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    Proposals to outsource aspects of the NSW railways' ICT operations are gaining pace with a who's who of the services community eager to grab what is likely to be a lucrative piece of business.

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    How can boards of directors fulfil their tasks without understanding the critical role ICT plays in their organisation?

  • Victoria sends ICT trade mission to India

    Some two dozen local and multinational IT companies will attend the BangaloreIT.COM 2004 trade fair in India this month with the financial assistance of the Victorian government. This is India's largest ICT trade event, attracting 185,000 visitors last year.

  • Where to now for ICT?

    Bush and Howard again. It makes you wonder why we and our counterparts in the United States bothered with the elections of the past few weeks.

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    Australia has a new Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts after Prime Minister John Howard undertook a pre-election reshuffle this afternoon.

Blogs (52)

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    Unique is better than Good

    Good Technology exec Terry Austin has heard every joke in the book relating to his company's name.

  • Read the blog post - Sheryle Moon

    What's in a name?

    Are ICT, IT&T and plain old IT interchangeable? Or is it time for a new name?

  • Read the blog post - Sheryle Moon

    Welcoming the age of e-learning

    Computers have changed the way we learn. The getting of wisdom is no longer a linear process, but a journey where information is forever transforming and where learning is a "trip" from one Web site to another.

  • Read the blog post - Sheryle Moon

    Muggle magic

    Marauders' maps, deluminators and sneakoscopes have their place, but Harry could have solved most of his problems by turning to Muggle technology.

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    The dullest observation you can possibly make about information technology is that it should be designed to serve the needs of the business, rather than the technology experts.

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    Financial organisations are slowly embracing the notion of unified communications, but significant organisational hurdles remain

  • Network horror stories expose need for understanding

    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.

  • The dos and don'ts of VoIP security

    Although there is precious little evidence of VoIP security attacks, organisations cannot afford to be complacent. Make no mistake, VoIP is an attractive target for hackers and malware writers.

  • What Telstra, others can learn from South Africa

    A mobile telecommunications revolution in Africa is bringing new economic opportunities to the world's most impoverished continent, while providing lessons that can help carriers around the world push into other low-value markets. Brad Howarth reports.

  • Don't fall prey to VoIP abuse

    As VoIP becomes more prevalent, its popularity will undoubtedly attract some unwanted attention -- spammers and phishers looking for their next scheme. Here is a look at some common forms of VoIP abuse, including VoIP spam and caller ID spoofing, and how you can fight back.

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    Lorie Buckingham, CIO of telecom solutions provider Avaya, talks about the promise of unified communications for its more than one million business customers around the world. She also discusses her passion for technology and strategy for integrating innovative communication technologies.

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    This week, Bill Gates took the stage in San Francisco to announce Microsoft's new line of software aimed at unifying voicemail, e-mail and business meeting technology.

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  • Avaya and Lenovo team up on VoIP

    Avaya and Lenovo have announced a partnership to enhance IP communications on ThinkPad notebooks, the companies announced on Wednesday.

  • Pimp your ride with Intel

    At the Intel Developer Conference in San Francisco, Mad Mike of MTV's "Pimp My Ride," shows off a custom Chrysler loaded with Centrino wireless technology and a PDA remote control.

  • Microsoft brings Office to business IM

    Microsoft has added the Office moniker to its upcoming enterprise instant-messaging software in a branding move intended to heighten the product's appeal to potential business buyers.

  • Microsoft set to launch real-time server

    Microsoft on Thursday plans to announce that its Greenwich software will be renamed Microsoft Real Time Communications Server 2003, which it plans to roll out the first half of the third quarter.

  • Yahoo pushes enterprise IM

    The Web portal begins a campaign targeting IT managers who have banned its product at work.

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