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  • Medicare raises axe over every IT vendor

    Medicare has revealed all of its ICT services contracts are set to expire soon, with the insurer hoping to find replacement suppliers this year.

  • Businesses feel integration pain

    Companies are struggling to pull together disparate information stored in their IT systems--and the larger the business the bigger the problem.

  • Biotechnology in Australia

    Australia's biotechnology or bio-IT business is worth billions. How does this impact our lives and the Australian economy? ZDNet Australia  investigates.

  • IBM: Grids, the Internet and Everything

    Wladawksy-Berger believes the Internet is on the verge of becoming a global virtual computer, like a utility power grid, with computing resources available on demand.

  • Practical nanotechnology

    Nanotechnology is constantly finding itself in the headlines. But are microscopic machines an inevitable part of our future, or just another hype-heavy get-rich-quick ruse?

Features and Case Studies (22)

  • Why Healthscope picked Technology One

    The chief information officer of Healthscope tells us why, despite a stakeholder bent for an SAP or Oracle supply chain and financial system, the Australian healthcare giant opted for Queensland-based vendor Technology One instead.

  • Case study: Healthcare network eliminates Web bottleneck

    When there are many entities operating under one umbrella, Web site design can be very tricky. This article details how one organisation used the Merant Collage content management system to overcome their problem.

  • Hospital's recovery hot site bears fruit

    Learn how the Hunterdon Hospital in the US deployed a new infrastructure that aims for no service interruption.

  • IBM alphaWorks: From software theory to fact

    Established in 1996, alphaWorks is a web community for developers to preview and collaborate on emerging technology from IBM's research labs and turn them into commercial products. The IT giant claims much of alphaWorks's activity is aimed at developing new software types and standards -- particularly around open source principles.

  • Practical nanotechnology

    Nanotechnology is constantly finding itself in the headlines. But are microscopic machines an inevitable part of our future, or just another hype-heavy get-rich-quick ruse?

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  • Practical nanotechnology

    Nanotechnology is constantly finding itself in the headlines. But are microscopic machines an inevitable part of our future, or just another hype-heavy get-rich-quick ruse?

  • Intel gets inside life sciences

    Intel says its processors are behind efforts to find new breakthroughs in life sciences research and healthcare in a number of countries.

  • Wireless crackdown

    The spread of convenient wireless LANs has delighted hackers, who find many WLANs vulnerable. Managing and securing a wireless network is therefore vital, but rarely done well. ZDNet Australia compares the offerings from AirDefense and AirMagnet.

  • IM still not secure

    The safest way to exchange instant messages (IMs) is to stay within the enterprise, but in most cases the IM cat is already out of the bag, and security staff are playing catch up.

  • Encryption packages: Beyond the code

    Trying to keep corporate secrets away from prying eyes? We evaluate five encryption software packages

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