Linux may kill Windows: expert
An IT industry expert is predicting Linux - which he says is now ready for use by large organisations - could kill off Microsoft Windows within two years.
An IT industry expert is predicting Linux - which he says is now ready for use by large organisations - could kill off Microsoft Windows within two years.
With the network printer and digital copier markets continuing to converge at a giddying rate, businesses looking to buy workgroup or departmental printers are being spoilt for choice.
Have any of your key IT employees suddenly started whispering behind closed doors or spending more time out of the office without explanation?
In the past, attempts to extract business benefits from data have frequently led to business intelligence (BI) applications that performed poorly and cost the earth, moon and stars. But now some analysts believe the wealth of data available online and the determination of vendors to tackle it is providing the hope that BI is about to get much easier
Traditional bricks n' mortar companies will get nowhere in the new economy unless they start out by spinning off their Internet business, a veteran of the online business world has warned.
Most pundits agree business-to-business (B2B) trading exchanges will become significant channels for business in the New Economy.
E-marketplaces are set to explode in Australia, with business-to-business transactions in the local market expected to top nearly $500 billion within four years.
The advantages of online medical information are clear: it can improve the quality and reduce the cost of health care
Business intelligence is a buzzword the whole industry knows but has struggled to define. However, for George Weston Foods, bakers of the Tip Top brand of bread, the translation is simple -- a more efficient way to be profitable.
Cisco thinks it's a mistake. 3Com says it's understandable. And analysts endorse Nortel Networks' $3 billion grab for a share of the emerging CRM (customer relationship management) market.
If business fails to react to consumer concerns about privacy, government may have to force them to the table
The message from CIOs and IT managers is clear: the GST is a collective business project and IT should not -- indeed must not -- be expected to 'own' it. Sue Bushell reports.
The Audit Office report into the Coalition's whole-of-government outsourcing program should make fascinating reading -- if it asks the right questions
It seems to happen with any new technology -- IT or otherwise -- some early adopters hit the ground running while others get their fingers burnt and get out. Retail level e-commerce saw its share of retailers on both sides of the e-coin.
The Government's new Electronic Transactions Bill is meant to make all communications equal under the law