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  • TransGrid set for Cisco, Exchange overhaul

    State-owned NSW Energy wholesaler TransGrid expects to complete its Cisco network upgrade by the end of 2009.

  • Aussies pay more: dollar hits ICT prices

    The local branches of a number of global technology powerhouses last week admitted they would hike prices as a result of the declining value of the Australian dollar; and local IT chiefs are not impressed.

  • US tech stocks bounce back

    The beleaguered Dow Jones Industrial Index surged back up above 9,000 in its largest single-day point gain ever Monday in the US, with Apple, Microsoft, Dell, and other tech companies capturing double-digit gains.

  • Silicon Valley trip for Qld minister

    Queensland's information and communications technology minister Robert Schwarten has scheduled a trip to the US and Canada to meet with global tech giants and top-ranking public sector technology officials.

  • Telstra tops Canberra lobbyist list

    Telstra has emerged as the most active employer of Canberra lobbyists in the IT&T field, although others such as Apple and Google also employ external firms to push their agendas with politicians and government workers.

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  • 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.

  • How WebEx went the Cisco route

    CEO Subrah Iyar explains why he thinks WebEx is worth more than YouTube and what's ahead for Web conferencing.

  • A new day for business security

    Today's systems increasingly blend the digital and the physical -- and the convergence is spawning industry alliances that might have seemed unusual in the past.

  • Can Google break Microsoft's enterprise chokehold?

    A tie-up with Saleforce.com sees Google pushing even further into Microsoft's businesss applications territory

  • Securing Microsoft 3: Security Threats 2.0

    In final instalment of 'Securing Microsoft', Ina Fried looks at the next generation of security threats. With Microsoft now outspending everyone with their massive security budget, will it be enough to stop ever more sophisticated security threats?

Videos (2)

  • Is whitelisting the new blacklisting?

    The IT security industry has come to a frank realisation that the current approach to preventing malware is simply not working. Is whitelisting, which is the reverse of our current approach, the answer?

  • Guy Kawasaki: What makes innovation?

    At Cisco Live in San Francisco, Silicon Valley entreprenuer Guy Kawasaki, author of Reality Check, talks about the four qualities of innovation that he believes all successful products need. They are: deep, intelligent, complete, and elegant.

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