Market Watch: News

IBM, HP and EMC continue to dominate the Australian storage market as first quarter terabyte shipments declined by 6.1 per cent and revenue slumped by 28.8 per cent year-on-year.

The Australian PC market suffered a three per cent drop in Q1, 2009 but is already on track to resume growth, according to analyst firm, IDC.

The NSW Government could have done more for ICT in the State Budget, according to the Australian Computer Society (ACS).

The Federal Government’s $43 billion national broadband network (NBN) is not just about super-fast Internet access for consumers and decision makers must get out of this mindset, a leading contender to provide access technologies has claimed.

Dimension Data is putting on the finishing touches to the implementation and testing of a disaster recovery project for engineering and project management group, Ausenco. The contract is worth about $2 million.

Western Australia-based, ASG Group (ASX: ASZ), has snagged $13 million applications managed services contract with Qantas in conjunction with IT consulting company, Capiotech.

Unisys has nabbed a five-year extension to its passenger baggage reconciliation system contract for Australian International airlines. The deal is worth more than $25 million.

The growth in ICT salaries has dropped for the first time in six years.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has approved Australia’s first training program for wayward SMS spammers.

The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) is looking for business advisors to help take a multimillion dollar contract for infrastructure services back to the market for tender.

Optus' wireless broadband ambitions may be hampered by Tasmania's local councils and residents.

The Australian Crime Commission (ACC) is seeking a qualified panel of providers to help with SAP support and ongoing maintenance.

NetSuite has teamed up with newly formed independent software vendor (ISV), JCurve Solutions, to take an Internet-based hosted service suite to the small business market.

Fujitsu is broadening its managed services offering through a software-as-a-service (SaaS) partnership with salesforce.com.

Lucrative deals dominated the channel this week, with some contracts being snapped up and others up for grabs.

Ingram Micro will close its niche communications division as part of an ongoing strategic review into the business.

Optus has beaten Dimension Data, Telstra and CSC to secure a $60.5 million-a-year Australian Tax Office (ATO) managed network services contract.

US-based vendor, NLU Products, has picked Cellnet (ASX: CLT) as a distributor for its BodyGuardz range in a bid to bolster market share in the retail and telco sector.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has opened a $450,000 tender seeking offers for an Information Technology Desktop Asset Management (ITDAM) solution.

The Federal Court has tossed out Internet service provider (ISP), iiNet’s document discovery request in an ongoing copyright case against the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT). It also ordered the company to surrender a sample of 20 accounts.