HP's new approach to R&D
24 November, 2010
Ovum's Principal Analyst Roy Illsley comments on the change of culture at HP when it comes to R&D.
Brennan overhauls IT for Northline
22 November, 2010
National freight company Northline has announced a $5 million, five-year contract with Brennan IT to overhaul its technology systems. Brennan IT is providing Northline with hosted servers, a national private network linking all Northline offices and a unified telecommunications infrastructure that allows for portable personalised numbers and videoconferencing.
NXPowerLite file compression software
19 November, 2010
NXPowerLite software automatically optimises Microsoft Office documents and JPEG files, often achieving more than 65% reduction in file size. Optimised files remain in their original file format, meaning no special actions or software are needed to continue using the optimised file.
Cloud computing, virtualisation and identity federation key issues
17 November, 2010
The Experts Conference survey predicts cloud computing, virtualisation and identity federation will be key issues for 2011.
Turning OS migration into opportunities
16 November, 2010 by Paul Kastner*
Migrating to a new operating system (OS) can be a mammoth task for organisations - from hardware compatibility checks, system requirement planning, backup of important data, down to the actual execution to hundreds or thousands of systems across an organisation and its remote offices.
Energy Australia selects ConnectedGrid for its smart grid infrastructure
16 November, 2010
Energy Australia goes with smart grid infrastructure to improve reliability.
Demand declines for IT contractors for federal government projects
16 November, 2010The Peoplebank Intermedium Federal ICT Labour Hire Index tracks reduced reliance on - and demand spikes for - ICT skills.
Australians ahead in the security game
09 November, 2010
Australian organisations are doing well when it comes to security but could do better.
University of Wollongong gains R&D centre
09 November, 2010
Indian outsourcing company MphasiS sets up on University of Wollongong campus.
NICTA spin-off chalks up a billion mobile handsets
08 November, 2010
Software from NICTA spin-out company Open Kernel Labs has secured one million mobile handsets.
Internode eyes ‘crunch time’ after one-year IPv6 trial
05 November, 2010
As national broadband company Internode this week passes the 12-month milestone for its public trial of Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), the company expects 2011 will be “crunch time” for the internet.
Innovation R&D lab for Melbourne
04 November, 2010
Tellabs will create an innovation solutions research lab in Australia which is expected to generate up to 25 jobs by the end of 2011.
Video comms market grows by 3.5%
02 November, 2010
Frost & Sullivan reports the video communications market reaches $52.6 million as government and professional services firms step up deployments.
Apathetic attitudes to security when using social networking sites
01 November, 2010 by Scott McKinnel*
New research by Check Point and the Ponemon Institute has revealed nearly half of Australian employees rarely or never consider security issues when engaging in social networking sites, downloading internet applications, opening links or video streaming. This apathetic attitude can put organisations at severe risk, particularly as Web 2.0 presents increasingly sophisticated threats. It’s time employees took responsibility for their actions in the workplace.
