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    The Western Australian Government has made a decision to defer the second wave of the awards development portion of its shared services project.

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    The next 18 months would be a "critical" time in Telstra's ongoing transformation of its operational support systems, the telco's chief information officer John McInerney said today.

  • WA confirms Roche as shared services chief

    The Western Australia Department of Treasury and Finance's mammoth shared services initiative received formal leadership late last year, it was revealed today, with acting executive director Brian Roche being permanently appointed to the position.

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    The world of enterprise IP telephony is varied and complex. Here's our round-up of the major players and what they can bring to your business.

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    When Telstra launched its IT transformation in 2005, then chief operations officer Greg Winn said "IT is the root of all evil in the telco industry".

  • Linux: Who got it right, who got it very wrong?

    Who predicted Linux servers would outnumber Windows servers by 2006? Who said one in five enterprise desktops would be Linux-based by 2008? We look back at the bad (and good) predictions made about Linux over the past decade.

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    Microsoft's Hyper-V is the missing piece from the launch of Windows Server 2008. We examine its background, and predict how the hypervisor market is likely to develop.

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    Wotif is one of the most popular online marketplaces for last-minute hotel accommodation in Australia and New Zealand. In this interview, the company's CIO Paul Young talks about some of the important technical and business decisions he has made in order to successfully manage the infrastructure of a rapidly growing Web 2.0 company.

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    Novell will continue its march against Microsoft and any uptake of Vista despite a recent alliance with the software giant, said Ron Hovsepian, Novell president and CEO, who was in Sydney today. Also: Watch the four-part video.

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    Novell will continue its march against Microsoft and any uptake of Vista despite a recent alliance with the software giant, said Ron Hovsepian, Novell president and CEO, who was in Sydney today. Also: Watch the four-part video.

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    Novell will continue its march against Microsoft and any uptake of Vista despite a recent alliance with the software giant, said Ron Hovsepian, Novell president and CEO, who was in Sydney today. Also: Watch the four-part video.

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  • Ubuntu 7.04

    Ubuntu is very user-friendly but not right for everyone. Oddly, both casual and advanced users will find this operating system wonderful, while day-to-day users may rail against Ubuntu's incompatibility with certain popular software applications.

  • Sugar Suite 4.0.1

    Sugar Suite from SugarCRM is a comprehensive, streamlined tool which offers indispensable services to both a company's employees and its customers.

  • IE7 gets tabs but does it matter?

    The new version of Internet Explorer will include tabbed browsing but will this be enough to entice Firefox users to convert?

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