Stories by IDG staff

Middleware market primed for growth


We can expect the middleware market to burgeon in the next five years as revenues leap by 255 per cent to something approaching $US10 billion in 2004. Other subjects to form the focus of the researchers this week are e-commerce, e-commerce and e-commerce, as Len Rust discovers

BankWest buys a slice of developer


The Bank of Western Australia has maintained its activity in the technology arena by taking a stake in electronic payments solution provider Pulse International. Elsewhere there was still plenty of activity despite the diversions provided by the Olympics

There's more to winning than being first


Who is winning? Who is losing? Who's on the way out? Who'll make the next big event? The IT industry is not unlike the Olympics in many ways, except it doesn't generally move in four year cycles. Len Rust examines how much it takes to win a medal

Suppliers selected to drive online market


Telstra has been selected as one of five prime technology suppliers that will build the corProcure B2B e-marketplace for 14 large Australian companies behind the scheme. At the same time the giant carrier's threat to take Australia's consumer watchdog to a higher tribunal will soon be realised after the ACCC released its final determinations on Telstra access pricing disputes. There was other news too, despite the best efforts of the Olympics to freeze us in our tracks

Larry Williams says goodbye to AAPT


Having effectively negotiated the sale of AAPT to Telecom New Zealand, Larry Williams has resigned from the company and plans to return to the US. Other departures in Australia during the week are felt to have been less convivial, while many of the movements offshore are guaranteed to raise eyebrows

News Briefs

Citrix extends remote access, Telstra answers RequestDSL

News Briefs

Telcos shed hang-ups, CSC acquires eDime, Bos adds to Sausage role, Rambora to run CBA's B2B portal, BPAY hits $1 billion record,

IT is becoming a utility


A major evolution is under way in the information technology (IT) industry, which is turning into a utility. Like it or not, this shift will have significant ramifications on IT vendors and customers alike. Len Rust examines the implications, and checks out some other recent research

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