Liz Tay

Liz Tay is a journalist from Sydney, Australia. With a background in physics, she is most interested in stories about scientific or technological R&D.

A long-time technology enthusiast, Tay joined the IT journalism industry in June 2006. She has been writing for iTnews in various roles since late 2007, and currently reports on all things business IT for iTnews, CRN, and SC Magazine.

Besides shiny gadgets and reporting, she is a fan of loud music and harbours an insatiable love for travel.

Recent articles by Liz Tay

Virtual business

Virtual business

Beyond the realm of virtual escorts, real estate agents, and other entrepreneurial start-ups, the Second Life business world has been traditionally dominated by the largest of the real-world companies.
Liz Tay Apr 2 2008 3:40PM Software
IT recruiter signs international hire agreement

IT recruiter signs international hire agreement

A newly-awarded Federal Government labour agreement will allow three recruitment companies to hire and land skilled workers from overseas.
Liz Tay Apr 1 2008 3:18PM Training & Development
The votes are in on OOXML

The votes are in on OOXML

To all appearances, it seems that the Microsoft’s Open Office XML (OOXML) document format is set to be the next international standard.
Liz Tay Mar 31 2008 3:47PM Software
Contact centres: Evolution

Contact centres: Evolution

To meet customer demand and compete with other businesses, call centres have undergone a shift in function from the provision of basic product support to delivering more holistic customer care.
Liz Tay Mar 31 2008 3:10PM Telco/ISP
The death of the silicon computer chip

The death of the silicon computer chip

The reign of the silicon chip is over, according to physicists who predict that the conventional silicon chip has no longer than four years left to run.
Liz Tay Mar 28 2008 3:17PM Hardware
Virtual law and you

Virtual law and you

Businesses in recent years have increasingly turned to virtual worlds for opportunities in advertising, recruiting, and online expansion. As real-world money and people migrate online, new questions are being raised about the legal implications of virtual behaviour.
Liz Tay Mar 27 2008 3:50PM Software
Admiring, not hiring is the key to skills shortage

Admiring, not hiring is the key to skills shortage

While the Australian IT industry laments a lack of industry awareness and training to support staffing requirements, employee retention could be the key to overcoming the skills shortage of recent times.
Liz Tay Mar 27 2008 12:51PM Training & Development
Sun's 'macrochips' to extend Moore's Law

Sun's 'macrochips' to extend Moore's Law

Forget the shrinking size of conventional electronic components -- bigger is better in a new computer chip design that could yield low-cost supercomputing.
Liz Tay Mar 25 2008 4:46PM Hardware
IBM-Cognos expands with AsiaPac hires

IBM-Cognos expands with AsiaPac hires

It has been two months since IBM’s US$5 billion acquisition of business intelligence software vendor Cognos, and things are looking peachy for all parties involved.
Liz Tay Mar 25 2008 2:22PM Training & Development
Mobile Internet: the wireless convergence

Mobile Internet: the wireless convergence

The national telecommunications industry has experienced some strife in recent days. Weighed down by regulatory issues to do with a once-government-owned incumbent copper network, international comparisons of Australian broadband pricing and availability have proved to be embarrassing at best.
Liz Tay Mar 19 2008 2:17PM Hardware
BI: Information out of control?

BI: Information out of control?

Businesses need to improve their data management capabilities to deal with a new breed of information, Gartner analysts say.
Liz Tay Mar 18 2008 3:32PM Software
Swarm robotics work hundreds of robots into one

Swarm robotics work hundreds of robots into one

Forget the conventional notion of human-like androids; researchers are investigating large swarms of up to 10,000 miniature robots which can work together to form a single, artificial life form.
Liz Tay Mar 15 2008 10:12AM Hardware
Child-like intelligence created in Second Life

Child-like intelligence created in Second Life

Four-year-old Eddie might behave like a typical young boy. Outside of the Second Life virtual world, however, he is anything but.
Liz Tay Mar 14 2008 3:55PM Software
Integrated optical fibres to improve electronics

Integrated optical fibres to improve electronics

A newly developed process for the insertion of semiconductors into optical fibres is expected to deliver faster, more efficient electronic devices.
Liz Tay Mar 14 2008 11:56AM Networking
ATUG analyst calls for financial realism in telco industry

ATUG analyst calls for financial realism in telco industry

The Australian telecommunications industry is an industry in crisis, an ATUG economic and political overview panel has heard.
Liz Tay Mar 13 2008 2:22PM Telco/ISP
VoIP uptake 'a current frontier issue' at ATUG

VoIP uptake 'a current frontier issue' at ATUG

Despite reported customer satisfaction in Internet and VoIP services, improvements can be made to support the uptake of telecommunications technology in Australian homes and businesses, according to Lyn Maddock, deputy chair of ACMA.
Liz Tay Mar 13 2008 12:10PM Telco/ISP
DiData completes internal Vista SP1 deployment

DiData completes internal Vista SP1 deployment

Managed services provider Dimension Data has this week completed a full-scale internal deployment of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) on the company's 300 Windows Vista computers.
Liz Tay Mar 13 2008 7:35AM Software
Trial over, Internode launches Naked ADSL2+

Trial over, Internode launches Naked ADSL2+

Following an exclusive four-month-long trial period, Internode has launched its first Naked ADSL2+ broadband service to the public today.
Liz Tay Mar 12 2008 3:26PM Telco/ISP
Can Web commuting end the skills shortage?

Can Web commuting end the skills shortage?

Take a look around. Is your office looking emptier? Driven by a focus on the work-life balance and enabled by improved broadband availability, more Australians are working from home.
Liz Tay Mar 11 2008 3:27PM Training & Development
Fujitsu goes green with data centre upgrade

Fujitsu goes green with data centre upgrade

With an eye on reducing its environmental burden and its customers’ carbon footprint, Fujitsu Australia and New Zealand has upgraded its data centre in Homebush, Sydney.
Liz Tay Mar 10 2008 2:58PM Hardware

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