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How to avoid IT price rises and renegotiate Microsoft licenses

How to avoid IT price rises and renegotiate Microsoft licenses

IT managers are being urged to renegotiate product and service costs with major suppliers for next year to beat an imminent local price rise of between five to 20 percent.
Ry Crozier Dec 12 2008 2:36PM Software
WA apprenticeship administrator places Microsoft CRM

WA apprenticeship administrator places Microsoft CRM

Australian Technical College South Perth has deployed a Microsoft Dynamics CRM system to help manage information on student offers and placements made under the Australian school-based apprenticeship scheme.
Ry Crozier Dec 12 2008 12:14PM Software
New DNS changing malware detected

New DNS changing malware detected

Trend Micro has detected a new DNS changing form of malware, which poisons other hosts on the local subnet installing a rogue Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server on the network.
Dan Raywood Dec 12 2008 11:13AM Security
New zero-day Internet Explorer exploit uncovered

New zero-day Internet Explorer exploit uncovered

Microsoft has issued a new security advisory, warning about potential attacks against a newly uncovered vulnerability in Internet Explorer.
Chuck Miller Dec 12 2008 11:09AM Security
SC World Congress: A budget crisis is a terrible thing to waste

SC World Congress: A budget crisis is a terrible thing to waste

Even faced with tough budget times, there is still an opportunity, says one CISO.
Angela Moscaritolo Dec 12 2008 11:09AM Security
FBI warns of VoIP spoofing threat

FBI warns of VoIP spoofing threat

The FBI has issued a warning to companies about scammers spoofing voice over IP (VoIP) calls by exploiting PBX exchanges.
Iain Thomson Dec 12 2008 10:35AM Security
Firefox tops app vulnerability list

Firefox tops app vulnerability list

Bit9 research reports 40 known severe vulnerabilities this year for the popular browser.
Phil Muncaster Dec 12 2008 10:34AM Security
Inside the manageNET ASIO T4 data centre

Inside the manageNET ASIO T4 data centre

iTnews takes a look at how the old Baltimore Technologies data centre in northern Sydney is getting a new lease on life.
Ry Crozier Dec 12 2008 12:20AM Hardware
Symantec offers disaster recovery for virtual machines

Symantec offers disaster recovery for virtual machines

Symantec is collaborating with VMware to deliver enhanced high availability and disaster recovery (HA/DR) systems for virtualisation environments.
Ian Williams Dec 12 2008 12:13AM Software
Motorola sees all LANs wireless in future

Motorola sees all LANs wireless in future

Wireless technology has reached a tipping point where corporate networks will increasingly be deployed using wireless rather than cabled Ethernet, according to Motorola's Enterprise Mobility business.
Daniel Robinson Dec 12 2008 12:13AM Networking
HP touts better batteries for notebooks

HP touts better batteries for notebooks

HP is planning to offer a new line of long-life notebook batteries.
Shaun Nichols Dec 12 2008 12:13AM Hardware
Firms missing out on big telecoms savings

Firms missing out on big telecoms savings

Large multinationals could be missing out on up to 15 per cent total cost of ownership savings on their global telecommunications portfolio, according to new figures released by consultancy Hudson & Yorke today.
Phil Muncaster Dec 12 2008 12:13AM Telco/ISP
Google kicks off magazine project

Google kicks off magazine project

Google has begun a project to digitise thousands of magazines, with the company unveiling a deal with several publishers to begin adding magazine articles to its Book Search service.
Shaun Nichols Dec 11 2008 1:56PM Software
FBI warns of vishing threat

FBI warns of vishing threat

The FBI has issued a warning to companies about scammers spoofing voice over IP (VoIP) calls by exploiting PBX exchanges.
Iain Thomson Dec 11 2008 1:56PM Software
IE zero-day flaw under attack

IE zero-day flaw under attack

A new attack targeting Internet Explorer 7 has been reported. The attack is said to target an unpatched flaw in IE7 and is carried out by way of a specially-crafted XML file.
Shaun Nichols Dec 11 2008 1:56PM Security
IT admins need to power down PCs

IT admins need to power down PCs

A report by analyst house Forrester has concluded that IT managers are going to have to manage PCs differently if they are to cut power usage and hit green targets.
Iain Thomson Dec 11 2008 1:56PM Hardware
WAIA defends itself against Exetel anti-piracy tirade

WAIA defends itself against Exetel anti-piracy tirade

The West Australian Internet Association (WAIA) has been forced to defend its position on movie and music piracy after a blog post by Exetel chief John Linton questioned whether ‘having no morals, ethics or basic commercial knowledge [is] a pre-requisite for running a WA ISP’.
Ry Crozier Dec 11 2008 1:37PM Telco/ISP
iPrimus and Internode unmeter ABC iView access

iPrimus and Internode unmeter ABC iView access

Updated: iPrimus has become the third ISP to start offering unmetered access to the ABC’s iView Internet TV service after Internode announced a similar deal yesterday and iiNet announced it earlier this year.
Staff Writers Dec 11 2008 11:20AM Telco/ISP
Microsoft: the number of compromised PCs in Australia surged this year

Microsoft: the number of compromised PCs in Australia surged this year

The total amount of malware removed from Australian PCs grew by over 55 percent in the first half of 2008, Microsoft has reported.
Staff Writers Dec 11 2008 10:59AM Security
Anatomy of a spam business

Anatomy of a spam business

In less than nine months in 2007, a botnet-driven junk mail network earned US$7.5 million for its operators -- just one example of the polished, modern-day spam operation, a panel said Wednesday at the SC World Congress.
Chuck Miller Dec 11 2008 10:00AM Security

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