Qantas employees have reportedly turned down jobs offered to them by IBM as the flying kangaroo attempts to move forward with its outsourcing plans.
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Air New Zealand will hold an urgent meeting with IBM today over a computer crash which crippled the airline's services and disrupted thousands of passengers on Sunday.
The party-hearty mobile operator today launched its new-look branding and members' lounge alongside a new CBD store on Pitt Street in Sydney.
Qantas today confirmed it had finalised a closely watched IT outsourcing arrangement with IBM which will see around 200 staff offered a position with Big Blue.
Having one of your biggest customers roast you in the media as "slow to react to a catastrophic systems failure" and "unwilling to apologise" for it is not a good look for IBM New Zealand.
Aussie start-up Biarri reckons it has found a way to give even small businesses access to some of the most powerful mathematical modelling tools available.
Before we start, let's have a big patriotic round of virtual applause for Qantas, which will be up there with Emirates as one of the first airlines in the world to introduce in-flight SMS and e-mail access on its domestic fleet later this year.
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Previously, much of the business model for the in-flight connectivity market has remained up in the air -- but that could all be about to change thanks to RIM and pals.
British Airways chief information officer Paul Coby can justifiably claim more than most of his peers to have had a tough time coping with the economic slowdown and cuts in IT budgets.
In this candid interview with ZDNet.com.au, Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst discusses why he thinks rival VMWare will fail, how the financial crisis will be good for open source, and why cloud computing will be the future.
In this exclusive video interview, Optus chief information officer Lawrie Turner speaks to ZDNet.com.au about being the IT head for Australia's number two telco.
Red Hat's new chief executive officer, Jim Whitehurst, talks about the Linux maker in an extensive interview with ZDNet Australia sister site CNet News.
The CIO of San Francisco International Airport talks to ZDNet about protecting the airport's network and providing new services such as passenger WiFi.
Fed up with long check-in lines before you fly? Tired of trying to remember where you tucked away your boarding pass? ZDNet.com correspondent Sumi Das explains how paperless mobile boarding could help solve these problems and speed you through the airport.
Joseph Eng, JetBlue's executive vice president of systems and technology, explains how IT is going to be integrated into the company's new high-tech terminal.
From cattle class to the $22,000 suites, we take you on a video tour of a Singapore Airlines Airbus A380.
Millennium's New Zealand-based vice president for IT, Eli Salant, reveals how he's convinced board members to spend on technology instead of refurbishments, achieving savings of nearly US$800,000 a year with Voice over IP.
When Paul Coby became British Airways CIO five years ago, the airline's very existence was under threat as a financial crisis engulfed the entire travel industry following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In this Vision Series video interview, Coby explains technology's role in BA's remarkable turnaround.
With webOS, Palm goes past matching its competitors and offers something more. The Pre might not be a home run, but it is an indication of good things to come.
Although there are some design quirks, the Samsung Omnia promises to be a solid alternative to Apple's iPhone.
The Dell Latitude E is a glimpse into the future of laptops. With high expandability, configurable and a strong design, it should suit most corporate environments.
Mobile professionals who need a powerful but sleek messaging-centric smartphone will be well-served by the Nokia E71; just be prepared to pay a price.
Sony Ericsson's M600i is a unique-looking Symbian-based smartphone with a great deal of business apps to keep you productive when you're on the road.
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