A financial services group and a Victorian water utility are among the first Australia customers of Microsoft and Nortel's unified communications alliance
For more than 30 years, HAL fans have wondered whether we'd achieve true artificial intelligence (AI) by 2001. Of course, many AI components remain purely science fiction. But take a closer look, and you'll find many HAL-inspired technologies going mainstream next year.
A report this week suggested the Australian operations of financial services specialist Aviva would not renew a key outsourcing contract with Hewlett-Packard when it expires this November.
Alcatel-Lucent is teaming up with Red Hat on its products for smaller businesses, the companies have revealed.
Venture capitalist firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) placed a US$100 million bet on Apple's iPhone on Thursday by creating the iFund. KPCB partner Matt Murphy talks about the iFund and the type of big ideas the fund is seeking.
As a number of horror stories reveal, corporate networks aren't the safe and tightly controlled entities they should be. Here we expose just how wrong it can go and ask leading industry figures to light the way towards effective network management.
Speaking to the Novell boss at his company's annual BrainShare user conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, ZDNet.com.au's sister site, ZDNet.co.uk asked whether the Microsoft deal could actually be damaging in the long run and what effect a financial downturn could have on Novell's recent recovery.
Constructing a new head office was a natural step in Bendigo Bank's growth. However, the bank's IT team was forced to do some creative thinking in figuring out how to upgrade and move its 20 terabyte storage area network (SAN) to the new data centre at the bank's new headquarters.
ZDNet Australia meets with Michael Harte, CIO of the Commonwealth Bank to find out his views on security and sourcing (both out- and open-).
silicon.com's Jo Best looks at 10 oft-debated areas in mobile and wireless and asks a simple question: how much should you care over the next 12 months?
Machines that listen and talk like humans are becoming a reality, researchers and tech executives say.
It seemed to be an obvious recipe: take two popular emerging technologies and stir vigorously. But the end result isn't to everyone's taste.
The ease and convenience of instant messaging has made it popular with users. But is instant messaging a curse or a boon for the office environment?
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