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Government confirms “ambition” to sign NBN contract by March

Government confirms “ambition” to sign NBN contract by March

Opposition communications spokesman Nick Minchin has derided the government’s lack of “openness and transparency” on the NBN, as it continues to shield the results of the expert panel’s report from the public.
Staff Writers Feb 4 2009 3:57PM Telco/ISP
Sun appoints new A/NZ MD after Bennet resigns

Sun appoints new A/NZ MD after Bennet resigns

Sun Microsystems’s A/NZ managing director Duncan Bennet has resigned “to pursue other interests”, with former director of sales Andrew Goodlace to assume the role of acting MD.
Staff Writers Feb 4 2009 3:53PM Hardware
Sony ID system scans finger veins

Sony ID system scans finger veins

Sony has developed a user identification technology that scans veins in the finger to allow access to mobile devices and personal computers.
Staff Writers Feb 4 2009 9:54AM Security
Australian Computer Society to use Sophos security solution

Australian Computer Society to use Sophos security solution

The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has partnered with Sophos to let members use its Endpoint Security solution as part of their ACS membership.
Staff Writers Feb 2 2009 2:54PM Security
Superpartners to deploy self-service to funds

Superpartners to deploy self-service to funds

Superannuation administrator Superpartners expects to automate up to 25 percent of support calls by rolling out a self-service portal to its fund clients from March this year.
Staff Writers Feb 2 2009 2:52PM Software
Government funds 141,000 more school laptops

Government funds 141,000 more school laptops

The Federal Government has allocated second round funding of $141 million to enable almost 1400 schools nationwide to buy computers for students.
Staff Writers Jan 29 2009 2:05PM Hardware
Vic College deploys 802.11n network

Vic College deploys 802.11n network

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.
Staff Writers Jan 28 2009 3:33PM Networking
Ginos Engineering fined $114,000 for software piracy

Ginos Engineering fined $114,000 for software piracy

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.
Staff Writers Jan 28 2009 2:51PM Software
Websense acquires Defensio

Websense acquires Defensio

Websense has acquired Defensio, a technology company which focuses on the problem of spam on the Web.
Staff Writers Jan 28 2009 2:03PM Security
Sun finishes major data centre consolidation project

Sun finishes major data centre consolidation project

Sun Microsystems has consolidated a nine-building ex-Storagetek data centre campus into a new multi-storey facility, cutting its floor space requirements by more than half.
Staff Writers Jan 27 2009 3:43PM Hardware
ContentKeeper launches secure Web gateway solution

ContentKeeper launches secure Web gateway solution

ContentKeeper Technologies has launched a new appliance-based Web Security Gateway solution for enterprises.
Staff Writers Jan 27 2009 3:10PM Security
Indonesia attacks bird flu with USB-based report system

Indonesia attacks bird flu with USB-based report system

The Australian government will partially fund the deployment of web and USB stick-based versions of a veterinary reporting system to track and report bird flu outbreaks in Indonesia.
Staff Writers Jan 23 2009 4:07PM Software
Pharmacy wholesaler revamps BI system

Pharmacy wholesaler revamps BI system

Australian Pharmaceutical Industries’ wholesale division has installed a Microstrategy business intelligence system that will draw on information from the firm’s Teradata-based data warehouse.
Staff Writers Jan 23 2009 4:06PM Software
BT moves to SQL database

BT moves to SQL database

BT Financial Group said it has migrated its superannuation and investment platform, Wrap Administration, onto a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 backend.
Staff Writers Jan 23 2009 3:36PM Software
Netspace joins ISP ranks with Naked DSL

Netspace joins ISP ranks with Naked DSL

Netspace has joined the likes of iiNet, Internode, gotalk and Exetel by launching a new Naked DSL service.
Staff Writers Jan 23 2009 3:35PM Telco/ISP
Banks not encrypting confidential data: survey

Banks not encrypting confidential data: survey

Two-thirds of financial institutions use unencrypted delivery methods to send confidential documents to customers, partners and service providers, a survey claims.
Staff Writers Jan 23 2009 3:11PM Security
Banks not encrypting confidential data: survey

Banks not encrypting confidential data: survey

Two-thirds of financial institutions use unencrypted delivery methods to send confidential documents to customers, partners and service providers, a survey claims.
Staff Writers Jan 23 2009 3:11PM Security
Spammers defy Gates' junk mail predictions

Spammers defy Gates' junk mail predictions

A security expert at Sophos has reminded former Microsoft chairman Bill Gates that his predictions about the end of spam have failed spectacularly.
Staff Writers Jan 23 2009 10:26AM Security
Eclipse unveils PHP development tool v2.0

Eclipse unveils PHP development tool v2.0

The Eclipse Foundation has upgraded the PHP Development Tools (PDT) project to version 2.0 to add support for the object-oriented programming features of PHP.
Staff Writers Jan 22 2009 1:43PM Software
Telstra permanently COO-less after Winn steps down

Telstra permanently COO-less after Winn steps down

Telstra said it will not seek a successor to its chief operating officer position after announcing its current COO Greg Winn will leave at the end of the month.
Staff Writers Jan 22 2009 1:40PM Telco/ISP

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