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    Apple has killed the video store; will ISPs be next?

    The Olympics are nearly over, and the Australian team deserves kudos for an excellent performance all around. Yet even as the Olympic sun sets on the Bird's Nest for the last time this weekend, millions of spectators around the world will be scanning their dials in the hope of finding something else to fill their viewing hours.

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    The $5 budget challenge

    The ever-decreasing cost of storage might look like a useful development for the cash-strapped IT manager, but in fact the falling bucks per gigabyte figure can carry a hidden sting in the tail.

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    Keeping the costs of storage down

    Some future trends in storage are obvious: we'll need more of it, it'll be cheaper per megabyte, and a lot of it will be virtualised.

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    Integration: It's killing us

    Vendor surveys coincidentally always seem to bring up results that say "you need to buy our product".

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  • Defence spending boosts local software firms

    Two Australian software firms are laughing all the way to the bank after inking separate deals with the US and Australian defence departments.

  • IT will spend on security, but not services

    A survey of IT decision makers has revealed their spending priorities for 2003 focus heavily on security and VPNs.

  • Survey finds little sign of IT rebound

    Information technology spending has stabilised at the start of 2003, but talk of general improvement for the rest of the year is premature, according to a new survey.

  • CIOs: ROI software to the rescue

    With every potential information technology purchase now under intense scrutiny, a few software vendors are working to help CIOs look before they leap into big expenses.

  • Do you really need that file?

    As an organisation's employees create more documents and save growing numbers of files, storage needs also grow at an increasingly rapid pace. How does an IT department cope with this trend?

Reviews (46)

  • Servers on a budget: 4 Servers tested

    Need a new server but only have AU$2500 to spend? The range of options is surprisingly good as long as you're willing to do without some of the fancy features.

  • Contact management packages reviewed

    We look at which product can help improve customer satisfaction.

  • Battling for better backup

    How can Australian businesses configure backup software so that it reduces rather than increases workloads, and perhaps even provides some return on investment in the process?

  • Dell Vostro 1510

    The Dell Vostro range, which comes in both notebook and desktop form factors, is designed for the small business market. We found the Vostro 1510 to have good performance for a mid-range notebook but performance comes at the expense of battery life.

  • HP Compaq 6720s

    The 6720s is a budget business notebook that could fit the bill if you don't need serious CPU or graphics power, and are likely to spend most of your time in the office rather than on the road.

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