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  • Installing Polaris datacentre generators: Photos

    Yesterday workers installed six 22 tonne diesel power generators into one of Australia's largest datacentres prior to prepare it for its official opening early next year.

  • Banking IT ignores credit crisis

    Australia's major banks will continue to pursue huge technology projects that will fuel local IT spending for the next few years despite the global financial crisis, according to a leading local analyst.

  • Suncorp envisages Linux, ODF for 20,000 desktops

    Suncorp's CIO, Jeff Smith, says he would like the banking and insurance giant to use open source software for its 20,000 desktops, which currently run Windows XP.

  • Optus names new business wins

    The business arm of telecommunications provider Optus ended the fourth quarter of 2006 on a high, notching wins with the federal Attorney-General's Department, Network Ten and Suncorp Metway.

  • Voice biometrics replaces ID check at AHM

    Health insurer Australian Health Management deployed a biometric voice recognition system that has enabled the firm's customers to avoid any authentication-related questions which usually precede an account query or claim.

Features and Case Studies (4)

  • Queenslanders debate cloud computing

    Could cloud computing be used to deliver a national driver's license registration scheme that was sold to states as a service? Probably not, say four Queensland Government IT chiefs, including state CIO Alan Chapman.

  • Giant Aussie 2009 predictions round-up

    What will 2009 hold for Australia's ICT industry? We asked dozens of local leaders for their predictions; and this is what they came up with.

  • Datacentre 2020: Data security gets physical

    In 2020, datacentres are estimated to be cleaner, greener and more flexible but will they be any safer?

  • Succeeding in integration: Web services

    special report The use of Web services as an integration technology is starting to pick up speed. We asked four local organisations about their Web services integration projects.

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