EDITOR'S NOTE

Good Afternoon,

Too often in IT we're so busy looking at dollars and cents or the speeds and feeds to consider those big bags of water (er... humans) operating the equipment.

Two of today's top stories look at the people element - at the ATO, staff claim to have eyesight problems after regular use of a Siebel CRM system, while at Microsoft, Blackberry and iPhone users are facing some discrimination over their choice of device.

Microsoft will no longer foot the bill when its staff use iPhones, Blackberrys or other competing smartphones. But it will pay up, of course, if staff are using a Windows Mobile phone.

-- Brett Winterford

TODAY ON ITNEWS

By Stuart Finlayson | June 16, 2009

ATO system rates below eyesight safety standards.

By Staff writers | June 16, 2009

HDD-equipped MacBooks shipping with lower SATA speeds than older models.

By Staff writers | June 16, 2009

Tax office savings from outsourcing network services appear solid.

By Ry Crozier | June 16, 2009

Network equipment vendor making space for NBN gear.

By Staff writers | June 16, 2009

National property group tries to cut paper storage.

By Iain Thomson | June 16, 2009

Unless they are using Windows Mobile...

By Staff writers | June 16, 2009

Twitter postponed a "critical network upgrade" overnight in support of Iranian protesters.

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