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The worldwide PC market grew by more than 26 per cent during this year's second quarter compared to the same period in 1998, two market researchers announced separately on Monday.

A report that Telstra is taking a stake in accounting software vendor Solution 6 has been dismissed as speculation by a Solution 6 spokesperson.

Packard Bell has launched a full-scale assault on the SOHO mobile market with a new notebook to be sold through Harvey Norman retail outlets. The Easy Note uses NEC technology and Packard Bell hopes to secure 30 per cent, or 15,000 units, of the home/consumer market in the next few months, according to a statement released by the company.

The Australian IT&T industry could experience an investment renaissance under a new capital gains tax (CGT) regime expected to be introduced following the Government's review of the business tax system, known as the Ralph Report.

The impact of Internet commerce is being felt by IT managers in all industries in very different ways. More efficient supply chains, a new distribution method, or new ways to interact with customers are all part of the I-commerce revolution.

One of the country's largest integrators, Business Computers of Australia (BCA), has added another high-profile customer to its books by standardising Western Australian gas supplier AlintaGas' operating environment to Windows 95 and MS Office 97 and implementing an asset-tracking registry.

Outsourcing giant EDS has partnered with Microsoft to secure the biggest IT services contract in New Zealand's history with the two companies to support Telecom New Zealand's IS functionality and develop its online capabilities.

PC input device vendor Logitech has announced a coup with Compaq that is intended to catch the rising home videoconferencing market tide. The Logitech QuickCam Home digital video camera is to be bundled with every Compaq Presario 5276 desktop PC, and according to Logitech, reflects a trend that will see the video camera as common as the mouse within the next few years.

The organisers of the combined Comdex and NetWorld+Interop show in Sydney have announced that Microsoft is to come to the party.

High-end financials solution provider QSP has seen the channel light and has just signed Ernst & Young to resell its recently developed enterprise budgeting product, QSP Financial Collaborator.

A joint Australian Information Industry (AIIA) and Federal Government report has indicated that small and medium companies are the driving force behind the IT&T industry.

Hewlett-Packard last week nailed a few more boards into its e-services platform strategy by announcing plans to build two Internet portals where trading partners can meet online to share critical business data.

As security experts keep pounding users and corporations to use antivirus software, the rate of virus infections is still rising -- despite most PCs and servers having antivirus software installed, according to an annual survey conducted by ICSA.

With its Windows 2000 launch looming closer, Microsoft is pulling out the stops to ensure its channel partners have the right skills to make the new operating system and other upcoming Microsoft products a success.

Allied Telesyn is no longer content to wallow in the lower echelons of the networking market, last week claiming its Teltrend acquisition puts it head to head with 3Com.

Financially troubled Compaq Computer said on Thursday it will promote Michael Capellas to president and chief executive officer (CEO), an executive who had served as chief operating officer for seven weeks and as chief information officer before that.

Although demand for notebooks is steadily growing, a limited number of LCD manufacturers maintain a stranglehold on the worldwide supply, causing shipping delays across the board.

Amid applause and cheering from an enthusiastic MacWorld Expo crowd, interim Apple Computer chief executive officer Steve Jobs yesterday unveiled the company's much-anticipated consumer portable machine, called the iBook.

Accelerating growth of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses in the corporate network is set to become a multimillion-dollar industry for integrators that have the skills to offer specialist IP management services.

Hitachi Data Systems yesterday announced it will invest $US300 million in its first attempt to divert up to 70 per cent of its sales through a worldwide channel structure.