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  • Queensland's PC land grab is on

    The Queensland state government will simplify its purchasing of desktop and laptop PCs, and mid-range servers with a new two-year whole of government supply arrangement beginning in July.

  • QUT bridles disorderly DNS, DHCP servers

    The Queensland University of Technology (QUT) has recently dumped an irregular array of network management servers using open source software for an appliance-based solution from vendor Infoblox.

  • Queensland Police wants smarter data

    The Queensland Police Service (QPS) will add a business intelligence (BI) layer onto its core records management system used for basic police duties.

  • Mater Health gives network a facelift

    Brisbane-based hospital group Mater Health Services has flagged a wide-ranging upgrade of its internal network as it standardises on kit from vendor Cisco Systems.

  • Mobile phone medical system processing tsunami infection victims

    An Australian medical team's use of a mobile phone-based diagnosis system is bearing dividends in the tsunami-devastated Indonesian region of Banda Aceh, with 70 patients processed to date.

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  • Thin clients a permanent fixture at Maroochy Shire

    New technology gains legitimacy when it solves real business problems, but becomes indispensable when it offers to take that business in completely new directions. Such has been the case at Maroochy Shire Council, where a quite conventional thin-client rollout is now facilitating new ways of working for employees in the office and on the road.

  • Why Healthscope picked Technology One

    The chief information officer of Healthscope tells us why, despite a stakeholder bent for an SAP or Oracle supply chain and financial system, the Australian healthcare giant opted for Queensland-based vendor Technology One instead.

  • Datacentre 2020: Data security gets physical

    In 2020, datacentres are estimated to be cleaner, greener and more flexible but will they be any safer?

  • How open source is losing the charity battle

    Non-profit organisations are keen to take advantage of emerging technologies such as social networking for fundraising and software as a service for administration, but a lack of perceived support options is keeping them away from open source software and focused on traditional providers such as Microsoft.

  • Microsoft launches new Aust security effort

    Microsoft is gearing up to hold another series of security summits in Australia amid concern over a serious IE flaw and criticism of the time taken to deal with security issues.

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