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APRA's IT infrastructure strains

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... Register of Financial Advisers and the Department of Finance readies the public sector to implement a government-wide cloud computing strategy.

OneVentures Innovation and Growth fund raises $60m

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... and Growth Fund II after raising $60 million. The fund - which invests in healthcare, education, mobile, media, cloud computing and data, sensors and robotics, and food security - attracted investment mainly from high net worth and family office investors. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... authorised their entry and said the move was an invasion. Analysts said Nasdaq was lifted by strong earnings from cloud-computing company Salesforce.com (+7.3 per cent), which boosted other software companies. Salesforce said fiscal 2015 revenues would ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
... Facebook. A strong demand for iPhones in China lifted Apple fiscal third quarter profits up by 11.6 per cent and helped the computing giant gain 2.6 per cent on the Nasdaq. But despite ongoing optimism driven by positive US earnings, the local market ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
... Facebook. A strong demand for iPhones in China lifted Apple fiscal third quarter profits up by 11.6 per cent and helped the computing giant gain 2.6 per cent on the Nasdaq. But despite ongoing optimism driven by positive US earnings, the local market ...

OneVentures launches second fund for HNWs and instos

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
... portfolio of emerging Australian companies with global ambitions across healthcare, education, mobile, media, cloud computing and data, security and privacy, machine learning, sensors and robotics, and food security. The first OneVentures Innovation ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... founder Bill Gates was stepping down as chairman to become a technology adviser and Satya Nadella, head of its cloud-computing division, would succeed Steve Ballmer as chief executive. In local economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Industry Group ...

PROFILE: AMP Horizons director Amelia Constantinidis

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... Constantinidis didn't let the absence of a Higher School Certificate hold her back from gaining extra qualifications. A computing diploma at her local TAFE paved the way towards her first job at the State Super Board - or the Superannuation Administration ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
... getting a jolt from Microsoft's announcement that chief executive Steve Ballmer will retire within the next 12 months. The computing giant's shares soared 7.3 per cent to $34.75 on Friday as Ballmer, who succeeded Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates in 2000 ...

R&D focus giving Asian companies greater pricing power

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
... cheaper than the closest Japanese rival. The research and development factor has also boosted Asian companies most in the computing and mobile device market. The likes of Samsung, Lenovo and Huawei have leveraged their brands effectively over the last ...