The local branches of a number of global technology powerhouses last week admitted they would hike prices as a result of the declining value of the Australian dollar; and local IT chiefs are not impressed.
Virtualisation and remote access specialist Citrix Systems yesterday told customers it would hike prices by 10 per cent in all countries except the United States, due to the changing value of the US dollar.
The NSW Department of Commerce is poised to issue an AU$40 million-plus whole-of-government tender for Linux enterprise software and services in mid-September, officials confirmed today.
Vodafone New Zealand has launched a new "dollar-a-day" mobile broadband service, but the carrier's Australian office has told users not to hold their breath for a similar deal here.
Sun Microsystems has announced a 15 per cent price increase across all its products in Australia, effective from today.
With the Australian Dollar breaking the 92 US cents barrier recently, and predictions it could reach parity with the US Dollar by Christmas, there's good news and bad news for the ICT industry.
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Virtually everyone in the telecommunications industry has their say in the Senate Standing Committee's public hearing into the pending legislation to split up Telstra, in this week's Twisted Wire podcast.
Silicon Valley-based wireless technology start-up Quantenna Communications is planning to open a 30 to 50-person research facility in Australia following an injection of venture capital by the Australian-US fund Southern Cross Venture Partners.
Technology budgets are being cut, with CIOs and IT managers having to lay off team members. It's tough times, but does that mean you shouldn't ask for a pay rise?
Ten years ago they were the young turks of Australia's business community; radical free-thinkers on the path to fame and riches. Shortly after, all those dreams came crashing down. But where are Australia's first dotcom moguls today, and what are they up to?
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special report Two Australian industry experts go head-to-head on the future of business intelligence.
Centrelink, Australia's welfare payment organisation, deals with millions of transactions and billions of dollars every week. CIO John Wadeson recently spoke to ZDNet.com.au about the challenges of running one of the country's largest IT infrastructures.
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The Nokia 6760 mixes Twitter, Facebook and several instant messaging clients with a full-QWERTY keyboard and should be a recipe for success.
If you want to use Cisco for your corporate IP telephony network but can't afford a 7900 series phone for everyone, it's a no-brainer to check out the lower-specced 6900 series.
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