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  • Survey: Tech execs retrenching

    IT, telecommunications and media companies are bracing for further industry fallout and doing intense soul-searching more than two years into the tech bust, according to a study.

  • Now Symantec swallows MessageLabs

    Security giant Symantec overnight said it would acquire email security services provider MessageLabs.

  • Experian withholds Hitwise payout

    Global credit information group Experian is still withholding $19.8 million of payouts relating to its acquisition of Australian internet monitoring firm Hitwise in April 2007, according to a leaked letter to shareholders.

  • Symantec buy creates Aussie millionaires

    The Australian founders of PC Tools are likely to be laughing all the way to the bank this morning after the locally based firm was acquired overnight by giant global rival Symantec.

  • Server virtualisation gives Suncorp hot flushes

    Mass server virtualisation has reduced Suncorp's server count, but datacentre manager David Chesterfield warns: beware the heat.

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  • Survey: Tech execs retrenching

    IT, telecommunications and media companies are bracing for further industry fallout and doing intense soul-searching more than two years into the tech bust, according to a study.

  • Mergers and acquisitions: do they really matter?

    Do software customers actually care about the impact of provider's mergers and acquisitions, or are they just too far from the crux of business.

  • Successful staff assimilation in an acquisition

    The big key to success in IT staff assimilation during a corporate acquisition is creating a strong plan relating to staffing requirements and decisions. That's one of the three rules CIOs need to follow for a smooth merger.

  • Microsoft 'acquires' extended accounting reach

    On the heels of Microsoft’s purchase of the midmarket accounting systems leader, Great Plains, it announced its intention to acquire Navision. How will this affect consultants and the midmarket ERP landscape?

  • Video: Suncorp CIO Jeff Smith

    With a star-studded employment history including a stint as the chief information officer of Telstra, Jeff Smith is one of Australia's top-flight technology executives.

Reviews (4)

  • Dell Optiplex 755

    The Dell Optiplex 755 boasts strong performance for office demands in an attractive and convenient package.

  • Pinnacle Edition 5

    Pinnacle has massively improved this recent software acquisition, putting it well ahead of Adobe's Premiere 6.5 in terms of performance and flexibility.

  • Intrusion detection: caught in its own web?

    Intrusion detection appears to have hit the bottom of its hype cycle with a particularly loud thud. Is there value beyond the hot air, and how can you make it work productively?

  • Palm busy buying software maker Be

    Palm announced on Thursday that it is acquiring the technology assets and intellectual property of software maker Be for US$11 million in stock, in a move aimed at strengthening its operating system to compete against Microsoft.

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