Controlling Company Signage from the Cloud

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ClearOne recently launched the MagicBox WebSuite digital signage software platform that allows users to control their entire signage network from any web browser at any location. > more

Australia to have Moderate, Spiky Economic Growth

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Composite economic indexes released for Australia by not-for-profit the Conference Board, predicted moderate economic growth, among softening conditions. City data from 2thinknow predicted spiky economic outcomes at city level. > more

Mayor Emanuel Cuts 60% Licenses to Spark High Growth Business in Chicago

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In an effort to boost start-ups and assist small and high growth businesses, Mayor Rahm Emanuel recently announces a new ordinance to make Chicago’s licensing system simpler and smarter by reducing the number of required licenses by 60 percent, from 117 to 49. > more

Nucleus Research: The Benefits of FotoPunch

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FotoPunch recently introduced a mobile time and attendance software solution which effectively transforms any cell phone into a mobile, biometric time clock. This takes advantage of a new generation of smartphone-savvy employees and the ubiquity of camera phones to provide organizations with a cloud-based mobile time and attendance application that allows employees to punch in and out from almost anywhere. > more

4 reasons why ASX is worth 4500 points

Commerce & Finance

The Australian stock market has gone sub 4500 points on indices again. The innovation is awaiting a state change, as some sort of white knight. That horse and rider has not come yet. Instead investors may feel like it’s the shaded horseman of the apocalyptic kind. It’s overshooting on the down side. Here’s why there’s no joy for major index investors in shares – and that includes superannuation… > more

European e-Commerce safer for merchants than stores

Commerce & Finance

The non-payment risk rate for online merchants in Europe has fallen to the lowest level in 7 years, to just above one quarter of one percent, in some cases superior to bricks and mortar transactions. These and other useful findings are summarised from the Deutsche Bank e-Commerce report. > more

Eurail goes to China

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Eurail has expanded Eurail pass sales into the Chinese market, a significant indicator that European tourist destinations expect greater numbers of Asian and Chinese inbound tourists. Eurail passes offer favourable rail transit prices, and are also an enabler of travel and cultural exhange. > more

Top African investment opportunities

Commerce & Finance

Frost & Sullivan will be revealing its top African investment opportunities for 2010 in an online analyst briefing on Thursday, 3 December. The briefing will provide insight into the industries that Frost & Sullivan projects will offer the highest returns on investment in the coming year. The markets covered will be telecommunications, business process outsourcing, renewable energy, biofuels, mining and desalination. > more

Internet of Services: Where SAP goes...

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SAP have invested in a Internet of Services community, launched at the announced at the EU Future Internet Assembly, being held in Stockholm, Sweden right now. Where SAP goes, corporations follow… > more

Have we yet entered the Creative Age?

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The nature of innovation is shifting, but our society is stuck in old paradigms of innovation. Our Executive Director, Christopher Hire, examines what a Creative Age of innovation may mean and the opportunity it gives all of us, … > more

Kunshan, China: Towards a global outsourcing centre

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Corporate news, yes. But significant as the march of enterprise-focus Chinese cities continues. This is Kunshan, between Shanghai and Jiangsu Province, now working to grow as a centre of global Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) – and thus a newer service focussed element to Chinese innovation segments. > more

Insight: How to Grow Business Innovation

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National Broadband Network, & closer technological collaboration between Australia & Germany are 2 key themes of CeBIT AusInnovate. > more

Mumbai. Positive News.

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In this time of terrorism in Mumbai, let’s look at a positive Mumbai Success Story from a Creative Company. > more

Victoria puts local first.

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Victoria, Australia makes the decision to support local innovation. > more

Deveny’s Australian Ians.

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COMMENT. Melbourne — A colleague of mine, of mature age, a professional director, told me he does not understand one thing about Melbourne’s directors.

How so many directors keep getting roles with less than stellar performance.

As a competent, good Director, he is mystified.

Shhh…

Of course no-one in the community says this publicly. I am a member of peak body AICD, and never heard it there! Truth begone! Top-down folk there.

With some Directors, often I get > more