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  • When angry Telstra shareholders attack

    Telstra shareholders travelled from far and wide to vent their frustrations as owners and customers to the telco's chairperson, Catherine Livingstone and chief David Thodey.

  • Telstra pips Optus on warning system

    The Victorian Government has announced that Telstra has been chosen to build a national phone-based warning system.

  • Stanhope details Telstra break-up risks

    Telstra chief financial officer John Stanhope yesterday outlined the increasing risk levels the Federal Government's National Broadband Network timeline faced if it were to opt for more "extreme" forms of separation for Telstra.

  • Telstra must move quickly on NBN

    Telstra should move quickly to negotiate as favourable a strategic NBN position possible, analysts have warned after the government's bombshell announcement yesterday that it would separate the telco's retail and wholesale operations if the company didn't voluntarily separate first.

  • Adam Internet wins SA blackspot deal

    South Australian internet service provider Adam Internet has won a contract to provide WiMax wireless broadband services to blackspot areas in Adelaide.

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    IT: Govt's cost-cutting bitch

    The government needs to stop looking at IT as a necessary evil or the place to remove costs when the Treasurer comes calling.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Conroy's Six: Can FTTN's gatekeepers deliver?

    Post-election adrenaline surging through his veins, one of the first acts performed by new Communications Minister Stephen Conroy was to disband the expert panel that his predecessor Helen Coonan had appointed last June to evaluate tenders for fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) construction.

  • Chapman's rough end of the pineapple

    If I was Alan Chapman, the acting executive director of the Queensland Government Chief Information Office, I'd be really irate right now.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    The people's NBN, now with 1001 uses

    Faced with a renewed threat in newly-appointed Tony Abbott and unknown-quantity communications portfolio ankle-biter Tony Smith, Stephen Conroy responded this week in the way any politician would: he gave lots, and lots, and lots of speeches.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    The Tasmanian devil's in the detail

    This week, Stephen Conroy showed with great certainty that the NBN remains a touch-and-go affair with no clear timeline, a relatively questionable lack of governance, and lots of unresolved mysteries.

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  • Govt cuts ties with Future Fund

    Federal finance minister Lindsay Tanner says the government will beef up the independence of the Future Fund to remove doubt over its ability to make its own decisions, particularly on Telstra.

  • Rudd awakening: Govt's plans for ICT

    Ahead of the election, with promises for nationwide broadband networks and digital revolutions in schools, the ICT industry could hope the government was on their side. But now the glamour of a sparkling new government has worn off, how ICT-friendly is the Rudd government really?

  • Centrelink lays off old project management ideas

    The sheer size and breadth of Centrelink's operations has always meant project management there is a Herculean effort. Taking a new approach to its people and project scheduling has improved the situation dramatically -- but change hasn't been easy.

  • How corporate Australia battles information overload

    We look at five organisations that took different approaches to satisfying a common business requirement: to improve the management of corporate information. We hear from Jetstar, Family Court, SHFA, Count Wealth and MBF.

  • Vic government targets $109m e-procurement return

    Years of hype may have failed to produce a viable model for online commercial procurement, but Victoria's Labor government is convinced it's struck gold this time as it formally launches an online procurement system expected to save $109 million over the next decade.

Reviews (32)

  • The intruder at the gate

    Once simply alarm systems for the network, Intrusion Detection Systems have evolved to encompass a whole lot more. We review six sophisticated security devices.

  • Flat-panel festival

    The prices are coming down which means LCD monitors are fast becoming standard on the desktop. And business-grade 19-inch monitors are holding their own when it comes to the desktop market. We review 10 flat-panel models.

  • Archival survival guide

    In this special report, we review six archival options in the market.

  • Kodak DC5000 Zoom

    Designed for people who need to take digital pictures for the sake of documentation rather than for art, the Kodak DC5000 (AU$1,349) is geared toward those who shoot in the field under adverse conditions-such as construction crews, insurance agents, and government, among many others.

  • The best firewall is ....

    Looking for firewall solutions? We review nine options to suit your corporate needs.

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