Perl, PHP, Python and Samba have been commended for improving security in a report analysing over 250 open-source projects.
A project funded by the US Department of Homeland Security has praised improvements in open source security, while outlining some common errors.
Microsoft's Mac unit is set to disclose this week that copies of Office 2008 for Mac are flying off the shelves at three times the rate of its predecessor.
Four months into Commander's 'turnaround' plan, CEO Amanda Lacaze is confident that the ailing IT services company is heading for better days.
Commander has announced the appointment of a new chief financial officer, replacing a caretaker given the post after a substantial board shake up late last year.
The South Australian government has given the go-ahead for state agencies to resume business with Commander subsidiary Volante, after it advised them to stop using the company as a supplier for one of its contracts earlier this year.
Commander Communications has sold AU$30,000 in assets and axed 50 staff from its Western Australian business. Meanwhile, since 1 February, an investment firm has bought AU$500,000 worth of shares in the company.
Commander has announced the sale of subsidiary Unitel to telecommunications group M2 as the first step in its campaign to prune non-core aspects of its business.
The Office of the Federal Workplace Ombudsman announced yesterday that it will be lodging an investigation into the dismissal of 600 staff at telco Commander as part of its turnaround plan released this week.
Troubled telco Commander has cut 600 staff and aims to slash its operational costs as part of its turnaround plan released yesterday by new CEO Amanda Lacaze, after events late last year almost saw the company collapse.
Non-profit organisations are keen to take advantage of emerging technologies such as social networking for fundraising and software as a service for administration, but a lack of perceived support options is keeping them away from open source software and focused on traditional providers such as Microsoft.
The only shortage that exists in Australia's ICT landscape is insufficient assistance for jobless workers, said leading technology recruitment agency VTR Consulting.
Claims that Australia suffers from an ICT skills shortage is simply unfounded but the lack of support from the government and industry associations to counter these assertions has left workers in the lurch.
The Information Technology Contract and Recruitment Association believes Australia needs to hire more foreigners to fill the shortage in ICT skills. But there's no solid evidence to back up its claim.
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