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News

  • Indian outsourcer gets deeper into bank accounts

    HCL Technologies has signed a wide-ranging deal with financial services software vendor Misys that will see the Indian outsourcer make further inroads into Australia's banking sector.

  • MS, Nortel reap comms customers

    A financial services group and a Victorian water utility are among the first Australia customers of Microsoft and Nortel's unified communications alliance

  • Code scanner roots out backdoors

    Security start-up Veracode updated its SecurityReview tool this week to allow companies to scan for backdoors and malicious code introduced during the development process, a class of security holes often missed by existing scanners.

  • Tech feels first pinch of global downturn

    Those watching for signs overall economic woes are affecting the tech industry may not have to wait much longer.

  • Red Hat, Alcatel-Lucent unified in comms

    Alcatel-Lucent is teaming up with Red Hat on its products for smaller businesses, the companies have revealed.

  • EMC flashes enterprise with 146GB solid state drives

    EMC today announced it will sell flash-based solid state drives for the first time, which are currently 30 times more expensive than conventional drives.

  • NAB plans cross-sell tools for Internet banking

    NAB is planning an upgrade to its Internet banking platform that will include targeted cross-selling of products to users of the service.

  • Red Hat targets server messaging market

    Red Hat has plans for a new private beta test of open source messaging software to begin next month, with hopes to reinvent a section of the server market currently ruled by proprietary vendors.

  • SAP users 'wasting money on customisation'

    Around 90 percent of European SAP customers could save six or seven-figure sums each year by avoiding the creation of bespoke code on top of the ERP platform, an IT consultant has claimed.

  • MySQL gives Sun a foot in the door

    Companies used to give away pens, squishy balls and coffee cups to worm their ways into the hearts of customers. Now, they pass out database software.

Features and Case Studies

  • Commonwealth Bank: Michael Harte, CIO

    ZDNet Australia meets with Michael Harte, CIO of the Commonwealth Bank to find out his views on security and sourcing (both out- and open-).

  • 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.

  • 10 mobile trends: Should you care?

    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?

  • Beating fraud: Can business intelligence help?

    Fraud, data theft, e-crime. These may not be the first terms that come to mind when thinking of business intelligence software but, sophisticated analysis of data can indeed help companies beat nefarious activity.

  • SAP and on-demand: 'The switch is tougher'

    Henning Kagermann, chief of SAP, says new competition, fast-moving tech are driving the company to rethink how it builds its software and how to sell it.

  • Who's taking the ITIL bait?

    In an industry known for its hype, it’s understandably difficult for many managers to make sense of new trends. But in the case of IT Infrastructure Library, a growing body of success stories confirms this is one trend that you should definitely be on top of.

  • Sun servers to get new multi-OS abilities

    With logical domains, Sun's Niagara systems will catch up this year to rival Unix and x86 servers.

  • Protecting our borders: IT stands guard

    Can a national ID card protect Australians against terrorist attacks? And can citizens' details be protected by Public Key Infrastructure? We look at the types of hardware and software employed to combat terrorism, and how ports and other critical infrastructure are protected.

  • NAB takes AU$200 million writedown on failed ERP project

    The National Australia Bank has taken a pre-tax writedown of AU$409 million on its software assets for the year as botched initiatives such as its notorious global enterprise resource planning project take their toll on the financial institution's full-year bottom line.

  • Banks inch towards voice authentication

    Banks are slowly moving towards deploying voice-authentication technologies in order to add an extra layer of security for their online and telephone banking customers.

Reviews

  • Work together, IM giants told

    Instant messaging use is growing in offices and homes around the world, and the big players are being told by a standards board to work together.

  • IM compatibility closer to reality

    The Internet's governing technical body gives a stamp of approval to a group intent on creating an open standard for instant messaging.

  • Talking computers nearing reality

    Machines that listen and talk like humans are becoming a reality, researchers and tech executives say.

  • Voice over IP + wireless LAN = ?

    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.

  • Archiving: what's in store?

    Tape, disk, or optical? We set a budget of AU$20,000 and asked three vendors to come up with a storage solution.

  • Instant messaging for business: 3 packages tested

    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?

  • Space-saving PCs: Six desktops tested

    Looking for PCs that will help you win back some desktop real estate? Here are some of the latest machines designed to do just that.

  • E-biz: Going mobile

    Online businesses are scrambling to get their Web sites on every pager, PDA and mobile phone. But they're learning that today's mobile technologies go only so far.

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    Sometimes, a well-placed and well-timed letter can make all the difference. Other times, it can make no difference at all — and even hurt your case. This week's missive by the Competitive Carriers' Coalition, I would suggest, falls into the latter category.
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