Stories by Andrew Powell

Cloud companies in Australia and New Zealand need to be cautious when adopting SaaS solutions, asking questions about product authenticity, hosting arrangements, contract flexibility, pricing transparency, and demo access before committing to a provider.

There may be reasons for public sector agencies in particular to be somewhat reluctant with IT innovation spend.

Cloud computing is a term that is often misunderstood, leading to confusion and potentially disadvantaging enterprise software customers, major vendors like Oracle and SAP have been criticized.

This shift has occurred after many years where IT was simply viewed as a cost-centre, and the role of the CIO was mostly confined to the IT silo.