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  • IBM chides security researchers

    Technology giant IBM has taken independent security researchers to task for their role in making information about unpublished computer attacks available in an undisciplined manner.

  • Amazon S3: For now at least, sometimes you have to reboot the cloud

    Amazon.com's Simple Storage Service, S3, spent a few hours Sunday in a big pothole on the road to the glorious cloud computing future, with an outage taking the storage system offline for several hours Sunday. Should we be surprised?

  • DIAC security threatened by flood of contractors

    The information systems of Australia's Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) are at risk because the department has been flooded by 10,000 IT contractors, according to its director of protective security, Mark Handley.

  • IBM mainframes Cognos 8 for System z

    IBM's Cognos subsidiary announced on Monday that it will make its Cognos 8 business-intelligence software available on the IBM System z mainframe running Linux.

  • Hardware to escape market doom and gloom

    Forecasts of economic gloom do not apply to the hardware market just yet, according to analyst firm Gartner, which has predicted that the market for both PCs and servers will remain in growth this year, and at least for the start of next year.

  • DIAC CIO: IT wages nearly forced us to 'down tools'

    A recent AU$25 million lifeline to the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) last month saved its AU$496 million tech overhaul from tanking, according to DIAC CIO Bob Correll.

  • ATO unleashes AU$160m a year outsourcing deal

    The Australian Tax Office has laid out the requirements for its centralised computing contract, worth AU$160 million per year.

  • EDS to take last crack at AU$1bn ATO mega deal

    The Australian Tax Office is preparing to put the last and largest of its IT outsourcing contracts centralised computing up for grabs, worth around AU$160 million per year. This is EDS's last chance to retain work with the ATO and possibly its first bid since its proposed acquisition by HP.

  • SA police keep tabs on gangs with $5.2m IT system

    South Australian police are spending AU$5.2 million over five years on an IT system to track criminal motorcycle gangs.

  • Suncorp signs Symantec to protect 20,000 XP PCs

    Suncorp has signed a three-year security and archiving contract with Symantec to protect 20,000 "locked down" Windows XP desktops and servers.

  • HP, EDS clients advised to review contracts

    HP and EDS customers should look at renegotiating existing contracts to push for price reductions and improved services following the US$13.9bn deal between the two outsourcing giants.

  • St George sinks telco costs, spends on credit cards

    St George has been leaning on suppliers and re-evaluating its technology projects as it attempts to cut costs.

  • Suncorp saves $6m with mainframe consolidation

    Suncorp has consolidated its mainframe applications onto one new platform, following the completion of a major part of its Promina IT integration plans.

  • New patent database exposes inventors' old ideas

    The Federal government and patent agency IP Australia have launched a new open, online database featuring almost 20 years' worth of the country's patent application records, in a bid to make it easier for inventors to check if someone else has already had their light bulb moment.

  • CommBank dives into $580m banking IT revamp

    The Commonwealth Bank has announced today that it is embarking on a AU$580 million four-year program to modernise its legacy core banking systems and introduce new features with the help of SAP and Accenture.

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