http://www.zdnet.com.au Latest ZDNet Australia News articles from Gartner en-us http://www.zdnet.com.au/i/z/feed/zdnet_155x44.gif http://www.zdnet.com.au http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/hardware/soa/Vic-issues-massive-datacentre-tender/0,130061702,339299591,00.htm?feed=rss The Victorian Government today released a tender to meet its whole-of-government datacentre needs for the next five years. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:01:01 +1100 edit@zdnet.com.au (Suzanne Tindal) http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/hardware/soa/Vic-issues-massive-datacentre-tender/0,130061702,339299591,00.htm?feed=rss http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/business/soa/Gartner-Symposium-Sydney-Photos/0,139023166,339299587,00.htm?feed=rss Since Tuesday, Gartner has been holding its annual ITXPO, or Symposium, at Sydney's Darling Harbour. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:03:01 +1100 edit@zdnet.com.au (Suzanne Tindal) http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/business/soa/Gartner-Symposium-Sydney-Photos/0,139023166,339299587,00.htm?feed=rss http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/hardware/soa/Vic-Police-last-on-CenITex-s-queue/0,130061702,339299583,00.htm?feed=rss Victoria Police's recent publicised difficulties have likely put it at the back of the line of agencies waiting to receive infrastructure services from the state's new shared services agency CenITex. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:03:01 +1100 edit@zdnet.com.au (Suzanne Tindal) http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/hardware/soa/Vic-Police-last-on-CenITex-s-queue/0,130061702,339299583,00.htm?feed=rss http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Thodey-NBN-speeds-a-hard-sell/0,130061791,339299566,00.htm?feed=rss Telstra chief executive David Thodey today said that realism was needed on how many people would take up high speed services offered by the National Broadband Network (NBN) given that only 5 per cent of the telco's home customers had taken up its fast ADSL2+ service. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:27:02 +1100 edit@zdnet.com.au (Suzanne Tindal) http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Thodey-NBN-speeds-a-hard-sell/0,130061791,339299566,00.htm?feed=rss http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/The-big-27-000-Win7-ensnares-Centrelink/0,130061733,339299148,00.htm?feed=rss As Microsoft launches Windows 7 in Australia, major federal welfare agency Centrelink is planning to migrate to the new operating system by mid next year. Will other companies follow its example, or will Microsoft see the same lack of interest for Windows 7 as it did for Vista? Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:36:01 +1100 edit@zdnet.com.au (Suzanne Tindal) http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/The-big-27-000-Win7-ensnares-Centrelink/0,130061733,339299148,00.htm?feed=rss http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/No-Aussie-datacentre-for-NetSuite/0,130061733,339299111,00.htm?feed=rss For NetSuite customers, price, availability and performance of applications outweigh the desire to have their data kept inside the country, the company's CEO Zach Nelson said today. Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:34:01 +1100 edit@zdnet.com.au (Suzanne Tindal) http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/No-Aussie-datacentre-for-NetSuite/0,130061733,339299111,00.htm?feed=rss http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/hardware/soa/Just-5-agencies-can-use-datacentre-panel/0,130061702,339298788,00.htm?feed=rss Not all federal government agencies can apply for datacentre resources under the newly formed interim datacentre panel. In fact, only five have been cleared to do so, according to the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO). Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:33:01 +1000 edit@zdnet.com.au (Suzanne Tindal) http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/hardware/soa/Just-5-agencies-can-use-datacentre-panel/0,130061702,339298788,00.htm?feed=rss http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/business/soa/S2-Intelligence-s-McCabe-joins-KPMG/0,139023166,339297503,00.htm?feed=rss KPMG today announced that it had hired Bruce McCabe, founder of technology research firm S2 Intelligence, as a director of its IT advisory practice. Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:32:01 +1000 edit@zdnet.com.au (Suzanne Tindal) http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/business/soa/S2-Intelligence-s-McCabe-joins-KPMG/0,139023166,339297503,00.htm?feed=rss http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Will-Chrome-endanger-Android-/0,130061733,339297348,00.htm?feed=rss With its entry into the market with Chrome OS, Google will be sending two operating systems into the netbook space. Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:05:01 +1000 edit@zdnet.com.au (Natasha Lomas) http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Will-Chrome-endanger-Android-/0,130061733,339297348,00.htm?feed=rss http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/hardware/soa/Policy-forced-ATO-s-EDS-desktop-hand/0,130061702,339297292,00.htm?feed=rss Recently, changing federal government policy was a factor in the Australian Taxation Office's decision to extend its end user and centralised computing contracts with incumbent supplier EDS, the agency's CIO Bill Gibson has revealed. Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:42:01 +1000 edit@zdnet.com.au (Suzanne Tindal) http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/hardware/soa/Policy-forced-ATO-s-EDS-desktop-hand/0,130061702,339297292,00.htm?feed=rss