Stories by Joshua Gliddon

Technology One profit drop

Listed enterprise technology vendor Technology One has announced its results for the half year ending March 31, 2009.
Total revenue for the half increased 13 per cent, or $6.4 million, to $55.9 million, while total license fees were up 10 per cent, or $1.2 million, to $13.3 million.

ISPs need more oversight and regulation

The Internet service provider industry is a rats and mice business that needs greater regulation and oversight said Alastair MacGibbon, former director of trust and safety at eBay, and prior to that, the former director of the High Tech Crime Centre.

Fake URLs new malware threat

Domain name cloning of social networking sites has become the latest security threat to computer users both at home and in business.

Grand Theft Scotland

Scotland is emerging as an unlikely games development hub, with companies as diverse as Real Time Worlds, responsible for developing the platform-busting Grand Theft Auto, and Digital Goldfish, developers of the popular iPhone game Bloons, setting up shop.

War of words erupts over NBN

A war of words has broken out between Communications Minister Stephen Conroy and his opposite number, Nick Minchin, leader of the opposition in the Senate over the viability of the National Broadband Network.

Creating smart power grids

Smart energy grids are fashionable. The US has allocated $4.5 billion to its smart energy grid programs, while closer to home, this week’s federal budget saw the government allocate $100 million to the development of smart grids.

Asciano embraces Oracle Grid computing

Transport infrastructure group Asciano has standardised its financial and human resources management systems on Oracle grid computing infrastructure.

A fallow budget for ICT

Australia’s peak technology organisations have expressed optimism that Tuesday’s federal budget will be kind to the information technology sector. But this is tempered by knowledge that the NBN will dominate ICT expenditure over the next few years.

Feds establish IT innovation council

The federal government has established an Information Technology Industry Innovation Council to support Australia’s $98 billion IT industry. The Council will be chaired by Data#3 managing director, John Grant.

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