EDITOR'S NOTE

The Federal Government is under fire on two fronts in Canberra today - and both in relation to a lack of investment in ICT.

First, the Minister for Defence has blamed a legacy of under-investment in ICT systems for a bungle that saw soldiers returning from Afghanistan denied pay entitlements.

Telstra's head spin doctor, meanwhile, was blaming Government regulation for a lack of investment in the telecommunications sector.

-- Brett Winterford

TODAY ON ITNEWS

By Brett Winterford | February 24, 2009

Australia's Minister for Defence Joel Fitzgibbon has blamed a legacy of chronic underinvestment in ICT for a series of payroll problems embarrassing the Government.

By Staff writers | February 24, 2009

Telstra has blamed the Trade Practices Act for stalling a "multi-billion dollar upgrade" of its fixed network to fibre-to-the-node and for killing off network investment in Australia generally.

By Ry Crozier | February 24, 2009

Continuous improvement methodologies like Six Sigma are being written into the management structures governing outsourcing contracts in an attempt to forge closer ties between the parties involved.

By Staff writers | February 24, 2009

The University of Adelaide has increased e-mailbox limits for 16,000 students from 250MB up to a potential 7GB after inking a "non-financial arrangement" with Google.

By Staff writers | February 24, 2009

Alcatel Lucent opened a new learning facility in Sydney today that will benefit Telstra employees among other telco customers.

By Iain Thomson | February 24, 2009

A researcher at threat management firm Sourcefire has published a home-made patch for the flaw that Adobe warned about on Friday.

By Iain Thomson | February 24, 2009

Steve Jobs will not be attending Apple's annual shareholder's meeting later this month, the first time he has missed the event.

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