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    The Western Australian Department of Health is upgrading its networks and has issued a two-year, $4 million tender for Cisco switches and systems integration services.

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  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Does Thodey have a deal in the CAN?

    As Telstra CEO David Thodey and CFO John Stanhope fronted a mob of concerned investors at the company's Investor Day this week, it became clear just how far removed the Telstra of today is compared to the Telstra of a year ago.

  • The contractor conundrum

    I wasn't surprised when I heard about the uproar up in Queensland over a proposed government model for hiring contractors. Sure, it seemed to take the industry by storm and they're peeved, but there's definitely an underlying issue here that something needs to be done about an issue which has made itself into a monster on the sly.

  • Read the blog post - Suzanne Tindal

    How going public can be, well, public

    Do the boards of IT companies deliberate extra carefully before making a deal with government for fear of having their name pulled through the dirt when they stuff up?

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    So, your backend systems are showing signs of age? Put down the chequebook; we've found that when it comes to building business apps, many companies are back in the driver's seat.

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    The level of ignorance from Australian politicians about technology can be staggering. Here's some of the worst examples we've seen, and a short recipe for resolving the issue.

  • NBN will require a govt blank cheque

    A new Goldman Sachs report reinforces the market's conclusion that, whatever the National Broadband Network looks like, it is going to have to be taxpayer-funded and the cheques will be massive.

  • Striving for mediocrity

    Iif the latest NBN scenario planning is right, David Thodey will have to accept that even an optimal outcome for both Telstra and the government will not deliver dramatic returns for Telstra's one million shareholders.

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    Over the last few years we've made a few statements about the requirement for ICT to make it onto the national agenda as a foreign policy issue. Two clear areas stand out as worth exploring.

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    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.

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    MPC Computers has unveiled an all-in-one desktop based on a special project it did for the US government.

  • What's the best blade server?

    Blade servers were once the saviours of the datacentre. Expandability was king. But do blade servers still make sense today? We find out if they're still worth it.

  • UPDATE: Qld government muscles carriers into better coverage

    The Queensland government has used its buying power to increase mobile coverage within the state, after it "got tired of waiting for the federal government to do something".

  • Office remodel to help disabled users

    Microsoft plans to make the next version of Office more accessible to people with disabilities, a move that could help sales to companies doing government work.

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    Conroy's blind adherence to his net filtering plan will abandon net neutrality ideals and push ISPs down a slippery slope of unprecedented responsibility for a callously politicised Australian internet.
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    The Government 2.0 Taskforce released its draft report last week, and its recommendations for Open Government almost reads like a manifesto. Stilgherrian's guest on Patch Monday this week is the chair of the Taskforce, Nicholas Gruen.
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