Tag: local

Software

Councils seek $200m for electronic DA systems

By Ry Crozier | Jan 28, 2011 | Comment Now

Federal budget request.

Storage

Government early adopters report IT productivity boost

By Ry Crozier | Oct 23, 2009 | Comment Now

Performance put under the microscope.

Telco/ISP

Telstra local loop access prices tipped to rise

By Ry Crozier | Aug 24, 2009 | 2 Comments

Competition commission lays down pricing start point.

Telco/ISP

Conroy lays out civil engineering interests

Jun 24, 2009 | 1 Comment

Telstra ducts not the only underground path.

Telco/ISP

Too much risk in aerial NBN cables: Kelso

By Ry Crozier | Jun 15, 2009 | Comment Now

Removalists and garbage trucks become enemies of broadband uptime.

Training & Development

CSC Australia axes local jobs

By Ry Crozier | Apr 29, 2009 | Comment Now

CSC Australia has axed an unknown number of staff this morning, less than two weeks after its Australian president talked up 2009 as a “banner year” for the firm.

Software

Civica bolsters Queensland presence with Practical buy

Feb 11, 2009 | Comment Now

Civica has snapped up Toowoomba-based Practical Computing Services and will use the newly-acquired office as its headquarters in Queensland.

Telco/ISP

Telstra appeals wholesale voice service ‘red tape’ ruling

Jan 14, 2009 | Comment Now

Telstra’s lawyers will appeal a determination by the Australian Competition Tribunal that overturned an ACCC ruling to release the carrier from specific wholesale local voice ...

Telco/ISP

Telstra customers pay for local presence plan

Jan 9, 2009 | Comment Now

Telstra has opened for public comment its latest regional and rural presence plan but said customers would wear the cost of it preparing the ‘unnecessary’ document.

Telco/ISP

Netregistry deal with local domain name aftermarket

Dec 29, 2008 | Comment Now

Netregistry has inked a deal with a new local domain aftermarket website, Netfleet, in a move the latter hopes will position it as an Aussie version of international domain ...

Finance

Yahoo overhauls banner ad system

By Shaun Nichols | Sep 29, 2008 | Comment Now

Yahoo has rolled out a new marketplace for selling banner advertisements. The 'Apt' system will link prospective advertisers with some 784 sites from local newspapers.

Software

Local vendors win in Asia SaaS market

By Simon Burns | Apr 23, 2008 | Comment Now

Local companies and smaller vendors are holding their own against giant international corporations in Asia's market for software-as-a-service (SaaS), according to new research..

Security

Global web threats go local

By Phil Muncaster | Feb 25, 2008 | Comment Now

The increasing sophistication of malware writers has been highlighted once again in a new report by web security firm McAfee.

Training & Development

IDC: Offshoring forcing local business to reassess IT strategies

Jan 17, 2008 | Comment Now

Australian organisations are being forced to reassess their sourcing strategies due to the increasing complexity of the competitive landscape, the need to lower costs and ...

Software

Local recruitment firm goes with UK product for online presence

By Lilia Guan | Jan 16, 2008 | Comment Now

Australian employment service provider, Clarius Group has selected the Immediacy Web Content Management (WCM) solution, by Mediasurface to power its corporate and subsidiary ...

Security

Spammers catch on to the local lingo

By Clement James | Dec 6, 2007 | Comment Now

Security firm SoftScan has warned that spam is appearing more frequently in languages other than English, and that the grammar and spelling is far more convincing to native ...

Telco/ISP

.au registers its one millionth domain name

Dec 3, 2007 | Comment Now

The .au Domain Administrator, has registered its one millionth .au domain name. Only five years ago the tally was close to 250,000.

Strategy

IDC finds local small business plays hard and fast with technology

Nov 27, 2007 | Comment Now

IDC's latest study on the purchasing process in Australian Small Businesses reveals that they purchase technology in the same way they conduct business – very quickly.