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Telstra's chief executive faced the music in Canberra today, debating his company's controversial network strategy with Liberal and National federal politicians.
The National Australia Bank's information technology operation is targeting leadership skills and enhanced project delivery as crucial elements of its turnaround program, according to a senior company executive.
The National Australia Bank has laid down a new, three-year information technology strategic plan to underpin an AU$1.8 billion investment designed to revitalise the troubled institution.
Microsoft Australia has moved to beef up its strategic support for commercial and public sector customers, announcing the appointment of one of its highest-profile executives, Greg Stone, to the post of National Technology Officer.
The eyes of the world were on Australia this week as the APEC summit got underway in Sydney, and what they've seen is a city being held under virtual martial law major roads blocked off, police cars outnumbering taxis and snipers openly hanging out on roof tops.
The vision of the future BT portrayed this week at an Australian conference was so far removed from how Telstra's David Quilty has described the British telco that I wonder if they were talking about the same UK.
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There must be something in the water in Canberra. After years of measured inaction, the Coalition is taking long-overdue steps towards universal broadband and working around Telstra's continued domination -- after 10 years of deregulation -- of the country's telecommunications wholesale markets.
Countries including the UK and the US are putting biometrics at the forefront of plans to improve national border security but there are still significant issues to be solved before the technology is up to the job.
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An e-business standards body has proposed a series of definitions for how corporations should create common business documents.
The protocol that has defined e-mail for more than two decades may have a fatal flaw: It trusts you
As Australia and various other nations prepare to vote on whether Microsoft's Open Office XML becomes an ISO standard, the Redmond giant is attempting to downplay fears that OOXML adopters will be hooked into the company's technology.
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