EDITOR'S NOTE

Good afternoon,

We hear occasional cases of software piracy being prosecuted in Australia.

The latest to go through the Courts is CAD maker Autodesk versus an engineering SME in Adelaide.

The financial result is a damages award of some $114,000 to Autodesk. Even over a ten-year timeframe (the length of the infringement) that's turned out to be some expensive licenses...

-- Ry Crozier

TODAY ON ITNEWS

By Staff writers | January 28, 2009

A conversation between an IT consultant and reseller has cost an Adelaide engineering firm more than $114,000 in damages for hosting 27 unlicensed copies of Autodesk software on its computers.

By Staff writers | January 28, 2009

Galen Catholic College has deployed a series of Xirrus Wi-Fi arrays to enable a 'one-to-one computer initiative' at its campus in Wangaratta in Victoria.

By Shaun Nichols | January 28, 2009

Symantec has become the latest company to wade into the hosted workspace market.

By Shaun Nichols | January 28, 2009

Storage specialist EMC is keeping an optimistic outlook for 2009. The company on Tuesday issued a final report for its 2008 fiscal year, noting a 12 per cent rise in revenues.

By Rosalie Marshall | January 28, 2009

Oracle has announced its next edition of customer management software, Oracle CRM On Demand Release 16.

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