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  • The big 27,000: Win7 ensnares Centrelink
    edit@zdnet.com.au (Suzanne Tindal)
    Published: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:36:01 +1100

    As Microsoft launches Windows 7 in Australia, major federal welfare agency Centrelink is planning to migrate to the new operating system by mid next year. Will other companies follow its example, or will Microsoft see the same lack of interest for Windows 7 as it did for Vista?
  • No Aussie datacentre for NetSuite
    edit@zdnet.com.au (Suzanne Tindal)
    Published: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:34:01 +1100

    For NetSuite customers, price, availability and performance of applications outweigh the desire to have their data kept inside the country, the company's CEO Zach Nelson said today.
  • Just 5 agencies can use datacentre panel
    edit@zdnet.com.au (Suzanne Tindal)
    Published: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:33:01 +1000

    Not all federal government agencies can apply for datacentre resources under the newly formed interim datacentre panel. In fact, only five have been cleared to do so, according to the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO).
  • S2 Intelligence's McCabe joins KPMG
    edit@zdnet.com.au (Suzanne Tindal)
    Published: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:32:01 +1000

    KPMG today announced that it had hired Bruce McCabe, founder of technology research firm S2 Intelligence, as a director of its IT advisory practice.
  • Will Chrome endanger Android?
    edit@zdnet.com.au (Natasha Lomas)
    Published: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:05:01 +1000

    With its entry into the market with Chrome OS, Google will be sending two operating systems into the netbook space.
  • Policy forced ATO's EDS desktop hand
    edit@zdnet.com.au (Suzanne Tindal)
    Published: Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:42:01 +1000

    Recently, changing federal government policy was a factor in the Australian Taxation Office's decision to extend its end user and centralised computing contracts with incumbent supplier EDS, the agency's CIO Bill Gibson has revealed.
  • ACT Greens MP demands Firefox
    edit@zdnet.com.au (Suzanne Tindal)
    Published: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:59:02 +1000

    Canberra's shared services organisation InTACT came under fire at the state's budget estimates for not allowing members of the Legislative Assembly to use Mozilla's popular browser Firefox.
  • Is Westpac mulling a new Hogan hero?
    edit@zdnet.com.au (Suzanne Tindal)
    Published: Fri, 15 May 2009 16:15:02 +1000

    Australia's banking IT sector is currently buzzing with speculation that Westpac is planning to migrate its core banking system to the CSC Hogan platform used by its new subsidiary St George.
  • Sun buyout leaves Aussies divided
    edit@zdnet.com.au (Liam Tung)
    Published: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:05:01 +1000

    Opinions are mixed amongst Australian chief information officers, partners and analysts on whether Oracle's plans to buy Sun Microsystems will end up with a positive or negative result.
  • Oracle to buy Sun for US$7.4bn
    edit@zdnet.com.au (David Meyer)
    Published: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 07:08:01 +1000

    Software giant Oracle is to buy server and software maker Sun Microsystems, the two companies announced late Monday.

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