Open-source software is successfully displacing proprietary applications in many large companies and eating into the annual revenues of proprietary software vendors by US$60 billion a year, according to research.
The open-source legal expert is bullish about the prospects for the upcoming new version of the General Public License.
The Tasmanian government is confident a new AU$30 million whole-of-government telecommunications deal will deliver savings to its departments, despite awarding the bulk of the contract to its incumbent supplier Telstra.
The Tasmanian government has retained its incumbent data networking and Internet services supplier Telstra for at least another three years, in a AU$30 million whole of government telecommunications deal signed last week.
Retail giant David Jones has upgraded to an online human resources/payroll system which will process payments for its 8,000 staff around Australia.
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With the acquisition of Trolltech, Nokia has made its largest bet yet on changing the course of the industry.
It was around nine years since strong-armed government departments began to realise willy-nilly outsourcing wasn't, perhaps, the best idea. However, with contracts signed and staff already migrated, there was little to do but ride out the storm. In this special report, we look at the Victoria Police and the South West Alliance of Rural Hospitals' approach to managed services.
Company aims to expand reach beyond CRM with new development, partnership strategy. One question: How will plan generate cash?
Before handing over your IT requirements to a host, you had better learn to play all your cards right.
Always a contentious topic, we look server-based Internet content filters and some of the reasons why your organisation might want one, or not.
Salesforce.com's service is a good solution for co-ordinating any business's sales efforts.
You've got a lot invested in that current infrastructure, but there are those who are telling you it's time to upgrade. When is really the right time?
The Australian Communications Authority (ACA) has announced plans to introduce a range of premium mobile messaging numbers, facilitating the introduction of mobile commerce to the consumer market.
While most hopes for permanent wireless data connection lay with the new GPRS mobile phone network, one company is already offering a similar service to Australian owners of Palm V series PDAs and IBM WorkPads. Global Wireless Application Service Provider, dotWAP provides an 'always-online' wireless connection through a Neo1 sled modem operating over United Wireless' Mobitex packet-switched network.
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