Stories by Peter Young

Qld budgets extra $100M for IT&T

Queensland this week set aside about $100 million for IT&T initiatives in its record $16.8 billion state budget for 1999-2000.

Voice over IP nicks Big Blue's niche

IBM's ultra-reliable, mainframe-centric networking system for large enterprises, Systems Network Architecture (SNA), is in demise, according to Cisco Australia's managing director, Terry Walsh.

Cisco chief says give grads a chance

Technology companies must discard their reluctance to hire inexperienced graduates, says Cisco Systems Australia's new managing director, Terry Walsh.

Qld govt unveils IT strategy

Queensland yesterday launched a five-year IT&T strategy which will pour fresh funds into research and development, a supercomputer centre and incubator facilities for innovative startups.

Most Win2000 bugs beaten: McDonald

Windows 2000 won't have all the bugs stamped out of it when it ships, confesses the man at the centre of the effort to deliver Microsoft's long-overdue new operating system.

State Rail overpays

Human error rather than software bugs caused multimillion-dollar staff overpayments by the State Rail Authority of NSW.
Data extraction and file handling errors contributed heavily to $5.6 million in overpayments made by State Rail since last February.

XML to herald net killer apps

The foundation stone for the next killer internet application is here and it is labelled XML (eXtensible Markup Language).
Microsoft delivered that message loud and clear to 1500 developers and IT operations managers when it kicked off its premiere technical education conference, TechEd 99, in Brisbane yesterday.

Cashcard, QSI team up on e-payments

Leading electronic funds transfer payment provider Cashcard Australia has formed a strategic alliance with Internet payments company QSI.

Qld Ed's $60m Net hits hurdles

Technology conflicts in Queensland's Connect.Ed network have left some regional communities out in the cold and drawn flack from ISPs.

Jobs hit in Qld dept's IT&T plan delays

Delays in completing Queensland's strategic plan for communications and information appear to have claimed their first victim among senior civil servants.

Forensic IT skills spark bidding war

Specialists who deal with recovering digital data in accordance with the rules of evidence are caught in a bidding war between law enforcement agencies and private sector consultancies. Known as forensic computing, it is the latest hot spot on the IT jobs scene.

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