Articles under ‘Industry News’ Category

Probably not – and that’s likely because you don’t know what, or even where, it is… Information management vendor Veritas reckons businesses down under should put a value to their data and put it on the balance sheet as an asset. Which is all well and good

As defence gets a boost, vendor secures key partnership… With moves to spend serious money on defence and South Australian manufacturers looking likely to benefit from a substantial slice of that pie, a top player in the manufacturing industry is positioning itself to address more sophisticated software

Rushing into an RFP process wastes everyone’s time… Buying a new car? Long before hitting the showroom, you’re probably across every specification, option, bell and whistle. You probably know the details of the vehicle better than the unfortunate salesperson and you’re not afraid to show it. So

The double-edged sword of right-sizing your systems… For businesses growing beyond small, an inflection point arises which almost immediately becomes a double-edged sword. Existing systems start groaning under the strain of increased complexity and scale, and the time comes where a more sophisticated enterprise resource planning solution

Billion-dollar Excel buster steps up APAC activity… Spreadsheets are ubiquitous in business, but while flexible and astoundingly capable, they are also often an indicator of a breakdown in process or software capability. It’s something we at iStart routinely encounter when discussing ERP upgrades or implementations: the spreadsheet is the