Optus has selected Cisco Systems to provide Internet Protocol-based networking equipment in a major national network upgrade to improve network efficiencies and significantly expand its services to customers under a new five-year supplier agreement.
IT managers are rejecting elaborate waivers pushed by IT security vendors for routine penetration testing, but legal concerns have been accelerating since the introduction of the Cybercrime Act (2001).
Manufacturers are proving resilient to the dismal IT spending regime pervading the marketplace, according to a new survey that shows companies in Australia and New Zealand are ramping up IT investments over the next 12 months.
Australia's export agency Austrade is to restructure its overseas operations and introduce new development projects focusing on information technology, telecommunications and biotech.
Drastic downsizing in Australian enterprises over the past 18 months has pushed IT shops to crisis point with staff simply putting out fires instead of focusing on tactical operations.
Cost reduction remains the number one priority for CIOs and IT decision makers in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a Gartner survey undertaken in the past four weeks.
Slapper worm's infection rate in Australia has more than doubled this week with around 120 businesses already hit, according to Internet Security Systems (ISS).
Australian taxpayers were paying for executives from Microsoft Australia and Hawker de Havilland to attend US conferences, according to allegations made in Parliament today.
A sweep of Internet sites engaging in 'misleading and deceptive claims' has revealed how optimistic the human spirit can really be.
Nortel Networks has earmarked the Asia-Pacific region as a source of increased revenues in the next three years which is central to the networking vendor's ambitious plans to return to profit by July 2003.
The US Government may have snubbed Microsoft by not even mentioning the software giant in its draft cyber security plan but in Australia the company is scheduled for high-level briefings with the Federal Government next month on how to protect the nation's IT infrastructure.
Power cable manufacturer Olex Cables has awarded a $5 million contract for IT managed services and infrastructure over three years at 13 sites to Hewlett-Packard (HP) Services.
The Federal Government has rejected a submission from industry seeking tougher laws to penalise vendors for selling software that is not up to scratch.
Windows 98 is maintaining its market dominance as the leader in operating systems worldwide and is used by roughly 35.12 per cent of computer users.
Fashion retailer Esprit Australia is undertaking an extensive overhaul of existing infrastructure, which is earmarked to generate savings of more than $100,000 a year over the next five years.