• 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

  • 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

  • Office 2010 beta gets LinkedIn

    Microsoft has released a beta of Office 2010 at its Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles. The beta integrates social network LinkedIn with Outlook, offers a stripped back Excel for browser editing, and video editing tools for PowerPoint.

    19 November 2009 01:02 PM

I remain absolutely convinced that splitting up Telstra quickly and cleanly will benefit Australia.

From: Xenophon backs Telstra split

Read it here, then discuss it in Talkback.

  • Vic Police last on CenITex's queue

    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.

    18 November 2009 12:03 PM

  • Caption contest: Kim Carr's supercomputer

    What exactly was going on here between Carr and ANU research professor Brian Schmidt at the launch of the ANU's new supercomputer yesterday? A new martial arts move? Explanation of a star going supernova?

    17 November 2009 04:24 PM

  • Outsourced check-in fails Qantas

    Qantas check-ins were thrown into disarray last night due to a problem with the system provided to it by travel system specialist Amadeus.

    17 November 2009 11:25 AM

  • ASIC after integration partner

    The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) is tendering for a partner to integrate its Financial Support System (FSS) upgrade project into its new environment.

    17 November 2009 10:05 AM

  • Microsoft wins big in SA Education

    Flinders University is rolling out Microsoft Exchange-based mail to its 2000-strong employee roster, while its 16,000 students are moved onto Microsoft's Live@edu. Meanwhile, TAFE SA's 80,000 students and staff will also migrate to the Live@edu service.

    17 November 2009 08:10 AM

  • Tasmania asks for help on NBN

    The Tasmanian Government has put out a call to the information and communications technology industry for suggestions on how to best use the National Broadband Network and Digital Education Revolution for the students of the state.

    16 November 2009 01:20 PM

  • Sensis denies database disaster

    Telstra subsidiary Sensis has denied the veracity of an anonymous tip published in Crikey today that claimed its new iGen platform was a complete failure.

    13 November 2009 04:56 PM

  • ABC to roll out new CMS platform

    SingTel subsidiary, NCS, has landed a new contract with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to provide a new web content management system for ABC Online.

    13 November 2009 05:34 PM

  • Vendors chosen for Qld exchange project

    The Queensland Government has picked the vendors to nurse it through its massive roll-out of Microsoft Exchange 2007 to 80,000 public servants.

    13 November 2009 04:07 PM

  • Berzins' blunders: Police ignored tender rules

    Victoria Police's IT division under disgraced chief information officer Valda Berzins had a "disregard for proper procurement and contract management", a new report has revealed, which saw contracts fail to go to tender while their dollar values ballooned beyond approved amounts.

    12 November 2009 09:43 PM

  • Paper-based drugs scheme gets IT revamp

    The Federal Department of Health and Ageing has gone to market for a supplier to update the IT systems which run the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) after years of putting up with paper-based and time-consuming processes.

    12 November 2009 02:29 PM

  • EDS employees maintain conditions

    Employees of HP Enterprise Services, formerly known as EDS, have mainly now moved onto new HP contracts with equivalent conditions, according to the integrator's most active union, the Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers, Australia.

    12 November 2009 05:25 PM

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