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  • Key Commander exec leaves

    The remaining piece of Commander left to be sold has lost one of its top executives.

  • Commander telco chunk still for sale

    The sale of Commander's telecommunications business could be wrapped up within the next couple of weeks, according to the failed company's receivers.

  • Telstra bought iBurst's wireless spectrum

    The Australian Communications and Media Authority has confirmed that Telstra was the unknown bidder who bought the wireless spectrum belonging to Commander subsidiary Personal Broadband Australia, which shut down its iBurst network last month.

  • Telco 2008: A year in review

    2008 was a cracker year for telco in Australia, with so many huge events happening that those at the beginning of the year have been drowned by the importance of those at the end.

  • Ruxcon security gurus hit Sydney

    Ruxcon, Australia's only 'grass roots' security conference, will in Sydney this weekend showcase Australia's top minds in the cloak and dagger world of information security.

  • Unisys gets new CEO

    Unisys has named former Gateway CEO J. Edward Coleman as its new global chief executive.

  • CA loses Australian chief

    Global software giant CA today revealed its local managing director Tony Armfield had resigned his position to pursue what the company described as "other interests".

  • Tight schedule for Commander sale

    McGrathNicol, receiver for failed company Commander, today said that it planned to finish selling off Commander's businesses over the next ten to twelve weeks.

  • Commander can't sell iBurst

    Five months after besieged ICT services outfit Commander announced its turnaround plan, the company still hasn't found a buyer for its iBurst/Personal Broadband Australia wireless internet service provider, and one analyst believes it won't.

  • Bloodbath at Alcatel-Lucent

    Both the chairman and chief executive of Alcatel-Lucent are to step down later this year, following the telecommunications equipment firm's sixth consecutive quarter of losses.

  • Icahn/Microsoft deal 'erratic and unpredictable': Yahoo

    Yahoo announced on Saturday night that it rejected a joint-buyout proposal that Microsoft and investor activist Carl Icahn offered the night before, which called for a "complex restructuring" and sale of Yahoo's search business to Microsoft.

  • Commander's Fisheries contract up for grabs

    The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) has called for suppliers to bid for its managed IT services work while the incumbent Commander holds its breath.

  • Yahoo sheds executives like balding men do hair

    Yahoo is headed for a reorganisation that, combined with an exodus of top Yahoo executives, will in all likelihood put power in dramatically fewer hands.

  • Trend Micro's new vision: Signatures in the cloud

    Trend Micro chief executive and co-founder Eva Chen unveiled a new vision for the company that includes 'in-the-cloud' malware analysis.

  • Commander: Can the turnaround succeed?

    Four months into Commander's 'turnaround' plan, CEO Amanda Lacaze is confident that the ailing IT services company is heading for better days.

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