Education - Sun Microsystems CEO announces $1.6 million technology grant for Australian schools
THQ scores three alliances, Visa gets smart
Powerlan's big bucks, Solution 6 buys into UK, Spike discloses loss
Compaq sees need for new partners, Oracle's Q1 income hits $US501m, Red Hat revenue up 76pc
Veritas, Tivoli, Computer Associates, Compaq
Toshiba, Dell ink components pact, IBM ups PC ante, A natural alliance
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
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
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
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
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
Citrix extends remote access, Telstra answers RequestDSL
Telcos shed hang-ups, CSC acquires eDime, Bos adds to Sausage role, Rambora to run CBA's B2B portal, BPAY hits $1 billion record,
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