The launch of any new product from Apple or its Android-based competitors is always a trigger point that can send employees in their droves to seek out their colleagues in the IT department in the hope of getting a new device — it could be a PC, smartphone or tablet — connected to the corporate network.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A recovering economy that has sparked rising interest in a Purdue University technology park has officials weighing an expansion of the three-year-old facility.

Licence fees and consulting services contributed a total of $65.1 million to enterprise software company, TechnologyOne's (ASX: TNE), half year results for the year ended 31 March 2012.