Stories by Ellen Cresswell

Cisco pursues aggressive strategy

Incumbent Cisco Australia and New Zealand managing director Gary Jackson makes no apologies for his company's aggressive strategy and admits to winning deals with products below list price.

IBM user groups consolidate

IBM's three official user groups have formed a single entity called Interaction.
Two years in the planning, Interaction is the consolidation of the platform-based ASG, Common and Team RS/6000 groups.

Aust business set to take up on e-comm bonanza: FedEx

Australia's acceptance of e-commerce is "phenomenal" and local enterprises are well placed to cash in on its future growth, according to an official from Federal Express.

Aggression is part of deal: Cisco's Jackson

Incumbent Cisco Australia and New Zealand managing director Gary Jackson makes no apologies for his company's aggressive approach to winning deals.

Defence runs late on Y2K

The Department of Defence's year 2000 desktop remediation activities are behind schedule.

Local business set for e-comm bonanza: FedEx

Australia's acceptance of e-commerce is "phenomenal" and local enterprises are well placed to cash in on its future growth, according to an official from Federal Express.

Disputes add a premium to call costs

Enterprises have paid a 25 per cent premium for phone calls over the past 12 months because of ongoing disputes with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).

Westpac and ERG partner on smart cards

The Westpac Group and transit ticketing specialist ERG plan to introduce integrated smart card-based transit ticketing solutions to the general payments industry next year.

NRMA outsources infrastructure to IBM GSA

NSW's road service and insurance giant NRMA has outsourced its IT infrastructure to IBM GSA, prompted partly by difficulties in attracting and retaining staff with appropriate skill levels.

IT&T industry associations to merge

The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) and the Australian Data Capture Association (ADCA) have merged forming a super-industry body with more than 400 members.

ANZ and E*Trade get cosy

ANZ Bank and E*Trade Australia have formed a partnership that will see the online broker have access to ANZ's four million customers.

Inmon disputes SAP's data warehouse terminology

A leading authority on data warehousing has attacked SAP's Business Warehouse module as inadequate for the job.
Bill Inmon, touted as the "father of data warehousing" and the chief technology officer at Pine Cone software, said, "What SAP is calling a data warehouse [it's BW module] is in fact not a data warehouse.

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