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  • ANU plans $50m supercomputer spend

    National Computational Infrastructure (NCI), part of the Australian National University (ANU), is working towards a contract with the Federal Government that will see $50 million spent on a new datacentre and supercomputer by 2012.

  • Govt may not release NBN study

    The Federal Government today said it wasn't yet sure whether it would publish the multimillion-dollar National Broadband implementation study currently being undertaken by consulting firms McKinsey and KPMG.

  • Microsoft introduces 'Starter' version of Office

    The new ad-supported, limited feature version of Office will come preloaded on certain new PCs. The replacement for Microsoft Works is one of several new ways Microsoft is trying to create new customers for its productivity suite.

  • Internode cuts 3G modem prices

    Broadband provider Internode has cut the price of its 3G modem range by $50.

  • Engin plugs CEO gap

    A year after losing its last chief executive, voice over internet provider Engin has filled the role internally.

  • Telecom NZ speediest for car association

    The new XT mobile telephony and data network continues to lure corporate customers into the Telecom NZ fold, away from Vodafone.

  • NSW education: Just six laptops lost

    Fears that laptops issued to students under the Digital Education Revolution would be "sold at the pub" have proved unfounded, with the NSW Department of Education and Training (DET) claiming it has suffered six losses to date.

  • Foster's IT revamp saves $21m

    Foster's Group has seen $21 million in benefits this year from an extensive IT transformation to simplify its disparate systems.

  • Satyam cans $75 million Geelong project

    Two thousand Victorian potential jobs may have evaporated after Mahindra Satyam this week pulled its plans to build an information technology learning centre at Deakin University in Geelong.

  • HP picks up AJ Lucas work

    Hewlett-Packard and its partner Astron Technology have picked up a multimillion-dollar deal to continue a services and products relationship with engineering and construction firm AJ Lucas.

  • Delayed contract hits TechnologyOne

    TechnologyOne downgraded its guidance today, flagging decreased growth in total revenues due to the delay of a major contract.

  • Jetstar CIO: Downtime risk saves money

    Jetstar's "doing it for a dollar less" mentality has meant that the airline has accepted the risk that it might not be up all the time in exchange for cheaper services, CIO Stephen Tame said today.

  • Freshtel staff numbers halved

    Freshtel has obtained a slim new look in its cost-cutting restructure, slashing its staff numbers by half.

  • Suncorp CIO takes $419k pay hit

    The total remuneration of Suncorp chief information officer Jeff Smith sank by more than $419,000 over the past year as the executive missed hitting short-term targets.

  • Ericsson's Next G cash cow is dead

    Ericsson Australia's financial picture grew a little bleaker last financial year, with revenues falling $200 million to $805 million roughly $600 million less than its Telstra Next G boon year of 2006, which netted it $1.4 billion.

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