The New South Wales state government has quietly created a new shared services agency that will, among other things, provide centralised IT services to a large number of departments and agencies.
Telstra has started to take delivery of routing equipment from vendor Tellabs as part of the the telco's next-generation network build-out, with the vendor partnering with a local contractor for network design and construction.
French telecoms technology provider Alcatel and US equipment firm Lucent Technologies on Sunday announced a merger agreement, creating a US$33 billion dollar giant in global telecommunications.
Despite a torrent of interest in enterprise databases running on Linux, IT plans for rapid deployments amount to little more than a trickle. As IBM, Oracle and Sybase prepare to ship new versions of their high-end databases for Linux this quarter, interest in the upstart operating system as a database platform remains moderate.
Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard are preparing new higher-end Unix servers for debut near the end of the year, and several other models will spring up from HP before then.
Some networking equipment companies are sprucing up their existing products to go after a hot and growing market known as the multiservice edge, but sceptics question whether or not the products are up to the task.
A very slick high-end handset with GPS support and BlackBerry's trademark push technology that's let-down by a lack of features now standard in most smartphones.
PDAs are rapidly gaining in popularity, but with new wireless capabilities being added, how can you possibly do without one?
Networkable laser printers have dropped significantly in price. But it still pays to know what you're after before your organisation goes colour. ZDNet Australia tests five networkable printers.
Dell claims its Vostro 410 is an energy efficient, high performance PC for small businesses. While Dell's efficiency claims seem to be hot air, the 410 is a sleek, zippy and good value PC.
The BlackBerry Curve takes both good and bad factors from the Pearl and 8800, making it an enticing phone -- but we're still waiting for the ultimate consumer BlackBerry
Telstra shareholders fear break up
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Microsoft's Tracey Fellows on Windows 7
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The long-awaited separation of Telstra
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