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  • WA delays OSS appointment

    The West Australian Department of Treasury and Finance (DTF) has delayed the appointment of an executive director to lead its AU$196 million Shared Corporate Services Project until after the WA state election on 6 September.

  • WA govt plugs ICT industry portal

    The Western Australian state government has launched a new ICT web portal designed to showcase local industry and provide information about careers in the technology field.

  • Satellite killed the radio comms in $21m WA network

    Medical information will soon be shooting across Western Australia's regional expanses, with the development of a new AU$21.3 million medical communications network which will cover 2.55 million square kilometres and reach 454,000 people.

  • WA's Perth to be the Aussie Silicon Valley?

    Western Australia is to sport Australia's own Silicon Valley, according to state Industry and Enterprise Minister Francis Logan, who yesterday revealed the country's biggest technology park will be based in Perth.

  • X-rays make digital debut in regional WA

    Misplacing X-rays will no longer be a concern for patients in regional Western Australia, with the installation of a new system to store and distribute radiology images.

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    HP -- more than hardware?

    HP this week staged its first software forum for the Asia Pacific region at the Hilton Hotel in Sydney.

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  • Metadata drives WA legal eagles

    IT director Bob Berg tells ZDNet Australia how Western Australia's Department of Attorney-General and Corrective Services overcame complex document management for 40 separate Web sites.

  • Have (IT) certs will travel?

    Is certification better than experience? Here's what industry analysts and IT professionals have to say, including issues with MCSE.

  • Top tech jobs for 2006

    After years in the wilderness, the Australian IT industry is again booming as major industries invest heavily in their IT infrastructure. Find out which skills are most in demand and how much remuneration to expect.

  • Straight to the source: CSC's George Bell

    Is outsourcing a viable solution for large-scale IT organisations in Australia? We ask George Bell, CEO of CSC Australia, for his views on how the company plans to grow in today's tough market.

  • 10 ways to improve network performance

    If a car starts to stall, drivers would pop the bonnet and check the individual components. But when a network goes down, how are the weak points identified and isolated?

Reviews (4)

  • Australian ISP Shootout

    The Internet is in the process of taking over our lives, so if you aren't connected, maybe it is time you were.

  • Bandwidth buffering solved

    For Australia's remote rural web users, relying on a dial-up modem has meant that video technology is still a long way off.

  • 3G: Not just for bankers

    3G mobile technology is a bit like getting a phone line installed: it'll be there next week, promise. By the time 3G arrives, will it be obsolete?

  • Practical nanotechnology

    Nanotechnology is constantly finding itself in the headlines. But are microscopic machines an inevitable part of our future, or just another hype-heavy get-rich-quick ruse?

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