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    Telstra has expanded its Twitter customer support footprint with the takeover of the @Telstra account.

  • Sun touts Java app store

    Sun is to launch a Java application store, chief executive Jonathan Schwartz has revealed.

  • Oracle to buy Sun for US$7.4bn

    Software giant Oracle is to buy server and software maker Sun Microsystems, the two companies announced late Monday.

  • Kaz customers welcome Fujitsu deal

    Several of Kaz's major customers have welcomed Fujitsu's plan to buy the Telstra IT services subsidiary, saying they expect no adverse impact from the $200 million takeover.

  • How will the Satyam scandal hit Oz?

    Analyst firm Ovum said today that Satyam's financial scandal would not significantly affect overall outsourcing trends in Australia, although some customers might reassess their contracts with the Indian giant.

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    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?

  • Oracle/BEA: 12 months on

    In the heady days of January 2008, database maker Oracle had finally captured the prize that it had been courting for many months, BEA, and in an instant became the largest middleware player in the market. But are the real results yet to appear?

  • Vodafone's Paul Donovan is the man

    commentary: It is not a foregone conclusion that the successor to outgoing Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo will be internally sourced.

  • Australia's telco sector ripe for consolidation

    The obvious candidates for consolidation in Australia's telecommunications sector are the 170 internet service providers that are scratching to make a living, but others include Dodo, M8 Telecom, Macquarie Telecom and Eftel.

  • The war against VoIP: How long can the telcos fight?

    Voice over IP has reached some major milestones in 2008 in both the enterprise and consumer ends of the market but how long can traditional telcos continue to fight against this disruptive technology?

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  • Xeon 5500 (Nehalem) servers: round-up

    We compare Xeon 5500 (Nehalem) servers from Dell, Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Lenovo and Sun Microsystems and pick a winner.

  • It's crunch time for Palm

    Palm pioneered the smart phone, but if rumours prove true, the Treo maker may not survive as an independent company to watch its creation move from the corner office to the street corner.

  • Nokia bets on mobile games

    The mobile phone manufacturer has bought multiplayer technology from Sega for its new hybrid games handset.

  • Battling for better backup

    How can Australian businesses configure backup software so that it reduces rather than increases workloads, and perhaps even provides some return on investment in the process?

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