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• OOXML result: Will it matter in Australia?

  Microsoft's OOXML document format has accrued enough votes for recognition as an international standard, but one observer believes the change will make little difference to users in Australia.

• Norway backflips on OOXML 'yes' vote

  Norway's national standards body has lodged a formal protest over the country's vote on Office Open XML (OOXML) at the ISO.

• OOXML just a Microsoft 'marketing tool'

  The developer of XML and a former ISO committee chair have both claimed that Microsoft was interested in having Office Open XML accredited as an international standard in order to forward the company's wider interests.

• NZ rejects Microsoft OOXML, Sweden confused

  New Zealand last week voted to reject Microsoft OOXML as an international standard while the Swedish Standards Institute invalidated its own vote after discovering irregularities.

• Microsoft OOXML 'standards' proposal thrown out

  Microsoft has failed in its initial effort to fast-track the Office Open XML (OOXML) document file format as an international standard but it will have another chance in early 2008.

Features and Case Studies (50)

• Australian Tax Office: Bill Gibson, CIO

  Bill Gibson, CIO of the Australian Tax office, spoke to ZDNet.com.au about why he doesn't completely trust open source software; how the ATO handles security and why competing vendors will have to learn to work together.

• Data migration tough but essential for government dept

  The Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaCSIA) is no stranger to electronic record keeping, but in 2002 it realised that some of its most crucial information might soon become inaccessible.

• 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.

• Victorian e-commerce sites fail audit

  An audit of e-commerce Web sites by the Victorian government has found less than one percent met all the requirements for the Commonwealth 'Best Practice' model.

Reviews (28)

• Contact management packages reviewed

  We look at which product can help improve customer satisfaction.

• The best firewall is ....

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

• Thin, but no flakes: 4 thin-clients reviewed

  Last month we looked at thin-client terminals. This month RMIT examines the back end for thin-client setups.

• Data centre 101

  Secrecy seems to shroud the data centre arena -- all well and good for security's sake, but not so great when trying to pick a provider. We pull back the curtains to find what data centre options exist in Australia.

• UPS for all seasons: 6 appliances tested

  Suffering from blackouts, brownouts, or sags? How about bushfires, floods, or cyclones? Then maybe you need a UPS. We review six UPS appliances.

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