Software

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 opinion: Service pack me

So we’re going to get another service pack for SQL Server 2005 after all. Despite SQL Server 2008 being already a release candidate and expected to ship some time after June this year, Microsoft knows there will be droves of users waiting to jump from SQL Server 2000 to 2005.

Ian Yates Apr 18 2008, 4:48PM Software

Adelaide’s City of West Torrens goes virtual

Australian IT architecture design and integration company – Technical Architecture Solutions (TAS) – is in talks with Adelaide’s City of West Torrens to work on virtual desktops for the council. TAS completed a virtualised server environment for the council in January this year.

Lilia Guan Apr 17 2008, 1:39PM Software

CeBIT Australia: Transaction 2.0 makes debut

Hannover Fairs Australia – the local organiser of CeBIT Australia – has announced that Transaction 2.0, a conference exploring collaborative and Software as a Service (SaaS) technologies - known generically as Enterprise 2.0 – will feature in this year’s CeBIT Australia show.

Lilia Guan Apr 17 2008, 12:14PM Software

Microsoft Australia touts start-up innovation

Software behemoth Microsoft has plans to grow the Australian software industry by extending a giant hand of support to local start-up companies.

Liz Tay Apr 16 2008, 7:30AM Software

Head to head: How strong is the Business Intelligence space in A/NZ?

Microsoft and IBM go head-to-head to discuss local demand for Business Intelligence software

Staff Writers Apr 15 2008, 5:24PM Software

Virtual business

Want to have your own island? Now it can be virtually yours in a virtual world.

Liz Tay Apr 15 2008, 5:10PM Software

Starck-raving mad: au revoir Philippe

Matthew JC. Powell won’t miss certain principles of design

Matthew JC Powell Apr 15 2008, 4:48PM Software

Hitachi's new channel focus

Hitachi Data Systems has announced the appointment of Steve Kelly as channel director for A/NZ. The company has also appointed six new channel staff to steer business across the region. Kelly replaces Kerstin Baxter, who will now lead Hitachi’s Asia Pacific channel push as director of Volume Channels.

Mitchell Smith Apr 15 2008, 12:17PM Software

TelcoSI adds US call centre product to protfolio

Australian-based TelcoSI - a provider of service management solutions to telecommunications users, service providers, integrators and equipment manufacturers in Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific region - has added Empirix's Hammer Test System and OneSight solution to its customer self-service offerings.

Lilia Guan Apr 15 2008, 11:02AM Software

Blue Coat extends Web filter with cloud computing service

WAN application delivery and secure Web gateway vendor Blue Coat Systems released its WebPulse service – a real-time cloud computing security service that extends its Blue Coat WebFilter product – through Australian resellers.

Lilia Guan Apr 14 2008, 2:03PM Software

Euro MP calls for Microsoft ban

Heidi Ruhle, a German green member of the European Parliament (MEP), has called for the organisation to stop buying Microsoft software licences until the company opens up to competition.

Iain Thomson Apr 14 2008, 7:54AM Software

IBM buys FilesX

IBM today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire FilesX, a privately held storage software company based in Massachusetts and Israel.

Robert Jaques Apr 11 2008, 12:17PM Software