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• WA Govt bins $1bn broadband network

  The Western Australian Government has decided to bin its plan to roll out a statewide broadband network.

• WA budget: Synergy to create IT dept

  Western Australia's largest energy retailer Synergy stated in yesterday's Western Australian State Budget that it plans to establish its own IT environment.

• WA looks to create govt CIO

  The Western Australian Government is currently considering forming new chief information officer and chief technology officer roles to guide the government through service modernisation.

• WA Health issues $4 million Cisco contract

  The Western Australian Department of Health is upgrading its networks and has issued a two-year, $4 million tender for Cisco switches and systems integration services.

• IBM scores WA smart meter deal

  IBM has won a deal with Western Australian energy provider Western Power as a systems integration and project management partner for a smart meter pilot.

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  IT: Govt's cost-cutting bitch

  The government needs to stop looking at IT as a necessary evil or the place to remove costs when the Treasurer comes calling.

Features and Case Studies (11)

• Are clueless politicians holding IT back?

  The level of ignorance from Australian politicians about technology can be staggering. Here's some of the worst examples we've seen, and a short recipe for resolving the issue.

• Blades of gold -- a virtual migration

  Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines is in the process of moving its IT infrastructure from a fleet of traditional servers to virtual servers running on blade hardware.

• The road to convergence

  There's been a lot of talk about network convergence, the idea that data, voice and video traffic will one day travel over a single network. In this special report, we look at how Mount Erin Secondary College is tackling convergence and IP telephony goals at footy club the West Coast Eagles.

• Who's taking the ITIL bait?

  In an industry known for its hype, it's understandably difficult for many managers to make sense of new trends. But in the case of IT Infrastructure Library, a growing body of success stories confirms this is one trend that you should definitely be on top of.

• Have (IT) certs will travel?

  Is certification better than experience? Here's what industry analysts and IT professionals have to say, including issues with MCSE.

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• Telstra boosts Next G reach

  Telstra has unveiled an upgrade to its Next G mobile high-speed data network that it claims has delivered download speeds of up to 2.3Mbps at a range of 200km.

• Finding "The fastest P4 system in Australia"

  With the Australian launch of the Intel Pentium 4, we decided it would be a good idea to run a competition to find the fastest system in Australia based on the Intel Pentium 4 processor and retailing under AU$7,000.

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