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  • SA kicks off free bus wireless trial

    State transport authorities across Australia will be eyeing a six-month $500,000 trial in South Australia, which will see one bus equipped with a raft of multimedia equipment and free wireless internet access.

  • SA govt to rig buses for free internet

    The South Australian Government is planning to offer free internet on the state's public transport system to make it more appealing to use but it needs to find a vendor willing to install the technology first.

  • SA nursed back to e-health with AU$17m Web plan

    Nurses and midwives working in South Australia's public hospital system will soon have automated access to patient records through a new AU$17 million Web based information system.

  • South Australia rubber-stamps Internode deal

    The South Australian government has confirmed carrier Internode has won a new AU$2.2 million contract to supply Internet access for the state's 70,000 public servants for the next three years.

  • SA govt finalises EDS replacements

    The South Australian state government has finalised the first round of new ICT select sourcing deals as it carves up its massive 10-year outsourcing deal with Texan giant Electronic Data Systems (EDS).

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    Seven vividly proves WiMax not dead yet

    It wasn't too long ago that critics of WiMax wireless technology were declaring it dead at the starting gate.

  • Read the blog post - Suzanne Tindal

    Don't be an IT snake oil salesman

    IT often promises the government much with the big pull being productivity gains and cost savings, but does the government think about IT in the terms of something that will cure its ills or something which could backfire and give it process diarrhea for a decade?

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Pot, meet kettle. Kettle, pot.

    Will Internode's (sudden) and dramatic price hike for its broadband plans undo the G9's plans for an affordable, high-speed broadband network?

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  • Mount Gambier to get fibre broadband

    The South Australian government hopes to build a fibre broadband network in the regional centre of Mount Gambier.

  • Aust enterprises assess Web services

    Web services are being touted as offering a wide range of benefits to organisations. But are Australian CIOs and IT managers in the implementation stage, or still assessing the options?

  • Who will fill Minchin's post?

    In the midst of the current Liberal emissions trading and leadership maelstrom, there exists numerous breaches in the shadow cabinet's line-up. Who will step up to fill the gap left by the fallen Senator Minchin?

  • Is Telstra a backhaul monopolist?

    Yes, says iiNet, and the telco giant's price chains are keeping smaller players from venturing down the rural broadband route.

  • Wild about wireless at Adelaide Zoo

    Better known for its work in the preservation of rare species such as the Sumatran Tiger, the Adelaide Zoo can now stand along side some of the most powerful corporations in the world having implemented a wireless LAN, and Internet connectivity throughout its 8 hectare (aprox 20 acre) site.

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  • The dream e-home

    It's been promised for a long time, but are we really ready for the automated home?

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