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Customs renews EDS contract in $193m deal

Customs renews EDS contract in $193m deal

Australian Customs Service has refreshed an IT outsourcing agreement with EDS, extending it for a second time in a contract worth $193 million.
Staff Writers Aug 23 2004 12:00AM Software
ComputerCorp becomes WA preferred supplier

ComputerCorp becomes WA preferred supplier

Western Australia-based service provider ComputerCorp has become a preferred PC supplier for government common use contracts in that state.
Staff Writers Aug 20 2004 12:00AM Hardware
Parents fear children's online safety

Parents fear children's online safety

Australian parents' number one concern is that their children will be exposed to pornography or approached by strangers online, according to a new survey.
Staff Writers Aug 20 2004 12:00AM Telco/ISP
Recent contracts give Novell solid quarter

Recent contracts give Novell solid quarter

Novell's Australian operation reported a 19.2 percent increase in third quarter revenue over the previous quarter, the company said today.
Staff Writers Aug 20 2004 12:00AM Software
Telcos should focus on customer needs: ACA

Telcos should focus on customer needs: ACA

Customers have mixed feelings about their satisfaction with telecommunications companies, according to a survey.
Staff Writers Aug 19 2004 12:00AM Telco/ISP
Homegrown Mackay reseller wins top Optima gong

Homegrown Mackay reseller wins top Optima gong

Small Mackay reseller Easy Internet Services has been named National Business Partner of the Year by local box-builder Optima.
Staff Writers Aug 18 2004 12:00AM Hardware
Financial gain motivates spam: MessageLabs

Financial gain motivates spam: MessageLabs

Script kiddies are teaming up with spammers, creating more sophisticated email threats, according to a report.
Staff Writers Aug 18 2004 12:00AM Security
Allied flags Melbourne service provider purchase

Allied flags Melbourne service provider purchase

Data, voice and video service provider Allied Technologies Group has entered into a conditional agreement to buy Melbourne software services group TUSC Computer Systems for an estimated $6.7 million.
Staff Writers Aug 18 2004 12:00AM Networking
SoftwareMark wins global recognition

SoftwareMark wins global recognition

Government-sponsored developer lobby Software Engineering Australia has managed to get its SoftwareMark certification program for software developers internationally recognised.
Staff Writers Aug 17 2004 12:00AM Software
Games classification labelling under review: AG

Games classification labelling under review: AG

The way computer game classification appears in advertising is set for review. It is part of a review announced by the federal Attorney-General's office into Determined Markings used to identify classification of films and literature seen in Australia.
Staff Writers Aug 17 2004 12:00AM Software
Unwired inks Harvey Norman deal

Unwired inks Harvey Norman deal

Wireless ISP Unwired has signed a deal with Harvey Norman to get its wireless broadband modems into all the latter's Sydney computer stores from 19 August.
Staff Writers Aug 16 2004 12:00AM Telco/ISP
Telstra cooperated over advertising concerns: ACCC

Telstra cooperated over advertising concerns: ACCC

Telstra's proposal to resolve concerns over T-Time Rewards Options advertising has been accepted by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
Staff Writers Aug 13 2004 12:00AM Telco/ISP
Australian PC sales still growing strongly: Gartner

Australian PC sales still growing strongly: Gartner

Australia's PC market is still going gangbusters, recording second-quarter growth of 14.4 percent and sequential growth of 8.6 percent in latest Gartner statistics.
Staff Writers Aug 13 2004 12:00AM Hardware
VIC launches RFID cluster

VIC launches RFID cluster

An RFID industry cluster has been launched in Victoria, designed to slingshot the state to the forefront of the radio frequency identification market.
Staff Writers Aug 12 2004 12:00AM Telco/ISP
Outsourcing on the increase: META Group

Outsourcing on the increase: META Group

Eighty percent of organisations will outsource at least one function by 2005, according to one industry analyst.
Staff Writers Aug 11 2004 12:00AM Strategy
Rewarding IT innovation

Rewarding IT innovation

Inventors of a new plastic optical fibre were awarded the $10,000 Australian Computer Society Eureka Prize for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Innovation last night in Sydney.
Staff Writers Aug 11 2004 12:00AM Strategy
WA police use email to fight crime

WA police use email to fight crime
Staff Writers Aug 10 2004 12:00AM Security
Virus activity reviewed, 1400 new codes detected

Virus activity reviewed, 1400 new codes detected
Staff Writers Aug 10 2004 12:00AM Security
Performance Solutions takes VoIP to SMEs

Performance Solutions takes VoIP to SMEs

Australian VoIP platform developer Performance Solutions has signed distributor LAN Systems and 30 VARs across Australia and New Zealand to deliver its IPFX platform to SMEs.
Byron Connolly , Staff Writers Aug 9 2004 12:00AM Networking
Hot jobs: project managers most in demand

Hot jobs: project managers most in demand
Staff Writers Aug 9 2004 12:00AM Training & Development

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