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Unisys scores five-year QLD digital drivers’ licence deal

Unisys scores five-year QLD digital drivers’ licence deal

Queensland Transport will progressively replace three million laminated drivers’ licenses with smartcards that use facial recognition technology supplied by Unisys.
Staff Writers Apr 23 2009 3:09PM Software
Optus joins ISP net filter trials

Optus joins ISP net filter trials

Optus has won a place in the second round of the Federal Government’s controversial internet filtering trials, whilst Telstra will now also conduct non consumer-facing technical tests of filtering technology.
Staff Writers Apr 22 2009 3:46PM Telco/ISP
IceTV wins High Court battle against Nine

IceTV wins High Court battle against Nine

Electronic program guide (EPG) provider IceTV has won a three-year battle with the Nine Network over allegations of copyright infringement.
Staff Writers Apr 22 2009 3:10PM Strategy
Telstra scoops $1bn CBA telco services deal

Telstra scoops $1bn CBA telco services deal

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has awarded a $1 billion managed services contract to Telstra as part of a planned network upgrade.
Staff Writers Apr 22 2009 12:05PM Telco/ISP
Cisco leader heads to Marshal8e6

Cisco leader heads to Marshal8e6

Marshal8e6 has appointed John Vigouroux as CEO.
Staff Writers Apr 21 2009 3:56PM Security
eWay puts gateway into Macquarie data centre

eWay puts gateway into Macquarie data centre

Payment gateway provider eWay has inked a three-year, $500,000 deal with Macquarie Hosting to host its online payment system, transaction applications and encrypted customer data.
Staff Writers Apr 21 2009 3:47PM Hardware
Adobe wins $20m NSW education software deal

Adobe wins $20m NSW education software deal

Over 1.8 million school and TAFE students and teachers in NSW will receive Adobe software in a $20 million deal announced today.
Staff Writers Apr 21 2009 3:15PM Software
Objective finds cloud path with Limehouse

Objective finds cloud path with Limehouse

Listed enterprise content management provider Objective has acquired a UK-based hosted record keeping platform operator called Limehouse for $6.65 million.
Staff Writers Apr 20 2009 11:50AM Software
Silver Spring rides into Melbourne for smart grid rollout

Silver Spring rides into Melbourne for smart grid rollout

Victorian power utilities UED and Jemena have selected US smart grid networking company Silver Spring Networks to roll out smart meters to over a million Victorian homes.
Staff Writers Apr 20 2009 6:13AM Networking
ACCAN consumer telco advocacy body gets heads

ACCAN consumer telco advocacy body gets heads

An ex-ACCC deputy chair and the chief of the Consumers’ Telecommunications Network (CTN) have been appointed to the Government’s newly-formed consumer telecommunications representative body.
Staff Writers Apr 17 2009 2:36PM Telco/ISP
NetApp pays US$128m to settle with US DOJ

NetApp pays US$128m to settle with US DOJ

NetApp has paid its way out of a battle with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) over accusations the storage vendor over-charged Government agencies between 1997 and 2005.
Staff Writers Apr 15 2009 3:24PM Storage
Windows 7 distrust spurs Ubuntu for the desktop

Windows 7 distrust spurs Ubuntu for the desktop

Ubuntu is emerging as an unlikely alternative to deploying Windows 7 or Vista on enterprise desktops as many IT managers express concerns over the upgrade path to the new Windows operating system.
Staff Writers Apr 15 2009 2:41PM Software
Skype to spin off in early 2010 IPO

Skype to spin off in early 2010 IPO

Skype parent company eBay plans to spin off consumer voice-over-IP company Skype in an initial public offering in 2010.
Staff Writers Apr 15 2009 11:05AM Financial Services
Check Point wraps up Nokia Security Appliance buy

Check Point wraps up Nokia Security Appliance buy

Security firm Check Point has wrapped up its acquisition of Nokia's security appliance business.
Staff Writers Apr 15 2009 10:58AM Security
Telstra cuts may force techies from IT: CEPU

Telstra cuts may force techies from IT: CEPU

The Communications Electrical and Plumbing Union (CEPU) has questioned Telstra’s logic in thinning the ranks of its regional field technicians, offering to help the incumbent find “temporary redeployment options” for them instead.
Staff Writers Apr 14 2009 3:18PM Training & Development
RuddNet the right option: iTnews reader poll

RuddNet the right option: iTnews reader poll

A clear majority of iTnews readers prefer the Government-backed 'RuddNet' National Broadband Network (NBN) plan to previous plans to contract the building of an NBN to a single company or consortium.
Staff Writers Apr 14 2009 1:36PM Telco/ISP
IT department escapes green policy setting

IT department escapes green policy setting

IT managers are waiting on a corporate directive or more resources in order to implement practices to reduce energy consumption, a Fujitsu survey has found.
Staff Writers Apr 10 2009 6:00AM Strategy
Austrade ups investment ante with site upgrade

Austrade ups investment ante with site upgrade

Austrade will add social media components to its website by the end of May that it hopes will assist it to attract sources of inward investment to Australian business.
Staff Writers Apr 10 2009 6:00AM Software
Telstra targeting talk-and-drive users this Easter

Telstra targeting talk-and-drive users this Easter

Fifteen percent of Aussie parents have admitted talking on their mobile while driving with their kids in the car and most aren't scared of being fined for it, according to research.
Staff Writers Apr 10 2009 6:00AM Telco/ISP
Turnbull: Rudd is building a new Telstra

Turnbull: Rudd is building a new Telstra

The Federal Opposition has discredited the Rudd Government's revamped NBN, accusing the Prime Minister of failing to deliver on key election commitments.
Staff Writers Apr 7 2009 4:00PM Telco/ISP

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