AAPT has posted strong first quarter earnings but its New Zealand owner predicts weaker performances ahead as the Australian telco continues to "reinvent" itself.
Enterprise asset management specialist Mincom has made some of its Australian and North American employees redundant in a realignment to its managed services division.
Vaughan Bowen, chief of acquisition hungry telecommunications company M2, is eyeing a major billing and customer relationship management systems overhaul expected to be kicked off next year.
Privately held software house Mincom today denied claims the company was shifting Australian jobs to Malaysia, saying it was in fact moving roles away from its Indian facility.
Telecom New Zealand's results briefing today was dominated by talk of cost-cutting and offshoring hundreds of jobs in Australia and New Zealand as the global financial crisis continued to hit the country's biggest telco.
The long-awaited launch of New Zealand's newest mobile operator 2degrees took place this morning; but the offering isn't as hot as it could be by a long shot.
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Questions are being raised this morning about whether high-profile Australian Web 2.0 start-up Omnidrive has closed its doors, with the company's site being replaced by what appears to be some form of newsletter service offering financial rewards.
Troubled online storage start-up Omnidrive late last week said it was continuing to develop its products and was examining the potential to merge its technology with that of other companies.
Everything from cleaning to IT development work is outsourced by governments these days, but should security clearance processes, which dictate what access a person has to government information systems, be included in that bundle?
The merger of Vodafone and Hutchison will create a strong mobile competitor ... but the ACCC's Graeme Samuel would be well advised to keep a close eye on what the deal will mean for business and consumers.
Executives from several of Australia's largest internet service providers have over the past few months expressed their desire to become media companies in their own right.
Investors may be panicking, but Seagate CEO Bill Watkins says business and tech trends paint a different picture than the one on CNBC.
Billy Hinners, CIO of Autodesk speaks to ZDNet Editor-in-chief Dan Farber about creating design software for its eight million customers in the construction, media and manufacturing industries. He also talks about the company's green strategy, his 20 years in product development and transitioning to his new role as CIO.
In October, Yahoo ran an Open Hack Day event in Bangalore, hosted by one of the company's co-founders, David Filo. Two hundred local developers were invited to a 24-hour code-a-thon to combine their own ideas with mashed-up services from Yahoo's own library of APIs.
They're certainly a colourful bunch, but underneath the bling, Fujitsu's latest range of notebooks fails to impress.
The Dell 1720dn offers fast prints and good print quality, making it an excellent mono laser printer for small offices or work groups.
The Satellite A200 is a decent machine for basic productivity needs, but otherwise does little to mark it out from the budget laptop pack.
Sony's NR17G has a distinctive look, and while it doesn't stand out in the performance stakes, it's still a worthwhile desktop replacement candidate, as long as your needs are modest.
While Acer points to the Veriton 1000 for corporate rollouts, the quietness, form factor and features of the L460 are perfect for the small business market.
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