Three Australian universities have announced substantial, multi-million dollar network upgrades in as many days, as the higher education sector moves to come up to speed with campus users.
HP's ProCurve division and Microsoft have developed a way for software products from both companies to work together to produce what they claim is a complete system for managing security.
After it was revealed yesterday that the Bank of Queensland's (BoQ) senior ICT executive, Iain Blacklaw, had jumped ship for an overseas offer, the bank is remaining tight-lipped on who will step into his shoes.
Federal Minister for Finance and Deregulation, Lindsay Tanner, has pledged to eradicate the costs of the previous government's "haphazard and fragmented" IT spending, but one commentator has argued that the government needs to spend more to make more of its technology.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will be seeking a new vendor for the provision of all of its ICT services at the end of June, but the organisation has remained tight lipped about its current arrangements.
This week Australia's Federal Government announced it had allocated $3.6 million in funding to 57 local research projects so that they could be commercialised, with many of them being web or IT-related start-ups.
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Most network infrastructure investments are driven by fear, uncertainty and doubt rather than long-term, measurable strategic planning, according to new research.
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Though most corporate security professionals see network protection as critical, they have only made modest gains in securing their companies, according to a report.
An analysis by representatives of Australia's two largest IT industry groups shows that neither political party in the federal election has come up with a comprehensive policy around technology.
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Microsoft has disclosed technical information vital to allowing third-party developers create software that works well with Windows.
Five years from now the notebook will likely be smaller and lighter, capable of making mobile phone calls on its own and running on methanol.
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