Optus has announced that it has joined Huawei in developing a mobile and wireless innovation centre in Sydney, in a move which could push the telco outside its comfort zone.
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.
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Global software revenue in 2004 is expected to rise to US$189 billion, according to data released by IDC last week.
IDC has yet to release its final second-quarter figures for PC shipments, but the market researcher is already offering a more dire prediction for market growth.
WiMax could be the standard that drives the next phase of mobile broadband, it provides an opportunity for players wanting to establish a pure IP network to carry voice and data effectively but is this what operators want?
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Analysts have responded to the Federal Government's new NBN strategy with optimism, noting that while risky, the plan makes an important break from years of stagnation and promises an important new foundation for Australia's broadband future.
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Sales of new and used PCs running the Linux operating system will reach US$10 billion by 2008, market researcher IDC predicted Wednesday.
Software giant claims businesses will rush to upgrade to Vista, but analysts paint a different picture.
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.
The semiconductor market will grow at 18 percent in 2004, according to International Data Corp. The growth will be driven by stronger than expected mobile phone and PC shipments.
The number of Australian mobile phone users is expected to hit 17.2 million by 2007, up nearly 2.5 million from end-2003, according to analyst group International Data Corp.
LCD monitors are set to take top honours on the desktop this year.
Shipments of tablet PCs topped 72,000 units in the fourth quarter of last year, and will "grow considerably" this year, research firm IDC said Friday.
Sales of electronics gear that can play compressed audio files are set to rise by 30 percent a year as people continue to rip CDs to play elsewhere, says market researcher IDC.
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