News (14)

  • Defence RFID deployment hits snag

    Australian Defence Force plans to use radio frequency identification (RFID) tags to monitor cargo used to deliver consignments to troops in Iraq have been delayed for about six months due to difficulties with the project software.

  • Stallman: Linux used to track Londoners

    Free-software advocate Richard Stallman has spoken out against the association of open-source software with London's "unethical" Oyster-card system.

  • Bluetooth security vulnerabilities ignored

    Former White House cybersecurity adviser Howard Schmidt has warned of the dangers of flaws in Bluetooth protocols, claiming these vulnerabilities are unrecognised.

  • Aussie Post keeps track with RFID

    More than 12,000 radio frequency identification (RFID) tags are being used in letters every month to track the delivery of mail by Australia Post.

  • RFID spills the beans on Korean shoppers

    Korea's second largest supermarket chain is counting on RFID to understand its customers a bit better.

Features and Case Studies (10)

  • With RFID, corporate might makes right

    Retail powerhouses such as Wal-Mart gather in the United States to push development of controversial tagging technology.

  • Patent problems plague RFID

    A key patent holder's demand for royalties has triggered concerns that promising RFID technology could become embroiled in an intellectual-property battle.

  • Customs: Murray Harrison, CIO

    Australian Customs CIO Murray Harrison dislikes SLAs and runs away if a vendor talks to him about innovation. In this interview, he also explains why getting excited about gadgets can be dangerous and talks about how Customs' outsourcing strategy has evolved.

  • Australia: SAP vs Oracle

    SAP's Geraldine McBride and Oracle's Leigh Warren, leaders of two of the world's biggest enterprise software companies, go head to head.

  • Photos: CeBIT Australia 2007

    CeBIT Australia is on again for 2007 with hundreds of IT products and services on display in addition to the conference, keynotes and forums. Join us as we take a photo tour of the exhibition halls.

Reviews (1)

  • 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.

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