EDITOR'S NOTE

Good morning,

With the Federal Budget looming, we thought it appropriate to sit down with several Government insiders and industry commentators on what to expect from it.

The obvious prediction - in my mind, anyway - is that the Gershon report will drive some of the funding decisions.

But the impact on the likes of Centrelink, utility and Defence ICT are among the more interesting areas being watched. Have a read and let us know if our experts have it right...

-- Ry Crozier

TODAY ON ITNEWS

By Brett Winterford | May 12, 2009

What will Treasurer Wayne Swan's record $58 billion budget deficit mean for the local IT industry?

By David Neal | May 12, 2009

Microsoft is to test the update mechanism in its forthcoming Windows 7 software by pushing out a number of fake patches to users of the latest release candidate.

By Liz Tay | May 12, 2009

The future of virtualisation is in laptops with embedded hypervisors, predicts Citrix.

By Eric Auchard | May 12, 2009

Larry Ellison, Oracle's chief executive, is famous for making outrageous predictions about the future of the computer industry and being mocked by rivals and pundits.

By Daniel Robinson | May 12, 2009

Fujitsu has unveiled a new server architecture designed to cut costs for enterprise firms through automated power efficiency and management tools.

By Ian Williams | May 12, 2009

Alcatel-Lucent has launched an IP-ready communications package designed to help get small and medium sized enterprises onto the path of unified communications.

By Tarmo Virki, | May 12, 2009

Google's Android operating system is gaining support in the mobile industry, with eight million Android phones to be sold in 2009, up 10-fold from a year ago, research firm Strategy Analytics said on Monday.

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