Stories by Helen Han

Netegrity launches new tool downunder

Boston-based portal management solution provider Netegrity launched its Australian arm last week with a vision to push all e-businesses to build portals.

Melbourne IT plays domain name game again

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has granted Melbourne IT a five-year renewal of its Accreditation Agreement, allowing the company to continue registering the top-level '.com', '.net' and '.org' domains.

Email not so business-critical

Up to 80 per cent of corporate email is "inappropriate" and non-work-related, according to a Content Technologies-commissioned study.

Love still bugging companies worldwide

Antivirus software vendors are divided over the seriousness of the I Love You virus to Australia, thereby confusing the marketplace with mixed messages.

Australia slow to join IP wave: IDC

IDC research has revealed that large enterprise sentiment is incongruous with industry hype that IP (internet protocol) technology will be mission-critical to business success today.

Worm takes centre stages

A multi-application internet worm has hit Australian shores, although security specialists say this is no cause for alarm, classifying the joke-bug as a "medium risk" to business operations.

Money players still tentative with B2B

Financial institutions are investing "aggressively" in the B2C market, but they are uncertain how to seize market share in the lucrative B2B world, an Arthur Andersen study has revealed.

Virus alert: worm takes centre stages

A multi-application internet worm has hit Australian shores, although security specialists say this is no cause for alarm, classifying the joke-bug as a "medium risk" to business operations.

Online mortgage broker banks on trust

Online home loan broker, iSay, has entered the online mortgage market, promising to provide the most "intensely personalised, non face-to-face" mortgage brokering service in Australia.

ATO details GST; Telstra under ACCC scrutiny

Telecommunications carriers will charge a GST on all phone calls -- local, STD, mobile and international roaming -- and on services including internet access, line rental, and maintenance, according to the ATO.

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