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    Australia's banking IT sector is currently buzzing with speculation that Westpac is planning to migrate its core banking system to the CSC Hogan platform used by its new subsidiary St George.

  • IBM named IT services kingpin

    IBM has maintained its role as the IT services kingpin, coming out on top of a league table from analyst Gartner.

  • Lotus, IBM, AT&T offer ASP enablement suite

    A new three-way alliance announced this week will help AT&T and IBM customers sell Lotus Development software as a service.

  • AOL quits enterprise IM game

    America Online will no longer offer its flagship instant messenger software for businesses, the company said Monday, as the so-called enterprise IM segment appears better suited to more established applications vendors.

  • 802.11 options: Supporting wireless users

    Whether you want to go wireless with four or five PCs in a small office or you need walk-around connectivity for a thousand corporate users, vendors offer a number of options that can provide the proper access.

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    SAP is the first vendor to tie multiple components together by common metadata with NetWeaver, which Meta Group believes will increasingly be adopted for broad technical architecture usage.

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    Whether you want to go wireless with four or five PCs in a small office or you need walk-around connectivity for a thousand corporate users, vendors offer a number of options that can provide the proper access.

  • Sharper than your average server: 3 Blades tested

    Vendors are hyping blade servers as the latest and greatest, but do you really need them? We put blade servers from three vendors through their paces and find out what the big deal is.

  • Putting the Tech in Biotech

    The convergence between the IT and biotechnology sectors means that breakthroughs are often dependent on increases in computing power. ZDNet Australia investigates this evolving relationship.

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    The world of enterprise IP telephony is varied and complex. Here's our round-up of the major players and what they can bring to your business.

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  • Sharper than your average server: 3 Blades tested

    Vendors are hyping blade servers as the latest and greatest, but do you really need them? We put blade servers from three vendors through their paces and find out what the big deal is.

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    The world of enterprise IP telephony is varied and complex. Here's our round-up of the major players and what they can bring to your business.

  • Data centre 101

    Secrecy seems to shroud the data centre arena -- all well and good for security's sake, but not so great when trying to pick a provider. We pull back the curtains to find what data centre options exist in Australia.

  • Quantum deep

    Discover the future of computing beyond Moore's Law. Will we have to change our entire approach to software and hardware design?

  • Detection and prevention: 6 intrusion detection systems tested

    Despite a rocky beginning, intrusion detection and prevention systems are an important part of any security arsenal. We road-test six hardware and software-based systems.

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