With companies opening network access to remote and mobile workers, customers, partners across myriad, critical applications, the challenge confronting network managers is to keep performance high and response times short.
More than 70 companies felt the sting last week of a silent but damaging virus war that has been raging since the start of the year between the authors of Netsky and Bagle is continuing to wreak havoc on corporate users worldwide.
Despite the prevalence of phishing scams and other IT security related issues the number of online banking users in Australia continues to grow and now totals eight million.
ICT professionals are now seeing strong demand for their skills, contractors are being passed over in favour of full-time staff and positions in general management and sales and marketing are still higher paid than those in IT, according to a survey released today.
A Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) code of practice is being developed in conjunction with the Australian Retailers Association, EAN Australia and the Privacy Commissioner.
Iain Blacklaw has been appointed to the position of vice president of service delivery for information technology services provider EDS.
Blacklaw replaces Louis Ivey, who is returning to the US for an executive role within EDS.
Contracting IT auditors may make the list of endangered species in Australia as demand for internal IT auditors outstrips supply.
Microsoft is claiming Virtual Server 2005 will let IT staff look like heroes again.
Outsourcing sensitive or mission-critical data without encrypting it first is like a bank opening a vault and handing out cash on the proviso it be returned in good nick.
Firewall vendor Fortinet has appointed Ben Teh as manager, Australia New Zealand following the departure of Peter Sandilands.
Dell plans to address the power concerns that have dogged previous releases of its blade server but not everyone is sold on the new offering.
While C-level executives no longer see technology is as a black science but a tool for business transformation, there is still plenty of debate about how it should be used and implemented.
Companies that found themselves on the Oracle shopping list last week didn't know whether to fear for their jobs or treat it as a compliment.
The spyware epidemic has turned the Internet into a nuisance marketing tool, according to the chief information officer (CIO) for Melbourne Health, Mary Wollmering.
Computer Associates has appointed Gavin Selkirk as the managing director for the Pacific region following the promotion of John Ruthven to senior VP for the Asia Pacific and Japan.