News (3893)

  • Australian pricing for new Macs

    Apple has revealed Australian pricing details for the new hardware line-up it announced overnight in the US, with the vendor's new low-end MacBook laptop starting at AU$1299.

  • 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.

  • Accenture wins QBE work

    IT services titan has won a five-year deal to provide the European division of insurance giant QBE with application development and maintenance services.

  • Rudd's dept flags ICT outsourcing deals

    The Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet has gone to tender for core ICT services and telephony management services contracts which together could be worth over $26 million.

  • Jovial Ellison cracks IBM jokes

    Oracle supremo Larry Ellison has taken several potshots at his company's rival IBM, denigrating the power efficiency of Big Blue's hardware and opening fire on its blanket "Smarter Planet" marketing campaign.

  • Qld Govt contracting plan risks 700 jobs

    Both of the two proposed models to simplify the Queensland Government's system for hiring IT contractors could lead to the loss of hundreds of jobs and a number of small business closures, according to a new report by analyst firm Longhaus.

  • Fostering a better Kaz future with Fujitsu

    For the first time, Kaz chief Mike Foster tells the full story about how the Peter Kazacos' baby was treated within Telstra, and how the deal with Fujitsu went down.

  • Suncorp standardises on NetApp

    Tier two bank and major insurer Suncorp has consolidated and standardised its storage environment on NetApp's products, according to a statement distributed today by the vendor.

  • GitHub picks Sydney sysadmins

    Git-based online hosted service, GitHub, has chosen Sydney company Anchor to implement and manage its infrastructure.

  • WA Police extends mobile network

    Western Australia Police has inked a new contract with network hardware supplier Motorola that will see it more than double the size of its radio network and add mobile data capabilities.

  • 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.

  • Snow Leopard benefits to be longer term

    Apple began shipping Snow Leopard on Friday, but the true importance of the Mac OS X update likely will emerge well afterward.

  • Australia Post on $700m systems revamp

    Australia Post's outgoing managing director Graeme John has announced the national postal service's plan to invest $700 million over three years in new IT systems.

  • Foster's confirms Wipro deal, job losses

    Australian beverage giant Foster's Group has confirmed it will outsource much of its internal IT function to Indian outsourcer Wipro, in a move that will result in a number of job losses or movements still to be decided.

  • Tassie to issue NBN hardware tender shortly

    The Tasmanian NBN Company is planning to go to market for network optical transmission hardware in the next four weeks, according to chairman Doug Campbell, but the move hinges on its national sibling devising certain technical plans for the mainland.

Create an e-mail alert for "hardware"
ZDNet Australia Alerts is an e-mail alert service which provides personalised news, features and reviews to readers’ inbox on an hourly, daily and weekly basis.
Alert:
hardware


Frequency: *

Filter Tags

Latest Videos

Sponsored content

Power Centre - Content from our premier sponsors

Blogs

  • David Braue Can not-so-smart meters help the NBN?
    It was interesting to witness Conroy's recent enthusiasm to spruik the NBN's role in supporting the Smart Grid, Smart City initiative. What a pity that Conroy hadn't yet seen the damning report from the Victorian auditor-general about that state's smart-meter roll-out.
  • Array Can the Telco Reform Act be win-win?
    In the second of our two programs looking at the Senate Inquiry into the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment Bill, we hear from shareholders, bureaucrats and industry groups.
  • Array Has New Zealand's smiling assassin delivered?
    One year into its tenure, how has the new New Zealand Government performed on issues of technology and telecommunications?
  • More blogs »

Back to top

Featured