Optus has announced a AU$5 million investment for its business broadband and telecommunication infrastructure in South Australia.
EDS has released a report claiming the company's massive whole-of-government outsourcing deal with the South Australian government generated an AU$1 billion "side benefit" to the state over the last nine years.
EDS appears to have jumped the final hurdle, knocking Hewlett-Packard out of the race for one of the juiciest South Australian government outsourcing contracts, distributed computing support services.
Adelaide has formed a shortlist of vendors for its electronic ticketing tender that have been invited to participate in a tender process.
Initiatives designed to teach small local IT providers how to engage with the South Australian government have been described as nothing more than pre-election sweeteners.
It's state budget time across the country, and this week's episode of Patch Monday looks to see what each state is doing in terms of its IT spend.
Getting Senator Stephen Conroy's regulatory reform for the telecommunications industry through the parliament would need support from the Senate. On Twisted Wire we ring around to see which parties are supportive and which are against.
It wasn't too long ago that critics of WiMax wireless technology were declaring it dead at the starting gate.
IT often promises the government much with the big pull being productivity gains and cost savings, but does the government think about IT in the terms of something that will cure its ills or something which could backfire and give it process diarrhea for a decade?
Telstra's 21Mbps Next-G boost and Internode's new 100Mbps FttH networks may be both companies' show ponies, but when it comes to helping most of us, their need-for-speed posturing is just a box-and-dice distraction that we've all seen before.
The South Australian government is looking at a software overhaul that could see Apple or Red Hat taking over from Microsoft on the state's PCs. Analysts warn, however, skills costs could still lead to a software environment dominated by a single platform.
The South Australian government hopes to build a fibre broadband network in the regional centre of Mount Gambier.
The Pirate Party of Australia should forget about trying to win a Senate seat in the Federal Government and instead focus its sights on even lower hanging fruit. I speak, of course, of the state governments.
Australians all let us rejoice for an iPhone App that's free. Well, not all the apps are free, some of them will cost a couple of bucks, but they all come with an Aussie twist.
The long-term net impact of Gershon's idealistic review will realistically be negligible at best and at worst will prove to be a distraction for years to come.
The possible ill effects on human health of mobile phones and towers will be studied at a virtual centre comprised of research organisations from Victoria and South Australia.
It's been promised for a long time, but are we really ready for the automated home?
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