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    Five months after besieged ICT services outfit Commander announced its turnaround plan, the company still hasn't found a buyer for its iBurst/Personal Broadband Australia wireless internet service provider, and one analyst believes it won't.

  • Tech drives NAB's $2 billion turnaround

    The National Australia Bank has laid down a new, three-year information technology strategic plan to underpin an AU$1.8 billion investment designed to revitalise the troubled institution.

  • NAB pins turnaround on improved CRM

    About a year after being appointed chief executive of the National Australia Bank, Ahmed Fahour's campaign of cultural change is being boosted by improved use of the bank's Teradata customer relationship management (CRM) software package.

  • Vodafone Australia head goes Nordic

    Vodafone Australia today confirmed Grahame Maher would leave the post of chief executive officer, effective 1 June, after a stint that kicked off in September 2001.

  • IT: What's keeping the NAB busy

    The National Australia Bank's information technology operation is targeting leadership skills and enhanced project delivery as crucial elements of its turnaround program, according to a senior company executive.

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  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    APEC and OOXML - both pointless and annoying

    The eyes of the world were on Australia this week as the APEC summit got underway in Sydney, and what they've seen is a city being held under virtual martial law major roads blocked off, police cars outnumbering taxis and snipers openly hanging out on roof tops.

  • Read the blog post - Renai LeMay

    The elbow that drained Adelaide

    Has Australia entered a new era of mature engagement when setting requirements for outsourcing deals? Should Australian banks create regional IT hubs rather than offshore? And what could have happened to drain Adelaide's Torrens River weir? All these questions and more are answered in Patch Monday.

  • IE patch: Microsoft's eight days of hell

    It's always funny watching an event force a company to break old habits and this IE zero day was enough for Microsoft to do it. As Microsoft Australia's strategic security advisor Stuart Strathdee said "we pulled all stops to get this patch out".

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Conroy scraps filter blacklist

    Communications minister Stephen Conroy today announced the controversial web filtering blacklist will be scrapped and be replaced with a whitelist-based filtering regime, to be administered by viewer voting through a family-friendly digital TV-only show called 'The White List'.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    The more things change...

    With all the excitement over the iPhone, few people have noticed that 1 July was the 11th anniversary of the deregulation of Australia's telecommunications market.

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  • The future of business intelligence in Australia

    special report Two Australian industry experts go head-to-head on the future of business intelligence.

  • Aussie enterprises will embrace Win7

    There appears to be no doubt that Windows 7 will be significantly more popular in Australia than Vista was, a reality that will help Microsoft entrench its wider software portfolio even further into the enterprise.

  • Paul Fletcher's Wired Brown Land: Review

    Former Optus executive Paul Fletcher's book "Wired Brown Land? Telstra's Battle for Broadband" details the history of broadband communication in our nation and highlights why it is impossible that Telstra will give up in its fight for dominance, despite the wounds it has recently taken.

  • Telco 2008: A year in review

    2008 was a cracker year for telco in Australia, with so many huge events happening that those at the beginning of the year have been drowned by the importance of those at the end.

  • How corporate Australia battles information overload

    We look at five organisations that took different approaches to satisfying a common business requirement: to improve the management of corporate information. We hear from Jetstar, Family Court, SHFA, Count Wealth and MBF.

Reviews (11)

  • Spy Sweeper

    A well-designed program, Spy Sweeper is both classy and effective.

  • What's next for wireless

    The frequency is changing from wired working to a wireless world. Can this new wave of technology help you gain the cutting edge?

  • Sony VAIO PCG-V505P

    These magnesium-shelled laptops weigh in at a svelte 1.99kg, and with Intel Pentium 4-M's on board, they pack a performance wallop with decent battery life to back it up.

  • An ultraportable that needs some support

    The Evo N200 packs great ounce-for-ounce performance, but its clumsy docking station and lack of wireless support pull it up short of portable perfection.

  • Beauty beneath the skin

    With a bleeding-edge processor, a high-resolution screen, and built-in wireless networking, the Inspiron 4100 from Dell is a solid, highly portable, two-spindled notebook that will appeal to no-nonsense business users. But consumers in search of snappy aesthetics and design elements won't be drawn to this workhorse.

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