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Software sector under pressure as downturn hits sales

Software sector under pressure as downturn hits sales

Poorer-than-expected business software sales have forced analysts to significantly revise their spending forecasts for 2009, while Microsoft has urged the UK government to support smaller software companies or see them go out of business.
Martin Courtney Dec 15 2008 2:53PM Software
NSW Health heads down e-procurement path

NSW Health heads down e-procurement path

The NSW Department of Health will implement a new e-procurement hub to standardise its purchasing processes.
Staff Writers Dec 15 2008 2:39PM Software
Taking a service-oriented approach to integration

Taking a service-oriented approach to integration

SOA may alleviate some integration issues, but metadata proliferation is a risk, writes Alistair Mcleod
Alistair Macleod Dec 15 2008 7:11AM Software
Top 10 most overhyped products

Top 10 most overhyped products

This week, we take a look at some of those epic failures who crashed despite being billed as the "next big thing".
Iain Thomson , Shaun Nichols Dec 15 2008 7:06AM Hardware
Business Objects offers on-demand update

Business Objects offers on-demand update

Business Objects has upgraded its OnDemand software to allow customers to consolidate their on-demand and on-premises application data.
Rosalie Marshall Dec 15 2008 7:06AM Software
OpenSolaris gets snapshot tool

OpenSolaris gets snapshot tool

Sun Microsystems has announced availability of the latest OpenSolaris update, which adds a new snapshot feature, boosts performance, and is easier to deploy in data centres, according to the vendor.
Daniel Robinson Dec 15 2008 7:06AM Software
Week in review: Free as in speech

Week in review: Free as in speech

It seems this past week was one of either taking or handing out liberties as more ISPs freed ABC iView from download quotas, Cybersource made the case for free software in the school laptop project, and Telstra stood up for a filter-free net. And that was just the beginning.
Ry Crozier Dec 13 2008 2:38AM Software
Google turns Chrome to gold

Google turns Chrome to gold

Google has issued the first official non-beta release of the Chrome web browser.
Shaun Nichols Dec 13 2008 1:16AM Software
Cisco sued by FSF over GPL violation

Cisco sued by FSF over GPL violation

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is suing Cisco for violation of the GNU General Public License (GPL) in its Linksys line of products.
Iain Thomson Dec 13 2008 1:16AM Software
Developers complain about Apple’s applications pricing policy

Developers complain about Apple’s applications pricing policy

One of the largest independent developers for the Apple iPhone has written an open letter to Steve Jobs complaining that the App Store is harming larger development projects.
Iain Thomson Dec 12 2008 2:44PM Software
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
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
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
Opinion: CIOs must embrace collaboration tools

Opinion: CIOs must embrace collaboration tools

Author Don Tapscott gives Angelica Mari his reasons for promoting social networking tools and says transparency is the key to security.
Angelica Mari Dec 10 2008 3:14PM Software
IBM launches web conferencing service

IBM launches web conferencing service

IBM has tossed a new entry into the hosted conferencing market. The company is launching a new version of the Lotus Sametime Unyte service. The web-based application allows users to set up conferences over the web.
Shaun Nichols Dec 10 2008 3:11PM Hardware
IWF backs down on Wikipedia censorship

IWF backs down on Wikipedia censorship

The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has lifted its ban on Wikipedia, which slowed access to the site to a crawl in the UK.
Iain Thomson Dec 10 2008 3:11PM Software
iTunes preparing to open up?

iTunes preparing to open up?

Is Apple about to unwrap an early Christmas present for its users by unwrapping the DRM from its iTunes store songs?
Wily Ferret Dec 10 2008 7:12AM Software
Assessing asset management

Assessing asset management

With budgets under pressure, adept IT leaders need to know how to make every cent count. Given that the cost of acquiring and supporting IT equipment can account for as much as 30 per cent of IT budgets, according to some industry estimates, there is clearly potential for significant savings.
Computing staff Dec 10 2008 7:04AM Hardware

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