How often have you relied on your intuition to make important business decisions? Have you ever felt nervous and unsure about the decision and wondered how your company will benefit? Now imagine using clear, actionable data to make intelligent decisions and enhance your company's operations for today and tomorrow with a click of a button - this is possible with analytics. By using analytics, you can sort through data and pull out the important details to inform intelligent business decisions.

The ACI Connect conference and expo, to be held at Sydney Olympic Park on 12-13 August 2015, will feature Engineers Australia's inaugural Future Tech Forum. [ + ]

Residual current devices (RCDs) have long had a bad reputation for causing nuisance tripping and unexplained outages in data centres. Sadly, this perception still exists within the ICT industry and is inconsistent with the latest developments in technology. [ + ]

As we inch ever closer to comprehensive vehicle-to-vehicle communication, transportation organisations around the world are investigating the use of data drawn from smartphones to deliver real-time traffic information. [ + ]

A recent survey of over 8000 field service customers has uncovered how industry technology trends impact on the decision to hire plumbers, exterminators, cleaning contractors and other residential service providers. Results show that the residential services market is ripe for businesses that adopt integrated software and why those that don't will get left behind. [ + ]

The Security Exhibition & Conference will be held at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre from 15-17 July. [ + ]

A substantial fire recently broke out at an underground coal mine near the breaker shaft and machine system hydraulics on a feeder breaker, according to a Mines Safety Alert issued by the Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines. [ + ]

The widespread proliferation of counterfeit and non-compliant cable in the information and communications technologies (ICT) industry is illustrated in the CCCA's latest case study detailing a New York City contractor's encounter. [ + ]

As far back as early cavemen, we have seen the fundamentals of quality management come into play - it just wasn't called ISO9001. Back then, the principles of quality management ensured that weapons were improved, hunting efforts evolved and eating habits were efficient. In this scenario, the family was the client and improvements in quality led to more food, warmer beds and avoiding death at the same time. [ + ]

GPS systems can be incredibly useful in allowing companies to ensure their fleets are working to maximum efficiency. In the professional sense, they are more than just navigation equipment.

Almost a year since the Home Insulation Scheme Royal Commission, questions are being asked about how long it will take for our collective governments to take action to mandate the installation of safety switches. [ + ]

The capacity for employees, contractors, consigners, insurers, to name a few, to monitor the safe movement of their vehicles and goods has been achieved through telematics, also known as in-vehicle monitoring systems (IVMS). Alongside the increased usage of telematics has been the emergence of 'jamming tools', which actively block the signal to/from the device. Anecdotally, this appears to be a growing issue in the United Kingdom where businesses with fleets have begun to be alerted to their use through discussions with their peers. [ + ]

Many business owners and managers are so busy working on what their customers and clients need that they forget to take time on their own business. But being efficient is the first step in business success, so it is worthwhile investing the time.

Acer has successfully rolled out the largest deployment of Windows 8 tablets in Australia to Tasmania Police, replacing a fleet of 1100 desktop computers - including 600 Windows XPs that were at end of life - and 200 in-car mobile data terminals.

Germany's largest market research institute, GfK, has released results on a survey of 5800 consumers across Brazil, Germany, Russia, the UK, the US and China. The survey asked participants to rate the appeal of different types of 'connected car' concepts.