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  • Windows 8: Dying gasp or next big thing?

    Just as the marketing hype around Windows 7 heads towards its peak, a few details are starting to surface about its likely successor.

  • 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.

  • Curtin Uni picks Microsoft Live@edu

    Curtin University has decided to put its 192,000 students and alumni onto Microsoft's hosted Live@edu email system and will be migrating them over this month.

  • Application virtualisation hits handsets

    VMware is in the early stages of embedding its technology in a range of smartphones, enabling them to connect to PCs and run applications that were designed for other mobile phones.

  • Aussies cash out in SpringSource buy

    There appears to be quite an Australian presence involved in the US$420 million buyout announced this week of US-based software house SpringSource by virtualisation leader VMware.

  • Policy forced ATO's EDS desktop hand

    Recently, changing federal government policy was a factor in the Australian Taxation Office's decision to extend its end user and centralised computing contracts with incumbent supplier EDS, the agency's CIO Bill Gibson has revealed.

  • Centrelink revamps ICT services panels

    Welfare agency Centrelink has flagged plans to overhaul the way it procures a raft of ICT services, consolidating two separate panel contracts into one overarching deal with between 10 and 15 vendors.

  • ATO brings Boston back

    Boston Consulting Group was involved in the process that led to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) signing a $604 million extension with IT outsourcer EDS, the agency revealed yesterday.

  • EDS scores $604m ATO extension

    The Australian Taxation Office has decided to extend its contracts with EDS for end computing and centralised computing services over a further two years.

  • UK CIOs avoid Windows 7 plans

    Windows 7 may be generating its fair share of hype but UK chief information officers are planning to take a cautious approach towards rolling out the operating system.

  • AGIMO details Gershon axe work

    Yesterday at CeBIT, Australian Government Information Management Office division manager for business improvement John Sheridan outlined exactly how much the Federal Government hoped to save on its business as usual information technology spend over the next few years.

  • Vista/Server 2008 SP2 gets Hyper-V

    Microsoft has announced that its Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 has reached the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) phase and detailed the changes contained within the update.

  • Victoria centralises VMware purchasing

    The Victorian Government has flagged plans to centralise purchasing of VMware virtualisation software for a number of agencies into a single sizable contract.

  • CrimTrac overhauls ICT back-office

    The nation's peak law enforcement technology agency CrimTrac has flagged plans for a major overhaul of its back-end ICT infrastructure that will deliver it a strong business continuity capability.

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