Just two months into his term as Solution 6 CEO, Neil Gamble has announced an extensive reform of the company's various business units to bring the company into profitability next year.Just two months into his term as Solution 6 CEO, Neil Gamble has announced an extensive reform of the company's various business units to bring the company into profitability next year.
Solution 6 announced a first-quarter loss of $3 million and has withdrawn its expectation for profitability this year, instead forecasting a $16 million loss. Gamble blames these losses on the dot-com stock slide since May, a lack of management accountability and failed acquisitions.
The Objectworld conference has offered developers a quick peek at the details of Microsoft's much-hyped .NET strategy.
Victorian developer Breeze Software has received a $670,000 research and development grant under the Federal Government START initiative to extend its retail software sales beyond Australian shores.
New research indicates Web sites still have a long way to go with regards to privacy issues, with most Australian sites waiting for the Privacy Bill, currently being debated by Federal Parliament, to be finalised before taking any action.
Australian Computer Society president John Ridge has thrown his support behind calls to reinstate the 150 per cent tax concession on Research and Development projects in the IT&T industry.
The winners of the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) iAwards this year saw 11 developers recognised for their achievements over the past 12 months, and included some familiar faces in the channel.
The ability to stay financially afloat has proved quite a challenge in recent months for Internet companies, particularly for streaming radio stations, with youth station Bigfatradio.com becoming the latest casualty.
IT-listed services company Powerlan has struck a deal with the CPS group whereby it will acquire CPS's ageing NEIS B2B exchange without actually paying a cent.
Software vendor Compuware, Asia-Pacific, is sponsoring a nationwide search for a software entrepreneur with a foolproof e-business concept, offering a startup package to any developer that can fill a gap in the Compuware stable.
Inprise/Borland has released the latest version of its Java cross-platform development environment, JBuilder 4, which the company claims will cut the time to market for developers building applications.
In an ideal world, Brad Adams would still be living at Wamberal beach on the Central Coast, surfing and fishing. Adams grew up on this quiet beach north of Sydney and would love to have stayed there for life. But as an ambitious twenty-something, he decided Sydney would be the place to launch a career in IT sales.
Telstra and Pacific Century Cyberworks (PCCW) have moved to end any uncertainty over their Pan-Asian market alliance, which includes the sale of Telstra's and PCCW's wholesale network business into a new entity.
Internet software developer IXLA is set to release its latest mass-market Web design product, claiming many development skills are being replaced by easy-to-use code generating programs.
Listed software company Solution 6 has launched a share market information site for Australia and New Zealand, which it plans to rebrand for portals and Internet media companies under an ASP agreement.
Microsoft will announce a restructure of its Microsoft Certified Solution Provider (MCSP) program next month, at a partner conference in Hobart.