Running voice calls over an enterprise or service provider’s IP network may herald a new era of cost-effective, flexible communications; however, management must be the top priority if the quality of voice is to be upheld according to industry representatives. Rodney Gedda reports.
A tracking device with a difference from a Brisbane start-up gives new meaning to 'you can run but you can't hide'.
The Victorian government's newly appointed chief technical officer Tony Aitkenhead is standing firm and refusing to buckle to demands from industry body Open Source Victoria (OSV) to adopt ACT-style open source procurement legislation.
Enterprises that deal will perishable goods distribution and handling can now use RFID to track assets and any change in temperature with the government-backed Cold Chain Validation project now in its trial stage.
The Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing (APAC) is working to establish a national grid to integrate eight supercomputing facilities around the country.
IT services giant CSC has migrated some 1300 staff to IP telephony as part of a corporate headquarters relocation to Macquarie Park in Sydney.
If IT projects are to stay immune to boardroom dismissal or end user derailment, CIOs must proactively communicate their value to both groups within the organisation.
Stronger job numbers and firming salary levels so far this year together with the latest statistical data point to a resurgence in the IT sector.
Inadequate information search facilities may be costing Australia’s banks more than just a bruised ego, according to CSIRO principal research scientist, David Hawking.
Reducing the number of installations for its test management tool from 20 to one has saved the ANZ Bank an estimated half a million dollars in management costs alone, according to the bank’s manager of development environments and configuration management, Geoff McCamley.
Privately held construction and building group BGC has ousted half of its fleet of Wintel PCs in favour of thin clients running Solaris in order to “go forward” with service delivery to the company’s employees.
Mid-2005 will herald a new era in voice over IP telecommunications when the Australian Communications Authority (ACA) introduces specific regulations for service providers and enterprises stipulating how the technology must be delivered.
Vendors sell tools to solve problems but people and processes provide the real solution, according to Telstra's network services group manager John Romano.
An upgrade of AARNet’s network later this year will put Australia’s academic institutions on the next-generation videoconferencing map with real-time collaboration of multiple parties, according to CEO Chris Hancock.
IBM is attracting a lot of attention for its continued advancement of the Power processor with a near $US3 billion investment in a new fabrication facility which microelectronics distinguished engineer John Cohn said is “really cranking".