Telstra this morning launched a multi-million dollar network operations centre to manage the enterprise networks of 1,100 corporate Telstra customers who have paid for the premium service.
Although sites like Facebook and YouTube have been a raging success, many bomb. This means that venture capital (VC) firms will not back a new Internet idea until it has proven its potential -- often with the funding of "angel" investors.
One of the first converts to Oracle's support for Linux has revealed the public backlash it has endured in Australia since deciding to drop Red Hat.
You can partly thank the regulators in Washington, DC, for Sun Microsystems' US$4.1 billion cash acquisition of StorageTek.
Is getting fired for writing a blog on your company a violation of freedom of speech?
Last year I opined that, even if Telstra did launch Apple's iPhone 3G, conflicting goals meant it couldn't afford to seriously back the product. This year, Telstra proved me right, and the reason is simple: Australia's biggest telco just wants to be a Mac.
Tevye, the much loved protagonist of Fiddler on the Roof, was full of wisdom. "A bird may love a fish," he memorably said, "but where would they build a home together?"
As you'd expect given Microsoft Office's near-ubiquitous position in the modern workplace, my comments on the company's plans for the recently delayed 2007 release stirred up a few readers.
Now I don't want to call myself a prognosticator -- much less intimate that I had any influence over the following decision -- but in the weeks since I blogged about Channel Ten's lack of an online strategy, things have certainly changed.
Exetel CEO John Linton takes "Herr Krudd" and "Obersturmfuhrer Conroy" to task for their scheme to purge the Fatherland of the filth emanating from the diseased brains of the untermenscen.
Cisco security maven John Stewart says never mind the OS -- attackers are after the apps, from IM to Office.
Scott McNealy sees glory days ahead for new CEO Jonathan Schwartz. Are they cut from the same cloth?
Security watcher Jon Oltsik explains why the long-moribund access and ID management business is suddenly hopping.
Or is it just that old "business versus IT" chestnut again?
This external hard drive is a great solution for those with computers that are filling up quickly or those who need idiot-proof backups.
With one new product released, and one about to be, server virtualisation is becoming a reality in the low-end server space. How can virtual servers help you?
Is all the fuss about online privacy justified?
Viruses like MyDoom spread more quickly than warm butter on toast. Why?
Commentary: Will the standalone TV become a dusty relic, replaced by integrated PC units? Only if marketers can give us a reason to care.
Google Chrome OS demonstration
Vice President of Product Marketing Sundar Pichai gives a virtual tour of Google's new operating system, Chrom… Watch it now
Malcolm Turnbull's ghost twitterer
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Surf the Net like it's 1991 with Gopher
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