Customer communications outsourcing firm Salmat has appointed former Babcock and Brown CIO David Hackshall as its chief information officer, filling the vacancy left when Aaron Panozza resigned in May 2009.
A number of Oakton employees working within one of its projects, the Victorian Industry Plumbing Commission, resigned en masse last week.
In his maiden speech yesterday, new leader of the opposition Tony Abbott panned the Labor Government for its National Broadband Network, stating: "Not even Gough Whitlam would be as crazy as that."
Although Senator Nick Minchin is said to have enjoyed the shadow communications role, he hasn't indicated that he would ask to have the position back.
Telstra executive Holly Kramer has resigned as her product management function is split into wireless and fixed line portfolios, as part of a larger overhaul revealed by chief executive David Thodey this morning.
Shareholders got a rude awakening this week as Stephen Conroy made good on industry calls to break up Telstra. Some argue the government has been duplicitous and should be held to account, but those who sit tight may find the new Telstra offers a far better value proposition with better long-term opportunities.
The inference that Soul, AAPT and TransACT were Dead Telcos Walking long before their withdrawals were announced makes me wonder whether Terria has always been, God help us all, just as flimsy a proposition as Telstra has made it out to be.
The world of speculative telecommunications investments has quieted down considerably since the beginning of the decade, when hype-fuelled carriers plunked down billions to reserve the right to carry mobile phone calls, video calls, and massive volumes of spam at high speed using then-fanciful 3G mobile technology.
When Telstra boss Sol Trujillo took up the microphone at the National Press Club in Canberra at lunchtime on Thursday he knew the next hour would be a bumpy ride.
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In the midst of the current Liberal emissions trading and leadership maelstrom, there exists numerous breaches in the shadow cabinet's line-up. Who will step up to fill the gap left by the fallen Senator Minchin?
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.
When you really get down to it, former Victoria Police chief information officer Valda Berzins and her offsider John Brown aren't so different from many other IT managers in the public sector.
Ten years ago they were the young turks of Australia's business community; radical free-thinkers on the path to fame and riches. Shortly after, all those dreams came crashing down. But where are Australia's first dotcom moguls today, and what are they up to?
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".
Silicon Valley is atwitter over what kind of CEO Yahoo needs to hire to replace the outgoing Jerry Yang.
ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das talks to senior editor Sam Diaz about Jerry Yang's resignation from the search giant and why it wasn't entirely shocking. Diaz also explains why Microsoft, while currently claiming disinterest in Yahoo, may act differently in the near future.
The Synology DS209 is an excellent little unit, with a more complex than necessary set up routine. Still for those looking for a highly featured, high performing NAS with an easy to use and flashy menu, it's certainly a compelling choice.
HTC's Shift is yet another UMPC and another white elephant to add to the pile. By trying to be everything to everyone, the Shift succeeds at being nothing to anyone.
The EeePC isn't for everyone in fact within about two seconds from picking it up you'll know if it's for you or not. For those it does appeal to, it's a brilliant little thing that fills a much lamented gap.
We put the two biggest encyclopaedia brands on the market head to head. Which one has the bigger brain? Read our Australian review.
Parts of the newest version of Red Hat's Linux software slipped onto the Internet Wednesday, nearly a week before the operating system's official release date, giving glimpses of a product with a new focus on mainstream computer users.
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