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  • Aussie IT unions rise from the dead

    Australia's creaky technology unions have finally awoken from their long slumber and have started to throw their weight around.

  • Telstra's secret union strategy revealed

    Telstra is preparing to offer its staff non-union enterprise agreements in a secret strategy aimed at saving the company $50 million over the next three years, confidential documents have showed.

  • TelstraClear takes baby steps

    TelstraClear has turned from a loss to a profit but it still only contributed NZ$7.5 million to its parent's $A6.23 billion annual operating profit.

  • Infosys builds huge Indian campus

    Indian IT outsourcing giant Infosys is building a massive campus in Hyderabad that will employ 25,000 people.

  • Just $30m for NAB's first step

    The National Australia Bank will approach the overhaul of its core banking systems cautiously over the next year, spending just $30 million on the Oracle-based first stage of the project, the bank's chief information officer Michelle Tredenick said today.

Blogs (6)

  • Read the blog post - Liam Tung

    Should security clearances be outsourced?

    Everything from cleaning to IT development work is outsourced by governments these days, but should security clearance processes, which dictate what access a person has to government information systems, be included in that bundle?

  • Read the blog post - Sheryle Moon

    Turning the tide on skilled immigration

    While we continue to talk about Australia's ICT skills shortage, more than 3,000 potential sponsorships are being blocked by impediments to the 457 visa scheme.

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    Time for a limit on storage limits

    We're constantly being told that storage capacity is cheaper than ever, so why do companies still insist on imposing size limits on e-mail inboxes?

  • Read the blog post - Steven Deare

    Protecting local jobs

    Satyam Computer Services has taken a big step towards dispelling fears that foreigners will eventually takeover Australia's IT industry.

  • Read the blog post - Steven Deare

    Huawei and cultural values

    Last week I gained first hand insight into how one of the up and comers in networking is putting price pressure on heavyweights like Cisco, Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent.

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  • Seven turns to Blue for secure Yahoo Messenger

    Seven Network has increased visibility of instant messaging (IM) and closed potential IM-related security holes after a corporate directive forced the IT team to develop a more disciplined approach to managing the largely unregulated technology.

  • BAE Systems: Robert Fecteau, CIO

    The CIO of Government defence contractor BAE Systems talks about moving the company to an insourcing solution.

  • Photos: A trip through Dell's recycling plant

    Dell has claimed it is the greenest IT company in the world. ZDNet Australia went on a tour of its recycling partner's plant, MRI Australia, in Blacktown, Sydney.

  • India 2.0: Yahoo sees development potential

    In October, Yahoo ran an Open Hack Day event in Bangalore, hosted by one of the company's co-founders, David Filo. Two hundred local developers were invited to a 24-hour code-a-thon to combine their own ideas with mashed-up services from Yahoo's own library of APIs.

  • Offshoring: How far, how deep?

    The question on the lips of most CIOs is no longer whether to send work offshore. It's a question of how much to send.

Reviews (122)

  • Apple Time Capsule (1TB) Network Storage

    Apple's new Time Capsule incorporates both a wireless router and a hard drive into the same product. In its niche, the Time Capsule is the most advanced product on the market -- its price is also fair compared with a separate router and network-attached hard drive.

  • Fujitsu Lifebook P1610

    The Fujitsu Lifebook P1610 Tablet PC is a pint-sized tablet notebook which can handle a full range of applications, albeit at less than stunning operational speeds.

  • Apple MacBook Air (1.6GHz)

    Apple has released what has to be the thinnest notebook ever -- the MacBook Air.

  • Fujitsu LifeBook S6510 (3.5G)

    The Fujitsu S6510 is a light business laptop with HSDPA built in -- meaning it's perfect for those who are always on the move.

  • Sony PCS-TL33

    High-end videoconferencing units can cost an arm and a leg and may be bulky, so Sony sought to save on space with their simple Ipela PCS-TL33 video conferencing unit. While the PCS-TL33 may be lacking in some areas, but it will satisfy the needs of many businesses.

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