Sackings send bureaucrats looking for laws on e-mail
Pressure is mounting to legislate the monitoring of workplace e-mails following a landmark unfair dismissal decision handed down in the Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) earlier this month.
Stories by Sandra Van Dijk
'Blunders' force govt to defend outsourcing deals
Plagued by claims of budget blowouts and unmet contractual arrangements, the federal government was forced to defend its IT outsourcing program last week.
Cybercrime: Government vs business
While business and government struggle to reach agreement on the most effective solutions to the exponential growth in computer-related crime, all parties agree it is the greatest problem confronting the information technology landscape worldwide.
Digital markets drive iPlanet's vision
The creation of a dynamic network economy where organisations buy, sell and trade in open digital markets is fast becoming a reality as online business communities begin to take shape.
Trial WAPs the Internet
Focusing on dual themes of convergence and Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), Ericsson announced its trial of voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology with Cable & Wireless Optus.
Commerce group joins Web generation
Business will be able to access a broad range of advisory and networking services on the NSW Chamber of Commerce Web site launched last week, which provides links to the chamber's core business activities of networking, events, research, lobbying and business advisory services.
Security failure brings costly clean-up
Australian IT managers were on virus alert last week coping with the aftermath of the IloveYou' bug and its destructive variants.
Users slam SAP upgrade as long, messy and too costlyUsers outraged by lack of support
SAP Australia is under fire from local IT professionals who criticise the vendor's planned R/3 upgrades as costly and complex with a poor level of implemention support.
The criticisms echo a damning study by AMR Research, which claims that the R/3 upgrade process for business software implementations will be "potentially long, complex, messy and expensive".
SAP MD resigns, ex PwC partner gets the nod
A spate of resignations by senior SAP executives worldwide has spread to Sydney with the shock announcement last week that managing director and executive vice president of SAP Australia, Tony Harris, has left to "pursue opportunities elsewhere".
Free Lotus portal builder for R5
Lotus Development has launched its Portal Builder for Notes Release 5 (R5), which allows nontechnical end users to customise the Notes Welcome Page.