SA Health prescribes cancer information system
In an effort to improve patient safety, South Australia Health is looking to purchase a cancer information system (CIS) to be used in 13 hospitals.
Stories by Hamish Barwick
VHA CEO issues 3G apology
Vodafone Hutchison Australia (ASX: VHA) has apologised to customers for recent problems with its 3G network upgrade.
NBN business plan good for competition: ISPs, telcos
The NBN Co Corporate Plan will strengthen competition and bring new business opportunities, according to local telecommunications and ISP companies.
TechnologyOne hires CRM general manager
Local cloud software provider TechnologyOne has appointed customer relationship management (CRM) specialist, Nick Davey, as its first CRM general manager.
Tasmanian Government to upgrade data centres
The Tasmanian Government is set to close one data centre and tender for a new facility as its current setup is over capacity.
Queensland DCS greenlights new tape media
A mixture of backup devices caused by a merger in March 2009 has led the Queensland Department of Community Safety to source new tape media.
Logistics rollout boosts St Vincent De Paul charity work
A manual logistics system was hampering charity St Vincent de Paul’s efforts to collect donated items for the poor in Victoria, until the IT department stepped in.
Off-the-shelf Dell hardware powers up U2 360 tour
When the lights went down on U2’s global Vertigo tour in 2006, so did the band's non-renewable contract with Apple. With plans already in motion for its next set of live shows, the rock four-piece decided to look for a new vendor to provide hardware for its stage setup.
CASA re-advertises regulatory IT tender
The Civil Aviation Authority (CASA) has decided to widen the supplier net for its regulatory IT system expression of interest (EOI) tender. The agency's first attempt at securing a solution closed in September.
SMB market prime target for Cloud services: Dell
The data centre of the future will be “an empty room” for many small and medium businesses (SMBs), according to Dell Services software and product development vice president, Mark Bilger.
Dell commands social media from new centre
Tweet about Dell and chances are the computing giant will see it.
In pictures: Dell's design lab in Texas
During the Take Your Own Path media summit in Round Rock, Texas, delegates had the chance to tour Dell's design lab.
Hardware featured included the latest Vostro laptop and Streak smart phone.
Acquisitions drive Dell evolution
Virtualisation, Cloud computing and tablets are the next target markets for PC maker Dell as it repositions itself as IT solutions provider — and it has been on the acquisition trail to make it happen.
Hotel re-branding leads to IT upgrade
Taking over three hotels in June 2010 may well have been the key for the Pan Pacific Hotel Group to enter the Australian market, but the quick entree ended up turning into a meal for group's IT department.
Acquisition drives Healthe Care IT transformation
Acquisition has brought growth benefits but added an IT headache for Australian private health provider Healthe Care.