NZ Telecom investing NZ$3m a day on transformation
ASX-listed Telecom New Zealand (ASX:TEL) has invested NZ$3 million a day over the last financial year as part of a five-year plan to transform the company, according to its chairman, Wayne Boyd.
Stories by Tim Lohman
New research to allow on-the fly smartphone content sharing
Research into a new technology is underway which could see mobile phones communicate to form what is in effect a temporary, highly local version of YouTube.
Samoan Tsunami used in new cyber attack
Cyber criminals are again wasting no time on capitalising on public interest in major news events with a new phishing attack being reported based on the recent Tsunami hitting Pacific Island nations.
iSoft in good health recording $20m after tax profit growth
ASX-listed healthcare software provider iSoft (ISF) has recorded a $20m growth in its net profit after tax (NPAT) to $34.7m, up from $14.7m for the last financial year.
iSoft hits half way mark on three year IT transformation
iSoft has announced it is half way through a three year IT transformation aimed at connecting its global offices, positioning the e-health company for further rapid growth and developing a proactive information infrastructure.
ACU reviews data centre strategy
The Australian Catholic University (ACU) is carrying out a reassessment of its data centre strategy which could see it move to rented virtual infrastructure in an effort to free itself of commodity infrastructure and service costs.
Unwired: Machine-to-machine the next wireless boom
Machine-to-machine wireless communication could soon emerge as a major source of telecommunications growth, according to Unwired’s CEO David Spence.
Security demystified: Essential Web application firewall tips
In an effort to help IT managers better secure their organisations, Computerworld brings you answers - provided by AusCERT's experts - on a few of the more common questions around key security technologies. Here we look at Web application firewalls (WAFs).
Australia to hit 69% household broadband penetration by 2013:Gartner
Australia is expected to add about 1.7 million household broadband connections between 2008 and 2013, lifting its penetration rate from about 55 per cent in 2008 to 69 per cent, according to new research from Gartner.
Government IT managers leading in Green ICT
Australian Government agencies are generally more advanced in Green ICT than their private industry counterparts, a Fujitsu Australia- and World Wildlife Fund-commissioned report has found.
The Grill: Jetsetting
Jetstar’s CIO, General Manager IT, Stephen Tame, speaks to Tim Lohman about the GFC and the way forward.
UTS to review reporting systems
The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is moving to provide greater access to information for staff, academics and students through a review and revamp of its reporting systems.
Fosters outsources IT support to Wipro
Fosters is moving its entire US, UK and Australian helpdesk infrastructure and support functions to a single outsourcing provider, Wipro, resulting in an unknown number of redundancies at the global beverage company.
Desktop — the next virtualisation tsunami: VMware
VMware is working to lift the success rate of its desktop virtualisation rollouts with a new initiative to help customers understand the changes in process required with implementations of the technology.
Slideshow: Data centres unbusted by dust (updated)
The largest dust storm in recorded history hitting much of the east coast of Australia yesterday, but data centre providers are reporting customer servers have come through unscathed.