crisis
Waiting out the storm
Peter Croft, managing director of Clearswift Asia-Pacific, says businesses should look at getting the most out of their existing IT security, as the global financial crisis forces inevitable cutbacks.
Jan 29 2009 11:39AM
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.
Dec 12 2008 2:36PM
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.
Dec 12 2008 11:09AM
Gartner warns of IT budget shortfalls in Australia
Anyone expecting a magical silver bullet from Gartner to help them ride out the current economic turmoil might have to look elsewhere for it, if the first day of the 2008 Symposium ITxpo in Sydney is anything to go by.
Nov 11 2008 4:00PM
Data centre space pricing to rise
Data centre customers could find themselves forking out more for their space in 2009 as supply struggles to catch up with burgeoning demand in the sector.
Nov 4 2008 1:37PM
Economic effects on IT strong but mixed, IDC predicts
Hardware will be the main casualty of the Australian economic downturn, while IT services will have most to gain, recent research from IDC predicts.
Oct 17 2008 11:36AM
Economic crisis a 'return to normality', ANZ CEO says
Global economic uncertainty may be curbing jobs and investments, but according to Mike Smith, CEO of the ANZ bank, ‘good businesses’ should have nothing to fear.
Oct 8 2008 12:30AM
Local job crunch looms as resumes rise
Seek has foreshadowed a rise in unemployment levels on the back of the financial crisis and a fall in new job ads in September.
Oct 7 2008 12:47PM
Microsoft pushes for Wall St bailout to protect tech firms
With much of Wall Street reeling from the current banking crisis, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer is lobbying congress to reconsider its refusal to bail out the teetering market.
Oct 1 2008 3:52PM
Bed sheets cover up widening data centre crisis
A Sydney data centre has resorted to hanging cotton sheets from the roof to alter in-room airflows, highlighting the cooling crisis faced by many Australian operators.
Sep 9 2008 5:30PM
Web TV sparks bandwidth crisis fears
The internet is heading for a crash unless it increases its bandwidth capabilities, according to an analyst report.
Aug 19 2007 9:24PM
Banking crisis hits Second Life
The Second Life bank has closed due to insolvency. The bank was unable to meet US$180,000 in withdrawal requests.
Aug 14 2007 5:03PM
Microsoft: IT industry facing skills crisis
LONDON - The UK IT industry faces a potential skills shortage, according to a new report commissioned by Microsoft and sponsored by Intellect, the British Computer Society and City University in London.
Jun 13 2007 5:49PM
City faces looming power crisis
Data centre power needs too high.
Jan 22 2007 9:37AM
Gartner warns of impending IT training crisis
Changes in ITIL accreditation will result in confusion.
Nov 21 2006 10:40AM
US boffins tap nature to solve energy crisis
Green electricity on a very small scale.
Sep 20 2006 9:49AM
Avoiding an identity crisis
ID management is fast becoming essential to business, but deployment needs careful planning. René Millman reports
Apr 5 2006 4:48PM
The industry’s identity crisis must be solved
There was definitely a penitent feel to the RSA Conference in San Francisco. Speakers such as Bill Gates, John Thompson of Symantec and Art Coviello of Computer Associates all tacitly admitted that the industry has failed to deliver what users need.
Mar 17 2005 3:08PM
Identity crisis? Factoring the solutions
Richard E. Mackey Jr and Jonathan G. Gossels explain why they are not convinced by the FDIC’s recent report on two-factor authentication
Mar 15 2005 3:39PM
IT: A crisis of complexity?
Jan 1 2000 12:00AM
