While Telstra shareholders would have been pleased with yesterday’s announcement of better than expected financial results, its customers may be about to hear less popular news – that land line prices are going up again.
There’s soon to be a new face at the helm of Toshiba Australia following the resignation of Ralph Stadus from his post as general manager of its Information Systems Division (ISD).
Cisco has decided to wind down wireless chipset maker, Radiata, three years after acquiring the Australian company for $567 million.
Intel is hunting for a new Australasian boss, following the news that longtime country general manager, David Bolt, has resigned and will leave the company in January.
Consumer electronics specialist LG Electronics has taken a major stride into the IT sector, launching three Centrino-based notebooks.
While Anite International has held a low profile in Australia since selling off its Anite Networks business to Logical in 1999, the IT software and services company is re-establishing its local presence on the back of a $30 million government contract.
Apple has set the release date for its latest Mac OS X – code-named Panther. It will hit the market on October 24, along with a Panther Server product.
Having lost its attempt to have the liquidator of Buzzle removed, Apple is now locked in battle over who will pay the legal costs for the action.
The merry-go-round of corporate telco deals has gone around again, this time in Telstra’s favour.
Microsoft might still view Linux as being in the “early adopter” phase, but the software giant is taking no chances that it might take hold in the SME sector, distributing CDs to partners advising them how to head off the Linux threat.
IBM Software has renewed its efforts to crack the SMB market through a new program aimed at recruiting partners who develop software for small business.
The news isn’t good. Security breaches and worm, virus and Trojan attacks are all soaring. And the bottom line is remarkably simple — no business is safe unless the correct security policies and technologies are in place. Sarah Stokely breaks down the grim truths revealed in the 2003 Australian Computer Crime and Security survey and looks at some remedies.
Server sales in the Asia Pacific have turned a corner, according to Gartner research that shows 7 per cent growth for the region in the first quarter of 2003. However the growth may be short lived.
Server and workstation memory vendor Dataram has informed its distribution partners it is closing its Australian operation.
Cost reduction has again topped the list of CIO priorities, but the channel remains the main source of acquision of IT technology, according to IDC's annual Forcast for Management survey.