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    The National Broadband Network Company has nabbed Queensland Premier Anna Bligh's chief of staff to be its new government relations and external affairs chief, as well as separately appointing a chief information officer.

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    The Queensland Government has picked the vendors to nurse it through its massive roll-out of Microsoft Exchange 2007 to 80,000 public servants.

  • IBM finishes $22m Qld toll system

    IBM today said it had finished its deployment of a toll and traffic management system for Queensland's road authority.

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    There's something to be said for the Japanese philosophy of Kaizen an idea of continually improving business via small changes something that unfortunately doesn't seem to glean many votes or impress punters.

  • The contractor conundrum

    I wasn't surprised when I heard about the uproar up in Queensland over a proposed government model for hiring contractors. Sure, it seemed to take the industry by storm and they're peeved, but there's definitely an underlying issue here that something needs to be done about an issue which has made itself into a monster on the sly.

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    Datacentre disaster lessons

    As a system administrator, the health and status of your datacentre is at the forefront of your mind. But how often do you think about the needs beyond server status and bandwidth?

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    Governments: Just like lemmings

    As soon as one government decides to do a new project it's a good bet that others will follow suit, in the ultimate fashion obsession.

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    The salary of Mike Kaiser, the National Broadband Network Company's government relations and external affairs chief, has been outed by a senate motion started by Shadow Communications Minister Nick Minchin yesterday.

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    There are as always exceptions, but most ICT vendors are simply not doing the right thing by the thousands of SME customers in Australia and New Zealand.

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    The level of ignorance from Australian politicians about technology can be staggering. Here's some of the worst examples we've seen, and a short recipe for resolving the issue.

  • Video: Aussies talk Oracle OpenWorld

    Longhaus' Sam Higgins and Perth developer Chris Muir give the Australian reaction to announcements at Oracle's OpenWorld conference in the US this week.

  • Why Australia's Pirate Party won't get elected

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    Printer manufacturer Lexmark has unveiled an all-in-one offering aimed at the small- to medium-size business market.

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  • Tuning out wireless chaos

    Security for wireless could end up more of a mess than security on our PCs, unless we act soon.

  • Aust XBox Live demo nearly DOA

    Microsoft has used its Tech Ed conference for its first Australian public showing of its Xbox Live Internet gaming service, but the launch hasn't been without its glitches.

  • Aust customers should not fear wireless security: Microsoft

    Microsoft wants customers to "overcome their fear" regarding security and proceed with wireless implementations.

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