Though the dreadful possibility of layoffs looms over many companies, there are other ways to achieve a cheaper and more productive workforce: enabling them to work from home.
The dream of flexible working is destined to stay just that, unless management changes its approach to measuring employee performance.
The Northern Territory government has bitterly complained about a lack of competition in the telecommunications market that it claims has led to it paying Telstra three to five times more for some communications services than the rest of the nation.
Security researcher Aaron Weaver claims visiting a random Web site could send unwanted print requests to your nearest office printer.
Telstra will switch on over 200 remote ADSL exchanges after a funding stoush between the government and the telco was resolved.
People were apparently switching their brains off before joining the 3G iPhone queues, so it's somewhat surprising that considering an appropriate amount of storage was quite a high priority for many buyers.
South Australia's Yorke Peninsula with just 11,780 people spread across 5,834 square kilometres, is known more for its rugged natural beauty than its technological prowess. But now that Internode has brought broadband to the entire peninsula, the area has become a very important part of Australia's telegeography.
If you hang around mobile rumour sites then you may have heard the latest Chinese whisper doing the rounds -- Sony is making a PSP mobile phone all of its own.
If there ever were concrete evidence that Labor is blowing smoke up the proverbials of the Australian population, it came earlier this month as Senator Stephen Conroy, the man charged with promoting Labor's fibre-everywhere policy while simultaneously taking potshots at his counterpart Senator Helen Coonan, put his foot squarely in his mouth.
The men running Telstra have been accused of a lot of things, but lack of conviction is definitely not one of them. I found this out recently after having the chance to hear Phil Burgess, the company's most senior regular spokesperson and an outspoken critic of the government's telecommunications policy, address an AIIA-sponsored business lunch in Melbourne.
Though the dreadful possibility of layoffs looms over many companies, there are other ways to achieve a cheaper and more productive workforce: enabling them to work from home.
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The new generation of keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM) switches allows admins to tinker with their systems remotely over an IP connection. We look at six options.
Terminal Services provides handy remote administration capabilities--and now, it's not limited to Windows. See how rdesktop allows Linux systems to connect to Terminal Services and administer Windows systems.
Need to retrieve files on your office or home PC while you're away from it? You don't have to shell out a lot of dough for a solution.
Cost aside, GoToMyPC 6.0 is a great service. It is extremely easy to install, has great features and most importantly, it just works.
Lack of a true-colour option hinders Laplink Everywhere, although the program does offer multiplatform support and flexible file transfers.
After years of flying high with no competition, GoToMyPC falls to earth against stiff competition from MyWebEx PC, which is free.
MyWebEx PC offers powerful remote-access features for free, plus some extra capabilities for a low monthly subscription, making it a great solution for telecommuters.
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