Australia hurt by insular IT mentality
Australia needs to wake up from its "cul-de-sac" mentality and recognise the significance of information to the long-term profitability of the country's enterprises, according to a security executive.
Stories by Kelly Mills
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Conflict, mistrust and doubt cloud IT's business credibility
Conflicting terminology and confusion over business-critical applications have spawned an environment of mistrust and doubt that's impeding IT shops.
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Request launches network-based broadband VPN
Australian telecommunications carrier Request Broadband has released an alternative to leased-line virtual private networks (VPNs) and Internet protocol VPNs (IP VPNs).
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IBM Australia turns 70
When IBM started in Australia in 1932, it had 10 employees, £20,000 in the bank and sold scales and time recording equipment. Now, 70 years later, it employs about 10,000 people and has annual revenues of $3.3 billion.
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Infrastructure spend beats e-business bucks again
E-business has been put on the backburner yet again in favour of spending on corporate IT infrastructure, according to a Forrester analyst.
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Outsourcing vendors lift service in government arena
Vendors vying for Federal Government outsourcing contracts are operating in an "acute" competitive space, forcing them to deliver "minimum" customer expectations.
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National guidelines for IT on their way
Standards Australia is developing new national guidelines for IT governance and project management because current standards are costing the industry billions of dollars a year.
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Australian telcos play waiting game on WLAN
Unlike overseas counterparts, Australian telecommunication operators are taking a wait-and-see approach to public access wireless LAN (WLAN) networks.
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Vodafone outsources IT to HP
Vodafone Australia and Vodafone New Zealand have outsourced their IT operations to Hewlett-Packard Australia.
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Australian companies ignore disaster lessons
Lessons about the after-effects on IT systems from September 11 have apparently failed to resonate with about half of Australia's companies, which still have no disaster recovery plans in place.
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Locals remains unconvinced about Web services
Despite much singing and dancing about Web services overseas, Australia is yet to catch on to the latest IT "solve-all".
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Vodafone outsources handset distribution
In what is becoming a common occurrence among carriers Vodafone Australia has outsourced its handset distribution.
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Federal Government pushes broadband
Even though the "dogs are baying" that Australia is behind in the broadband race, the Federal Government believes the nation's position in the "single lap" race is irrelevant.
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PDAs set pace of wireless uptake
Mobile-connected personal digital assistants (PDAs) got the thumbs up within the enterprise today from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.
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National database puts brakes on car racket
After many years delay and $20 million spent on integration, a national register of written-off vehicles (WOVR) is finally set to go live in April to tackle a burgeoning vehicle rebirthing racket, estimated to be worth some $7 million a month.
