Tags: biometric authentication, biztech, business trends, technology, virtualisation
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Thursday, July 15th, 2010
Continuing faulty antenna issues with the iPhone 4 may lead to a product recall, an embarrassing event for Apple, which may have costs of up to $1.5 billion USD. It is harder to put a price on the cost to Apple’s reputation.
Consumer Reports stated that it could not recommend the iPhone, due to the antenna, which, if the device is held a particular way, substantially cuts the phone’s reception resulting in “signal loss issues”.
This result was upheld by Engadgets, who in their own testing, found that the iPhone 4′s dropped calls and experienced low data rates at a much higher frequency than other phones. Engadget‘s full review of the iPhone 4 is here.
Consumer Reports blog contains further detail as to why the iPhone 3 is preferable to the latest model.
Tags: apple, iphone, iPhone 4, recall, technology
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Monday, July 5th, 2010
A complaint from anti-gaming establishments is that clubs which install arcade games are encouraging children to be gamblers at an early stage, thereby ‘grooming’ them to be problem gamblers as adults.
Independent senator Nick Xenaphon is encouraging the federal government to take action on this point, as there is no legislation handling it in the meantime. Mr Xenaphon believes that while parents play the pokies inside a club, the kids are getting the same ‘training’ on arcade games not far away.
The Productivity Commission appears to be in agreement with Mr Xenaphon, in its report on gambling which states that “minors should not…be exposed to gambling areas within venues”. Unfortunately, the report did not continue on to make further recommendations about fixing this problem.
To read the full article, click here.
Tags: arcade games, new technology, privacy
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Saturday, April 18th, 2009
Our E-mail Newsletter software, Informant.me, now lets you view when a customer was last contacted. We think this will mean you can keep much better tabs on Informing your customers.
Remember, they say if your customers haven’t heard from you in 90 days, they might not be your customers any more!
Tags: contact customers, e-mail newsletter
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Saturday, February 14th, 2009
We price ourselves in the middle of the market, while still providing a high level of service. We recently compared our pricing to that of Melbourne IT’s, Australia’s largest domain name registration service – www.melbourneit.com.au
Domain name registration
.com.au – 2 years
Melbourne IT – $140.00
OPMC – $66.00
.com – 1 year
Melbourne IT – $75.00
OPMC – $27.50
.co.nz – 1 year
Melbourne IT – $110.00
OPMC – $43.95
Web Hosting – Monthly
Basic Plan
Melbourne IT – $25.94
OPMC – $9.95
E-mail – Monthly
Minimum plan
Melbourne IT – $19.95 (20 e-mail address minimum plan)
OPMC – $2.15 (1 e-mail address*)
Overall, we were a minimum of 50% cheaper on pricing than Melbourne IT, and if you want to stretch your dollar further you should consider switching to OPMC.
Click here to visit OPMC Australia.
Click here to visit OPMC New Zealand.
*Pricing is comparable when you have 20 e-mail addresses with us, however many clients have just one or two, so the minimum expense with Melbourne IT is significant.
(Pricing in AUD)
Tags: domain names, e-mail, web hosting
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