Acer CEO resigns, lay-offs to follow; BlackBerry CEO fired with US$22m payout
07 November, 2013The tech world has seen two high-profile CEOs fall in the last few days, with Acer's CEO resigning and BlackBerry's CEO being shown the door.
PCEHR under review, but is it “unfixable”?
07 November, 2013 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe government has launched a review into the personally controlled electronic health record (PCEHR) project, claiming poor take-up rates to date among Australian clinicians.
Ancient maps get a high-tech facelift
07 November, 2013 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingA National Library of Australia exhibition uses modern technology to provide insight into rare and valuable old maps, as well as the origin of the geospatial industry.
DCIS taps IBM for new mainframe
04 November, 2013 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingNT government department DCIS has contracted IBM to provide a new mainframe system, as part of its regular four-year IT refresh.
Start-ups to vie for prizes in Sydney on Friday
31 October, 2013 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingEleven teams with unique start-up ideas are finalists in this year's Sydney Genesis Entrepreneurship Challenge, competing for $13,000 in cash.
CIOs may not be enough for govt organisations
31 October, 2013 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe increasing importance of digital assets to government processes will prompt a number of state organisations to create new dedicated C-level roles, Gartner predicts.
Three risks of poor software licence management
31 October, 2013 by Susan Lang*With an increasing number of devices being used across the enterprise and the eagerness with which many individuals, departments and branches tend to pursue their own software purchasing plans, is it any wonder that few organisations are able to easily identify their true software licensing costs?
Preparing for the big data revolution
30 October, 2013 by Alan Perkins*The businesses that succeed in the future will be those that gather information for analysis today, argues Rackspace's Alan Perkins.
Up to 100 lay-offs at M2 Telecommunications
29 October, 2013M2 Telecommunications may lay off up to 100 staff in a "partial restructure" of its business, following the company's acquisitions of Dodo and Eftel earlier this year.
Understanding DevOps (Part 2) - Five best practices of deploying DevOps
28 October, 2013 by Sumal Karunanayake*In the second instalment of this DevOps series, we look at five best practices for embracing DevOps in the IT organisation.
Understanding DevOps (Part 1) - Taking the pain out of application development and delivery
24 October, 2013 by Sumal Karunanayake*The first article in this two-part series introduces the concept of DevOps, which is purported to help IT organisations deliver higher quality applications at a faster pace without having to spend more money.
NEC, NT to launch IT apprenticeship program
23 October, 2013 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingNEC Australia and the NT government will next year launch an IT apprenticeship initiative which will aim to produce 50 work-ready apprentices over five years.
Conroy misses out on Shadow Comms Ministry
22 October, 2013 by Andrew CollinsLabor MP Jason Clare has been appointed Shadow Minister for Communications, with Labor's recent communications ministers Stephen Conroy and Anthony Albanese being passed over for the role.
HealthShare NSW taps Oracle for hardware revamp
21 October, 2013 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingOracle has won a deal to provide the hardware for a project by HealthShare NSW - NSW Health's shared services arm - to deploy a new technology platform.
Zettaset sues Intel in big data stoush
17 October, 2013 by Andrew CollinsBig data vendor Zettaset has sued Intel, claiming the chip maker misappropriated trade secrets related to its Hadoop management software.
