Evicting cybersquatters
ALEXANDRA CAIN Big brands are about to find the fight against brandjacking, cybersquatting and phishing much tougher thanks to new regulations that allow URLs to be created in languages other than English.
Managing supply chain risk
JULIANNE DOWLING Australian companies and their suppliers need to standardise their risk measurement in order to cut costs and better detect safety breaches, say leading consultants.
A long work hours culture
ANNELI KNIGHT Although many of us still cling to the idealistic view that we live in the land of the long weekend, Australians are among the hardest workers in the world.
Good times for fraud
ADAM COURTENAY Fraud is a growing problem for corporate Australia, but there are tools that can detect suspicious activities.
Private equity in the spotlight
ANNELI KNIGHT The private equity industry has been in the limelight with the recent Myer public offering and the upcoming sale of Kathmandu. But the industry usually prefers to get on with the job of rebuilding and increasing the value of companies without fanfare.
Outsourcing on steroids
ALEXANDRA CAIN Crowd sourcing is revolutionising the economics of doing business.
The cost of going Green
JULIANNE DOWLING Medium-sized companies and SMEs are still confused about what to do in practical terms when it comes to going green, and how to keep the costs down.
Fire, flood or … fraud?
ADAM COURTENAY In the case of a small or medium sized business whose cash flow may at the best of times be precarious, a loss caused by fraud, even a relatively small one, can be a mortal wound.
Going flexible
ANNELI KNIGHT In two months’ time, all eligible Australian employees will have the right to request flexible work arrangements and, by law, all reasonable requests must be considered by employers with clear reasons given if the request is denied.
How to survive and thrive
JULIANNE DOWLING Companies which work more closely as a team, and think about their impact on the wider community have a greater chance of survival, says a leading academic studying organisational change.
The battle for executive pay
LEON GETTLER The latest battle in Australian corporate governance is unlikely to end quickly or quietly, if at all.
25 forces transforming the world
LEON GETTLER The world of management is being reshaped by dramatic changes in the way the world of work and society is organised. Surviving the global financial crunch was tough enough.
Ethics and managers during the GFC
ADAM COURTENAY Ask the average chief financial officer what keeps him awake at night and the chances are that corporate restructuring would probably edge out carbon containment.
Right time for an IPO?
ADAM COURTENAY Private corporations starved of capital for the past 18 months could be forgiven for believing all good things could be delivered via a lucrative float on the sharemarket.
Preparing for a pandemic
ALEXANDRA CAIN While businesses are getting better at preparing for business continuity issues, many are woefully unprepared to face a pandemic.
Life in the clouds
ALEXANDRA CAIN Cloud computing is still at a nascent stage in Australia and there is a range of different steps that need to be taken before it becomes widely used by businesses.
Blogs
Telemedicine a prescription for rural healthcare
When the shoe is on the other foot
Outsourcing those personal projects
Do you have personal projects on top of your work commitments? Having these projects on the side can impact your work quality. Consider outsourcing them.
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It's about time
I was pondering recently the demise of a business that I was involved in from 1999-2001.
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Look at our aging population. The demand for in-home care is certainly going to escalate. At the same time those agencies providing home care services will be under increasing pressure to improve patient care and efficiency.
moreI had the pleasure of having the shoe on the other foot when I became an online self serve customer during my holidays in France this September.
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Rob Roe
WAN optimisation
Telstra Today - Rob Roe expands on ICT products and solutions to help drive growth in our Enterprise and Government customers.
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Andrew Milroy
Leaders Speak
Andrew Milroy from Frost & Sullivan discusses how cost savings are driving the case for 3rd party managed WAN.
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Whitepapers
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Improve Generation Y financial services
Generation Y prefer, and are indeed adopting, new styles of interactions in how they engage for services.
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Telstra Productivity indicator
Survey findings reveal a major gap between how business leaders view the importance of improving productivity and the actions they take – or, frequently, do not take
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