• SmartGate hits Sydney Airport

    SmartGate, the self-processing option for travellers, is now available at Sydney International Airport.

    03 July 2009 06:21 PM

  • CBA details NetBank battle plan

    Commonwealth Bank of Australia has had a rough couple of days; with high levels of traffic forcing it to take its internet banking service down at times. But what was really going on behind the scenes?

    30 June 2009 06:35 PM

  • CBA may be facing denial of service

    Problems with Commonwealth Bank of Australia's internet banking website are due to a high level of traffic, some of which may be malicious, the bank said today.

    30 June 2009 03:12 PM

  • Symantec MD surfaces at McAfee

    Symantec Australia's former chief David Sykes has re-emerged in the security industry at the company's arch rival McAfee.

    23 June 2009 05:59 PM

  • DIAC flags massive outsourcing overhaul

    The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) has revealed plans to overhaul its information technology and communications outsourcing contracts, which have been dominated by CSC since 1998.

    22 June 2009 12:46 PM

  • Accenture Sydney office opening: Photos

    This morning Environment Minister and former rock icon Peter Garrett opened IT services company Accenture's new Sydney office, taking several floors under Google's Australian headquarters in the same building in Sydney's Pyrmont.

    12 June 2009 03:54 PM

The Government will not release the information because they will lose the upper hand and be exposed as to how they plan to screw Telstra shareholders when/if they "vend" in to NBN!!!

From: Minchin tries members' bill for NBN scrutiny

Read it here, then discuss it in Talkback.

  • NSW re-shuffle to target IT savings

    The NSW state government will reportedly target savings from its information technology operations as one portion of a mammoth re-shuffle of departments and agencies in the state budget next Tuesday.

    11 June 2009 05:35 PM

  • Tasmanian budget: The IT details

    The Tasmanian State Government has outlined a variety of technology-related initiatives in its budget today, including funding for e-health, policing and digital marketing projects.

    11 June 2009 05:32 PM

  • Govt meets business on security

    Continuing concern over e-security has brought business executives together with Australia's government and spies to talk about how critical infrastructure should be protected.

    10 June 2009 04:37 PM

  • RailCorp stands down CIO Coleman

    NSW Transport Minister David Campbell has confirmed reports that RailCorp has stood aside its chief information officer Vicki Coleman following a claim of dishonest behaviour.

    10 June 2009 12:19 PM

  • CSC nabs $300m AMP renewal

    CSC today announced that it had re-signed with AMP on a six-year $300 million contract for managed services and additional projects.

    02 June 2009 10:48 AM

  • Video: Do Mac OS X users need antivirus?

    Do Mac OS X users really need antivirus? ZDNet.com.au recently posed the question to security professionals at the AusCERT 2009 IT security conference on the Gold Coast.

    29 May 2009 10:55 AM

  • Studios win Sydney piracy victory

    The local arms of film and music studios have claimed a victory in their war against copyright offences, with a Sydney man convicted for selling pirated content last week.

    25 May 2009 04:58 PM

  • TransGrid set for Cisco, Exchange overhaul

    State-owned NSW Energy wholesaler TransGrid expects to complete its Cisco network upgrade by the end of 2009.

    21 May 2009 05:21 PM

  • Kaspersky impressed by botnet slickness

    Cybercrime fighter Eugene Kaspersky can't help but be impressed by the slick operations behind the Conficker botnet, and says that it could have been worse had the botnet been after more than just money.

    21 May 2009 02:05 PM

  • NZ Govt flags shared services move

    The New Zealand government has flagged a major shift towards technology shared services within the state sector.

    20 May 2009 09:56 PM

  • Customs security chief paints sober picture

    Hackers have started to target specific government personnel, as opposed to simply using broad scattergun approaches, the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service warned this week.

    20 May 2009 02:54 PM

  • AusCERT unfazed by new $8.8m rival

    The director of Australia's existing Computer Emergency Response Team (AusCERT) this week said a rival government group that received funding in the budget was unlikely to impact its operations.

    19 May 2009 12:34 PM

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Blogs

  • David Braue Will Rudd's bush backhaul bonanza deliver?
    Rural areas will be welcoming the government's decision to put its money where its politicising is, funnelling $250m into a regional fibre upgrade to six rural centres. Remedying over a decade of near-neglect at the hands of telecoms privatisation, the investment could be the firmest step yet for Labor's NBN dream — but with inevitable political questions and a looming election, Rudd and Conroy need to deliver, and quickly, to preserve the NBN's credibility.
  • Array Doing for AV what VoIP did for telephony
    Sydney-based start-up Audinate is making traditional analog cabling obsolete in favour of TCP/IP-based networking technology. And it's doing a pretty good job so far, with its technology used by World Youth Day and the Sydney Opera House.
  • Array WiMax in Australia: Part two
    WiMax could be the standard that drives the next phase of mobile broadband, it provides an opportunity for players wanting to establish a pure IP network to carry voice and data effectively — but is this what operators want?
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