Limit remote working to preserve employee sanity
21 June, 2011
A new survey has found that Australian employees use remote working technologies while on holidays and in their own time. Companies should limit the use of these tools in order to preserve employees’ personal time.
National e-waste scheme a step closer
20 June, 2011Australia may soon have a national e-waste recycling scheme, with the passing of a Product Stewardship Bill in the Senate last week.
Toshiba Portégé R830, Tecra R840 and Tecra R850 business notebooks
16 June, 2011
With Core i7 Dual-Core, the Portégé R830, Tecra R840 and Tecra R850 business notebooks have a magnesium chassis with its exterior honeycomb structure incorporated into the interior resulting in a highly robust device that is resistant to heat, pressure and vibrations.
NICTA tests social TV recommendation engine
16 June, 2011 by Merri Mack
Australian research institute NICTA is trialling a technology that recommends media to consumers, based on their friends’ own media consumption. The technology may be used in future packages from service providers, Merri Mack reports.
Print review rescues water retailer from paper flood
15 June, 2011
Following an internal print review and subsequent print technology implementation, Victorian water retailer South East Water has dramatically reduced CO2 emissions, cut the amount of paper used per person and removed headaches suffered by its IT department.
ACMA to target ISPs and telcos with ‘bill shock’ scrutiny
01 June, 2011
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has released a draft report detailing several consumer protection measures it plans to implement in order to pull misbehaving ISPs and telcos into line.
Conroy reveals Digital Economy Strategy details
31 May, 2011
The federal government has revealed its ambitions for broadband in Australia, with the release of its Digital Economy Strategy.The strategy includes spending details on a range of initiatives.
Netregistry offers free online accounting to customers
27 May, 2011
Domain registrar and hosting provider Netregistry will offer two years of free online accounting software to all of its 250,000 customers, following an investment in online accounting provider Reach Accounting. The first 3000 customers to sign up will receive a total of five years of free access.
Ovum PocketAnalyst Android app
26 May, 2011
The PocketAnalyst app is available to the Android smartphone platform and includes access to the latest insight and market analysis of Ovum’s global network of 150 analysts.
ACS appoints new CEO
25 May, 2011The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has appointed Alan Patterson as its new CEO, effective immediately. Patterson has experience in a wide of sectors including not-for-profit, healthcare, accreditation and training.
Spirent wins Test & Measurement World’s 2011 Best in Test Award
25 May, 2011Spirent Communications has won Test & Measurement World magazine’s 2011 Best in Test award for the Network and fibre-optic testers category.
ERP prises open Clear Solar's financials
20 May, 2011
Clear Solar, one of Australia's largest solar power installation companies, has implemented a business-wide enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution, giving staff a better view of the company's financials and inventory.
Business intelligence and analytics top priority for ANZ CIOs
20 May, 2011 by Merri Mack
IBM held a CIO round table this week to coincide with the reveal of the results from its latest CIO Study. The study canvassed CIOs from the ANZ region and around the world on the role of the CIO and what’s on the CIO’s radar. Merri Mack was there to report.
Software AG webMethods 8.2 and ARIS 7.2
19 May, 2011
Software AG has released webMethods 8.2 and ARIS 7.2 that utilise the newly integrated webMethods (business process management) and ARIS (business process analysis) platforms. The joint release includes enhanced process model interoperability, business-driven event processing and support for web-oriented architecture that allows organisations to manipulate WOA resources with REST-style services such as enterprise mashups, web and mobile applications.
Quest Software Toad Multi-DB Xpert/Developer/DB Admin DBA suites
19 May, 2011
Quest Software’s Toad Multi-DB Suites can be used by database administrators (DBAs) and developers to manage heterogeneous database environments.
