Australian Tax Office CIO Bill Gibson believes that with the days of one-vendor-fits-all type outsourcing now over, long-running rivals will be forced to enter marriages of convenience if they are to get a share of the government dollar.
Australian SMEs aren't paying nearly enough attention to Linux considering the top priority for their IT managers is to "reduce costs", but despite the prevailing attitude, it won't take much for open source to have a far greater impact in the near future, according to research released today.
Cashed-up PC manufacturer Lenovo has more work to do to reach pole position in Australia and New Zealand despite strong global growth, particularly in developing economies.
IBM and HP may have narrowly edged past long-time leader Sun in the worldwide market for Unix servers -- but it depends on who you listen to.
Lenovo has regained its position as the No. 1. PC vendor in the Asia-Pacific region (excluding Japan), selling nearly a fifth of the total 9.5 million units shipped in the second quarter of 2005.
Last week I had the chance to hear HP give their world view on why you should join them and Intel on Itanium for your next generation of servers.
A market research report on database sales last year found that Oracle has the most market share and that revenue from databases overall grew slightly last year.
Big Blue extended its lead in the second quarter of 2003, stealing a sizable slice of the global market for the powerful computers away from Sun Microsystems, a new study shows.
Strategic sales of more expensive servers indicates the "Band-Aid approach" of recent years is waning, analyst says.
Four Linux companies have joined forces to develop a common core version of the OS for businesses, but a local analyst doubts a unified approach is enough to encourage take-up by Australian businesses.
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Four Linux companies have joined forces to develop a common core version of the OS for businesses, but a local analyst doubts a unified approach is enough to encourage take-up by Australian businesses.
Australian computer vendors can expect poor sales for the second quarter of 2001, according to forecasts outlined in a report on the PC market's performance, released by IT industry analysts International Data Corporation (IDC).
Managing data storage is just as much of a task (or greater) as managing the servers themselves. It makes sense to centralise management in larger organisations wherever possible. Enter the storage area network (SAN).
Hot on the heels of news that IBM had scratched the TransNote portable PC from its ThinkPad range, IBM Australia has announced plans to discontinue WorkPad, its line of Palm OS handhelds.
IBM is taking the long view for Intel-based servers.
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