Microsoft has announced that its Hyper-V hypervisor is finally available, but analysts have questioned whether large enterprises will adopt the product as their sole virtualisation technology.
Oracle's latest price list for its growing portfolio of applications software contains significant increases across the range, and a particularly large price rise for its BEA software.
Just days before he finally hangs up his hat as Microsoft's figurehead and inspiration (on 27 June), ZDNet.com.au looks back at Bill Gates' career over the past 30 years.
The first round of funding for Labor's plan to put a laptop on every desk — AU$116 million — is winging its way to 896 schools for over 100,000 computers.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs announces the second generation iPhone at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference and details some of the improvements over the original iPhone.
Emergency services have enjoyed control over a range of radio frequencies for their communications — but frequency variations between jurisdictions has compromised their ability to provide disaster response, a NSW Police assistant commissioner and leading government policymaker have warned.
Sir Peter Gershon, the procurement expert responsible for slashing £23 billion (AU$49 billion) from the UK government's budget through ICT efficiency reviews has been recruited by Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner for the Federal government's budget Razor Gang.
Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard revealed this week that the onus for funding federal Labor's digital education revolution will fall more heavily on the states than first expected, prompting raised eyebrows from some and the ire of the Opposition.
A high level Telstra executive has labelled other potential bidders for the proposed FTTN network as "pretenders" after it was revealed the telco suggested to the government that it attach a multi-million dollar application fee and bond to all its network tender requests.
Intel and Microsoft announced on Tuesday they are jointly backing university research to help address the challenges posed by a shift to processors with many brains.
The average datacentre lasts between 15 and 20 years, so when the current generation of datacentres near the end of their working life, will their replacements be at all familiar?
Skype sees the mobile market as the next frontier for its service, but economic realities in the voice market -- coupled with mobile operators who feel threatened by Skype -- could put the kibosh on large-scale adoption for some time to come.
The Colossus code-cracking computer has recently been kicked into action for the first time in more than 60 years.
The question on the lips of most CIOs is no longer whether to send work offshore. It's a question of how much to send.
Have you ever thought that some tech companies occasionally invest more brainpower in naming their products than in making them successful? You're not the only one who thinks so.
Queensland interim state government CIO Peter Grant and CTO Bob Gurnett tell ZDNet Australia they're making progress on statewide ICT reforms announced last year.
In this CIO Vision Series interview, Wybrow explains how he fosters a culture of innovation against a backdrop of IT consolidation and outsourcing across Vodafone's mobile communications empire and 4,000-strong global IT workforce.
When Paul Coby became British Airways CIO five years ago, the airline's very existence was under threat as a financial crisis engulfed the entire travel industry following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In this Vision Series video interview, Coby explains technology's role in BA's remarkable turnaround.
The co-founder of one of the most popular mobile Linux platforms has predicted a "revolution" in the use of open-source software on phones and handheld devices.
We look at five organisations that took different approaches to satisfying a common business requirement: to improve the management of corporate information. We hear from Jetstar, Family Court, SHFA, Count Wealth and MBF.
Windows Vista was officially launched at the The Museum of Contemporary Art of Sydney. It was also an unofficial handover of sorts from outgoing Microsoft Australia managing director Steve Vamos to Tracey Fellows, who starts her stint next week.
IBM is transferring its Printing Systems Division to Japanese electronics company Ricoh as part of a joint-venture agreement, the companies announced Thursday.
Nintendo has sold millions of Game Boy Advance systems. But now Sony, Nokia, and others want a piece of the portable gaming action.
The iBook G4 is a rugged notebook, well suited for students and home users who want a small, affordable Mac notebook.
The iMac's 20-inch display makes both work and play a lot easier on the eyes, if not on the wallet.
Smart phones have been one of the big subjects of 2003. But how close are we to the dream of a single device, great for voice, multimedia and various data apps, one equally at home in a high-powered meeting or down the pub?
Home users will appreciate the eye-catching, wide-screen iMac and its new, faster 1.25GHz G4 processor.
Personalisation has become an accepted part of technological interaction, but what does the future hold?
The Australian Communications Authority has ruled out legalising mobile phone jammers, or making an exception for Australian prisons.
Nintendo's Game Boy player brings the portable world of the Game Boy to the big screen. Check out our Australian review.
Getting executive sponsorship for any kind of data clean-up project isn't easy. If careful reasoning, detailed budget plans and a touch of blackmail don't work, then there may be a simpler solution: arson.
Post-election adrenaline surging through his veins, one of the first acts performed by new Communications Minister Stephen Conroy was to disband the expert panel that his predecessor Helen Coonan had appointed last June to evaluate tenders for fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) construction.
Does the improved credit card security offered by chip and PIN-embedded credit cards mean a future of greater personal liability?
The consultants that rolled out one of Australia's biggest known Linux desktop project are set to take on the big boys.
"Hi, where do I find the keynote session," I asked the registration desk of the IT Service Management Forum (itSMF) conference. "That's upstairs. Just follow the drumming." Right, I thought.
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In the second part of his interview, Defence CIO Greg Farr talks about outsourcing, the skills crisis and reveals his most urgent IT priority.
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