The Sydney Diocese of the Anglican Church has decided to cut the Microsoft umbilical cord by moving to open source, starting with Office which will be replaced in the next three years.
A team of Australian scientists have demonstrated a photonic chip that boosts the data rate of fibre-optic connections by more than 64 times to 640Gbps, promising faster, cheaper internet for all.
Sydney Water has called for help with its burgeoning business intelligence (BI) program, with data associated with the utility's water quality and hydraulics monitoring operations identified as an early project priority.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer confessed the software giant's .NET interoperability efforts with IBM and Sun have slowed, says he's accepted SQL Server's shortcomings, and vowed to keep fighting search giant Google.
Four Australian universities have teamed up to create and test a "data grid", designed to allow global access to the terabytes of data generated by modern large-scale scientific research.
Many CIOs talk of the "'closeness" of their relationship with their key strategic vendors. Every so often though we get an insight into which IT departments are truly valued by the big boys.
Satyam Computer Services has taken a big step towards dispelling fears that foreigners will eventually takeover Australia's IT industry.
Just how much money is there in storage? That was the question I had to ask myself as I ventured around EMC's well-attended customer conference in Sydney this week.
NAB may send around 400 jobs overseas in a bid to improve operational efficiencies.
This is a selection of short interviews with executives from Salesforce.com, Intranet Dashboard, McAfee and IBM, which were conducted at the CeBIT exhibition in Sydney last week.
Welcome to the CIO Vision Series, where we have with us as our guest Graham Andrews of PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Thank you for joining us today and congratulations on being 'highly commended' by the Australia CIO of the Year judging panel.
Over the past few years, the amount of electricity required to power a server in a datacentre has more than doubled. In this special report, we look at why many datacentres today are facing a power and cooling crisis.
To ensure minimal disruption to its customer base, Lenovo's new IBM-branded business will initially operate virtually as a separate entity.
This is a selection of short interviews with executives from Salesforce.com, Intranet Dashboard, McAfee and IBM, which were conducted at the CeBIT exhibition in Sydney last week.
This is a selection of short interviews with executives from Salesforce.com, Intranet Dashboard, McAfee and IBM, which were conducted at the CeBIT exhibition in Sydney last week.
This is a selection of short interviews with executives from Salesforce.com, Intranet Dashboard, McAfee and IBM, which were conducted at the CeBIT exhibition in Sydney last week.
This is a selection of short interviews with executives from Salesforce.com, Intranet Dashboard, McAfee and IBM, which were conducted at the CeBIT exhibition in Sydney last week.
Google launched Google Gears at it's Developer Day in Sydney on Thursday. Google Gears is an open source platform that could allow Web applications -- such as Gmail and YouTube -- to be used offline. Google Australia's director of engineering Alan Noble spoke to ZDNet Australia about the development.
Arimasa Naitoh, the inventor of the ThinkPad notebook and a senior executive at Lenovo, has moved to quell fears that the sale of IBM's PC division would result in a reduction in quality levels.
IBM has embraced wireless LAN technology at the Australian launch of its new PC range.
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?
The BlackBerry 8700 series is ideal for mobile professionals who require always-on e-mail access, but it's not so good for non-business users.
We examine tools that can drill down through your applications to pinpoint exactly where loading causes trouble.
Visa CIO touts new transaction technologies
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