Enterprise Applications

A recent IDC study commissioned by Lexmark finds that dated print infrastructure is an obstacle to digital transformation. Despite three in five enterprises recognizing that lingering print infrastructures are a significant barrier to success, fewer than half are prioritizing investment in this space, hampering the progress of strategic IT initiatives.

IDC has announced this year’s finalists in the Digital Transformation (DX) Awards for Australia and New Zealand. The Awards recognise the achievements of organisations that have successfully digitised one or multiple areas of their business through the application of digital and disruptive technologies.

A robust cloud segment drove Microsoft’s results for the fourth quarter of its fiscal year 2020 (FY20 Q4). According to the research data analysed and published by StockApps.com, during the period which ended on June 30, 2020, Microsoft had an increase of 30% in commercial cloud revenue.

Cloud ECM and healthcare software specialist Citadel Group has agreed to a $A500 million takeover by by Pacific Equity Partners (PEP), a private equity firm with over $A5 billion assets under management.

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has released a privacy resource to assist Australian Government agencies to determine when they need to conduct a privacy impact assessment.

Hay, a new Australian headquartered fintech company offering fully digital banking, has chosen the Appian Low-code Automation Platform to digitise and automate all back-office processes.

ABBYY has announced  FineReader PDF 15 is getting another update, Release 6, to expand the solution’s PDF toolset and improve its usability.

Nuxeo has announced the release of its next-generation Salesforce Connector for content management. The enhanced integration enables faster, easier and more secure access to Nuxeo's content services from within the Salesforce Lightning interface. 

Digital risk continues to grow in importance for corporate boards as they recognize the critical nature of digital business transformation today. In fact, in Gartner’s 2020 Board of Directors survey, 67% of respondents stated they view digital as the top business challenge for 2020 and 2021.

The Auditor-General has zeroed in on the performance of the Digital Transformation Agency and two other Commonwealth Departments in a report on the use of procurement panels and arrangements for expenditure on ICT related goods and services, which totalled over $A3.9 billion for the Australian government in the 2018-2019 financial year.

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