Medical group researches mobile phone health impact
A $2.5 million research centre will be launched in Canberra to study possible damaging health effects of mobile phones.
A $2.5 million research centre will be launched in Canberra to study possible damaging health effects of mobile phones.
There is no doubt the general electronic security threat for CIOs and systems administrators grows daily and the need to plan for sudden and unexpected events has been highlighted since September 11, National Office for the Information Economy (NOI) CEO John Rimmer said today.
IT security is a bit like watching the road toll -- everyone accepts there are vulnerabilities but companies should be protecting their assets with military stealth, according to Tenix Datagate executive general manager Peter Croft.
The Department of Defence is merging its information divisions at a time when it has come under fire in recent months because contracts and IT projects have been running over budget and behind schedule.
The Australian Tax Office waved the white flag yesterday announcing further technology investments to overcome lodgement difficulties by accountants and tax agents.
Broadband accounts for only 29 per cent of connections in the corporate and government sector in Australia as high prices continue to be a serious inhibitor to take-up.
Security services consultancy 90East has acquired network hosting provider Peakhour in a bid to broaden its client base in the corporate sector as well as its product base.
The Australian Unix and Open Systems User Group (AUUG) today announced the inaugural Australian Open Source Awards.
Someone forgot to tell a few of the IT industry's biggest tech giants that the first anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre falls on September 11.
The complex task of amalgamating the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Colonial Retail Bank, which was completed in three months, was recognised last night as the IT project of the year.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released a discussion paper today examining the social dynamics of knowledge-based activity and to determine the degree to which Australia is a knowledge-based economy.
Australia's IT industry is talking tough about security but it's certainly not translating into dollars with medium to large companies averaging a measly spend of $33,000 per annum.
Disparate applications and operating systems across an enterprise can make it tough for IT staff responsible for user-account administration.
The Federal Government has extended its Cluster 3 outsourcing deal with CSC signing a four-year contract extension at a cost of $157 million.
Staff knowledge and intellectual property are the company jewels so often lost and forgotten in large-scale outsourcing contracts where number crunching and 'projected' savings sidetrack both parties.