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    LinkedIn has announced Clifford Rosenberg as the company's managing director for Australia and New Zealand.

  • IBM fighting ATO on $55m tax bill

    IBM has filed a case in the Federal Court against the Australian Commissioner of Taxation, disputing a $55 million tax bill it has received on royalties paid by its Australian subsidiary.

  • DIAC flags massive outsourcing overhaul

    The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) has revealed plans to overhaul its information technology and communications outsourcing contracts, which have been dominated by CSC since 1998.

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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.

  • NSW missed Linux opportunity

    By choosing the safe Windows XP choice for student laptops, the NSW Department of Education and training is turning its back on the chance to turn hundreds of thousands of students into armchair developers and handcuffing itself to a rocky Windows 7 upgrade path.

  • Exiting Microsoft deals risky

    Several factors have combined recently to make a number of Australian organisations reconsider their Microsoft Enterprise Agreements.

  • Q&A: Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst

    In this candid interview with ZDNet.com.au, Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst discusses why he thinks rival VMWare will fail, how the financial crisis will be good for open source, and why cloud computing will be the future.

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    How feasible is it that you could escape paying hefty licensing fees by using software subsidised by advertisements?

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