An antipiracy organisation with members including Microsoft and Adobe is releasing a study that says increasing software protection is good for countries' economic health.
Corporate technology supplier Insight Enterprises has won a multi-million contract to sell Microsoft software to the whole of the Victorian Government.
Australian security company Internet Sheriff Technology (iSheriff) has been put up for sale following what appears to be financial problems.
Beverage specialist Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) today said it was planning to implement key new supply chain technology systems in its Australian business by the end of this year.
Coles parent Wesfarmers has again downplayed the idea of investing in the back-office technology systems of the retail giant, saying most of the necessary expenditure had already been outlaid before its late 2007 acquisition.
Aussie smartcard vendor ERG has decided to outsource to Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), and you can't help but think of the Qantas example.
We've got our own open source versus Microsoft stoush going on in New Zealand, with the government as a key player.
You wait for some hot news on smartphone software -- well, I do -- and then several bits come along at once. This week has seen some seriously fascinating movements in the field -- but what does it all mean for your mobile?
Discerning thumbs for BlackBerry users are essential to keep away a new threat which can compromise the security of the popular smartphone. Well that's according to Research In Motion's (RIM) Ian Robertson, senior manager of security and research.
One of the big problems of the internet is that is practically impossible to keep up-to-date on preferred topics. You can limit your sources, but this can mean missing a lot of valuable data.
Why won't Adobe make licensing its software easier for school IT directors?
BMC Software CEO Bob Beauchamp has headed up the company since the beginning of the decade, transforming it into the business service management power it is today. We find out what his priorities are.
The release of the iPhone 3G in July 2008 led to the creation of an entire industry where developers worked on their own applications to sell through Apple's App Store. This trend has since been picked up by larger companies. Read about why such a phenomenon is fast becoming a success.
What's the best customer relationship management suite? We put six of the top vendors to the test to find out in our no holds barred face-off.
Several factors have combined recently to make a number of Australian organisations reconsider their Microsoft Enterprise Agreements.
At a Churchhill Club event, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison talks to former Sun Microsystems President Ed Zander about Oracle's recent acquisition of Sun Microsystems. He says hed like to pattern the new Oracle after T.J. Watson Jr.'s IBM, combining both hardware and software systems.
Software takes a long time to improve, says Symantec's VP of consumer engineering, Rowan Trollope.
If software is running on just 10 machines, it's likely bad, says Symantec's VP of consumer engineering, Rowan Trollope
Microsoft now builds security into products such as Vista but attackers have shifted their focus to applications so software vendors are the weakest link, says the VP of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing Group.
Kaspersky is a strong security suite, but that the extra features available in Internet Security make it worthwhile to pay for, whereas the standard Kaspersky Anti-Virus doesn't offer enough on its own to compare favourably against high-performing, free antivirus programs.
What's the best customer relationship management suite? We put six of the top vendors to the test to find out in our no holds barred face-off.
Trend Micro Antivirus plus Antispyware 2008 offers a variety of features designed for the home and small office.
At RSA Conference 2005 in San Francisco, Symantec CEO John Thompson knocks Microsoft's security efforts and says the upcoming merger with Veritas Software will provide businesses with an optimal product for corporate compliance.
Office Live is still not an online version of Office, but the set of small business tools has a few new tricks and is heading out of beta.
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Google CEO Eric Schmidt
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Telstra shareholders fear break up
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Can not-so-smart meters help the NBN?
Can the Telco Reform Act be win-win?
Has New Zealand's smiling assassin delivered?
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