Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer expressed hope yesterday that the US Congress would take action to address a deepening financial crisis, which he warned could ripple across spending on all levels of the economy.
A new survey has found that IT companies expect to hire less staff in the coming quarter while they await the impact of the Federal Governments spending reviews and monitor the current crisis in the US financial services sector.
Australia's federal government auditor has found that departments were most likely to misuse confidentiality provisions to prevent public disclosure for contracts when they related to information and communications technology goods and services.
Indian outsourcing companies are likely to be affected by the economic downturn in the US, an Indian trade body has warned.
IT services provider Unisys announced yesterday in the US it had begun a search for a new CEO, as the company struggles to right its operations.
Queensland's information and communications technology minister Robert Schwarten has scheduled a trip to the US and Canada to meet with global tech giants and top-ranking public sector technology officials.
In this video interview, Competitive Carriers Coalition executive director David Forman explains why the group, which represents Telstra's rivals in Canberra's halls of power, is not technically a lobbyist and doesn't need to appear on Kevin Rudd's lobbyist register.
Australian internet telephony minnow Freshtel, a consumer player that recently started providing enterprise services, today revealed to the ASX it had depleted around half its cash reserves over the past year.
Just weeks before the Gershon review of the government's $6 billion IT spending was delivered, the Department of Defence has quietly inked a massive five-year deal with IBM worth $268 million.
Local telco Amcom Telecommunications has moved to shore up its future by buying back some of the 50 per cent stake its partial parent Futuris had been looking to sell.
The Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) has labelled a newspaper report as "factually incorrect" that it had moved to a strategy of centralised IT procurement before the findings of the Gershon review were released next month.
South Australia's largest university will support the Apple iPhone 3G as one of its official corporate mobile handsets, the institution revealed yesterday.
US-based Mac clone maker Psystar plans to file its answer to Apple's copyright infringement lawsuit Tuesday in the US as well as a countersuit of its own, alleging that Apple engages in anti-competitive business practices.
Outgoing Qantas CEO Geoff Dixon today expressed confidence in the capacity of the airline's chief information officer Jamila Gordon to lead its IT strategy, in the wake of the resignation of IT-savvy CFO Peter Gregg this week.
Domain name and hosting specialist Melbourne IT today unveiled plans to embark on a year-long major technology refresh project, targeting everything from its accounting, billing and provisioning systems to its storage network and data centre.
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