Liz Tay

Liz Tay is a journalist from Sydney, Australia. With a background in physics, she is most interested in stories about scientific or technological R&D.

A long-time technology enthusiast, Tay joined the IT journalism industry in June 2006. She has been writing for iTnews in various roles since late 2007, and currently reports on all things business IT for iTnews, CRN, and SC Magazine.

Besides shiny gadgets and reporting, she is a fan of loud music and harbours an insatiable love for travel.

Recent articles by Liz Tay

Oracle embraces 'Enterprise 2.0' with new PLM module

Oracle embraces 'Enterprise 2.0' with new PLM module

Oracle plans to announce a new Customer Needs Management module for its Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software suite early next year.
Liz Tay Aug 1 2008, 1:19PM Software
EMC faces cloud computing 'frienemies'

EMC faces cloud computing 'frienemies'

As some of the fog surrounding the elusive cloud computing phenomenon evaporates, vendors are fast moving into the emerging territory.
Liz Tay Jul 31 2008, 9:32AM Software
Enterprise networking: are your decisions your own?

Enterprise networking: are your decisions your own?

Enterprise network managers should regain control of their purchasing decisions, analysts say.
Liz Tay Jul 28 2008, 3:48PM Collaboration
BMC touts process automation for IT

BMC touts process automation for IT

“IT is the last bastion of manual labour in the enterprise,” declared BMC Software’s vice president of software consulting, Mary Nugent.
Liz Tay Jul 23 2008, 10:11PM Finance
US$4m centre to develop software for multithreaded supercomputing

US$4m centre to develop software for multithreaded supercomputing

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has established a new research centre as an aim to develop software for a new breed of multithreaded supercomputers.
Liz Tay Jul 18 2008, 11:29AM Software
EDS, BMC Asia Pac partnership adds ITIL tool

EDS, BMC Asia Pac partnership adds ITIL tool

EDS Asia Pacific has standardised on an intelligent data repository from BMC to improve its service management offerings.
Liz Tay Jul 16 2008, 3:29PM Strategy
Community to Gillard: 'Consider Open Source'

Community to Gillard: 'Consider Open Source'

The Australian Open Source community has called for the consideration of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in the implementation of the Rudd Government’s Digital Education Revolution Policy.
Liz Tay Jul 9 2008, 8:20AM Software
IBM touts unification of consumer and business communication tools

IBM touts unification of consumer and business communication tools

The lines between consumer and business users are blurring, according to IBM Unified Communications (UC) executive Bruce Morse.
Liz Tay Jul 9 2008, 8:19AM Software
ICANN proposes greater top-level domain name flexibility

ICANN proposes greater top-level domain name flexibility

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is proposing to relax the rules on top-level domain names in a move that could drastically change the Internet.
Liz Tay Jun 25 2008, 6:49AM Collaboration
Can Australia lead global R&D?

Can Australia lead global R&D?

The Australian technology industry needs the support of the Government to secure an innovative advantage for the country, according to the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA).
Liz Tay Jun 23 2008, 5:34PM Finance
Market heats up for unified communications

Market heats up for unified communications

Business uptake of unified communications (UC) tools is on the rise, but according to Market Clarity Research Manager Richard Chirgwin, the market could still be in the process of recovering lost ground.
Liz Tay Jun 18 2008, 8:16AM Collaboration
eBay fights back over ACCC's PayPal proposal

eBay fights back over ACCC's PayPal proposal

eBay has challenged the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) proposal to oppose the auction site’s PayPal-only policy.
Liz Tay Jun 14 2008, 10:28AM Finance
Australian WiMax potential is ‘limited’, analysts find

Australian WiMax potential is ‘limited’, analysts find

Australia will represent only two percent of the Asia Pacific region’s WiMax subscriber base by 2013, analysts say.
Liz Tay Jun 10 2008, 3:08PM Mobility
Instant messaging found to reduce workplace interruption

Instant messaging found to reduce workplace interruption

A recent study has found the use of instant messaging software in the workplace to reduce disruption.
Liz Tay Jun 7 2008, 3:26PM Software
Flexible computer displays expected within a year

Flexible computer displays expected within a year

Researchers are developing flexible computer displays that will change shape, respond to touch and physics, and fold to fit users’ pockets.
Liz Tay Jun 5 2008, 11:11PM Hardware
HP: 'Intelligent' networks to support future corporations

HP: 'Intelligent' networks to support future corporations

Corporate networks need to become increasingly automated to handle information management demands, HP’s ProCurve networking business expects.
Liz Tay May 31 2008, 11:04AM Collaboration
Commbank’s reseller agreement to fast-track ecommerce

Commbank’s reseller agreement to fast-track ecommerce

A newly-announced alliance between the Commonwealth Bank and online payment service provider eWAY could fast-track how merchants set up and manage their online payment infrastructure.
Liz Tay May 23 2008, 3:26PM Finance
Integrated circuit design to yield infinite mobile battery life

Integrated circuit design to yield infinite mobile battery life

Mobile phone users could benefit from patented technology that promises infinite battery life – if only electrical engineer Ray Winton would take it to market.
Liz Tay May 20 2008, 7:48AM Mobility
Webroot launches $1 million security data centre

Webroot launches $1 million security data centre

Security provider Webroot this week launched its first data centre in the southern hemisphere to support its expansion into the Asia Pacific market.
Liz Tay May 9 2008, 10:10AM Security
Dell’s building-block approach to virtualisation needs software support

Dell’s building-block approach to virtualisation needs software support

Dell has launched two new servers that have been designed to simplify virtualisation.
Liz Tay May 7 2008, 7:08AM Hardware

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