IT cost cutting heads for dangerous edge
Obsessed with savings some of Australia's largest companies are putting great strain on ageing IT systems without realising most organisations have hit the wall on cost reduction.
Stories by Sandra Rossi
Integrating IT central to renewed terrorism efforts
IT systems integration and information sharing between federal agencies is one of the key issues that needs to be addressed under the Prime Minister's review of intelligence agencies in the wake of the Bali bombings earlier this month, according to the director of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, Hugh White.
IT cost blowout causes storm at Sydney Water
A multimillion-dollar cost blowout for a Customer Information and Billing System (CIBS) at Sydney Water could result in legal action against the vendor.
Cost controls compel 'less is more' IT approach
IT is maturing, shedding the free-spending salad days of its teenage years and is forcing IT professionals to optimise razor-thin budgets, existing investments and depleted staff.
Sun offers chance to win place at Linux conference
Sun Microsystems has offered to sponsor a delegate from each Australian state and territory to attend Linux.conf.au 2003 in January.
Ballmer admits Licensing 6.0 problems for users
On a mission to "help people realise their full potential", Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer flew into Sydney this week inviting Australian IT managers to resolve their 'licensing issues' by dealing with him directly.
Fire service readies for dramatic boost in GIS users
Anticipating a tough fire season again this summer the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) is planning to upgrade its Geographical Information Systems (GIS) strategy and a call for tenders is likely next month.
Telstra rebundles portals
Telstra is revamping its main dial-up portal to incorporate bundled services.
R&D spending back under the microscope
A parliamentary committee will continue its inquiry today into research and development (R&D) spending by Australian business.
Home-grown product wins $1m Qld tender
The Queensland Government has selected a home-grown product to enable online access to a range of Government agencies via a single Web site and call centre.
Defence secretary blasts 'blow-out' reports
Department of Defence secretary Allan Hawke has hit back at reports detailing multimillion dollar cost blow-outs in a number of the department's IT projects accusing the media of suffering from the "if it bleeds, it leads" syndrome.
Money laundering gets a clean-up
SAS today launched a money-laundering detection solution for the financial services industry to oncover criminal activities and meet government regulations.
Now is the time to snap up networking deals
Analysts are advising Australian IT managers to renegotiate network service provider (NSP) contracts as prices continue to fall as a result of bankruptcy, mergers and tough market conditions.
Ericsson closes local R&D labs
Ericsson today announced it is closing its Australian-based R&D lab as part of global cost-cutting measures that will impact 450 staff in Melbourne and Sydney.
Members misled over Microsoft mix up
A bewildered Microsoft was at the centre of a political slanging match in Federal Parliament last week after the Opposition accused the Government of forking out $20,000 of taxpayers' money to send local executives from the software company to attend a conference in the US.