• Windows 7 impresses Woolworths, MYOB

    Supermarket chain Woolworths is currently testing Windows 7 but won't upgrade its corporate desktops from Windows XP to the new operating system before 2010, while local software house MYOB has revealed internal migration plans.

    03 December 2009 04:40 PM

  • Melbourne Airport gets new Cisco network

    Melbourne Airport's T2 international terminal has received an infrastructure upgrade, courtesy of a partnership between Cisco and The Frame Group, that intends to simplify the flying experience for passengers.

    03 December 2009 03:16 PM

  • Sydney Water reviews billing again

    Sydney Water Corporation is in the midst of reviewing its in-house billing system, an aspiration which has previously landed it in hot water.

    03 December 2009 11:13 AM

  • $14b AXA funds move to new system

    AXA Asia Pacific Holdings has decided to transition to a new platform for most of its wealth management products following the platform's successful implementation within the company's new North product.<

    01 December 2009 04:25 PM

  • Microsoft backflips on Win7 family pack

    Reversing an earlier decision, Microsoft has today decided to release the Windows 7 Family Pack in Australia, which bundles three upgrade licences for its Windows 7 operating system for $249.

    30 November 2009 04:30 PM

  • IT faculty revolts over UNSW overhaul

    Tensions are rising at UNSW's School of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), where a plan by the university to centralise all IT services has met with a hostile response from staff and students.

    26 November 2009 04:58 PM

I have no experience, hate work, love to travel (at tax payers expense) promise not to rock the boat... and I am prepared to accept anything over $ 100,000.
Surely that makes me a standout for the job.

From: Qld seeks broadband chief

Read it here, then discuss it in Talkback.

  • NSW ponders open source, SaaS

    The NSW Government is evaluating the benefits of software as a service and open source software in a bid to rationalise and reduce the costs of its software procurement, according to a Request for Information document released today.

    26 November 2009 03:35 PM

  • Academic claims NSW Health censorship

    A professor at the University of Sydney who wrote a scathing essay about NSW Health's implementation of a Cerner system within emergency departments has accused the government of pressuring his institution to take the essay down, which it did, if only temporarily.

    27 November 2009 02:26 PM

  • Bloated budget for Sydney Water CRM

    A report by NSW auditor-general Peter Achterstraat has criticised Sydney Water's implementation of a Siebel customer relationship management system which is running $34 million over budget and one-and-a-half years over schedule.

    25 November 2009 05:43 PM

  • IBM scores $62.9m Medicare deal

    Medicare has decided to pay IBM $62.9 million for the extension of an information technology services and support contract while its parent agency, Human Services, reviews its technology strategy.

    25 November 2009 03:56 PM

  • ACCC greenlights Microsoft/Yahoo deal

    The ACCC has announced that it will not oppose the agreement between Microsoft and Yahoo to combine their search and search advertising businesses.

    25 November 2009 11:17 AM

  • Monash dumping Thunderbird for Lotus Notes

    When Monash University's long-term chief information officer Alan McMeekin leaves the university next month, he will be handing over a half completed, prolonged migration from Thunderbird to Lotus Notes.

    25 November 2009 12:05 PM

  • Govt sets up new CERT

    Australian Attorney General Robert McClelland yesterday launched an in-depth Cyber Security Strategy for the nation, supported by a new Computer Emergency Response Team to rival the existing AusCERT.

    24 November 2009 11:47 AM

  • Microsoft PDC 2009: Photos

    Microsoft's Professional Developer Conference 2009, held at the Los Angeles Convention Centre, was the host to around 5000 developers from around the globe.

    25 November 2009 03:47 PM

  • TechnologyOne execs see pay freeze

    TechnologyOne has decided not to increase the pay packets of its executives and directors this year on the back of its 2009 results released today.

    23 November 2009 03:12 PM

  • Aussies flock to SAP Business Suite 7

    Forty per cent of SAP's Australian and New Zealand customer base has already chosen to migrate to the company's new platform, Business Suite 7, since it was made available earlier this year.

    20 November 2009 05:48 PM

  • Microsoft releases Silverlight 4 beta

    Microsoft's fourth-generation answer to Adobe Flash, Silverlight 4, was released overnight at the software giant's 2009 Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles.

    19 November 2009 03:58 PM

  • Microsoft dabbles in hardware

    Taking a page from arch-rival Apple, Microsoft has teamed up with hardware-maker Acer to deliver a Windows 7 laptop created to its specifications.

    19 November 2009 04:11 PM

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