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Sun plans open source push

Sun plans open source push

Sun's initiative highlights Software Freedom Day on 20 September.
Staff Writers Sep 13 2008, 8:15AM Software
Red Hat launches new Brisbane headquarters

Red Hat launches new Brisbane headquarters

Red Hat has launched a new engineering and support facility in Brisbane to sustain its expanding product line.
Liz Tay Aug 20 2008, 9:42AM Software
A/NZ women in Open Source gain momentum

A/NZ women in Open Source gain momentum

With increasing interest and influence in the open source movement, women in Australia and New Zealand are pushing their way into a normally male-dominated arena.
Ashley Clark Aug 19 2008, 9:40AM Software
Opinion: Open and shut case

Opinion: Open and shut case

Resellers are being advised to give up trying to get any kind of margin out of selling PCs. Instead we're being told to make motza margins on the must-have peripherals that go with a PC, particluarly if it's a laptop.
Ian Yates Aug 11 2008, 1:24PM Hardware
SAP re-badge drives Open Text growth

SAP re-badge drives Open Text growth

ECM vendor Open Text is predicting at least 40 percent growth in its Asia Pacific business on the back of brisk sales of SAP Archive Server.
Ry Crozier Aug 6 2008, 4:06PM Software
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
Netgear routes for Open Source

Netgear routes for Open Source

Netgear has launched its second Open Source router in the WGR614L, it’s fully functioning with 802.11g wireless and aimed at those communities of Linux bods who like to tinker.
Rob Kerr Jul 2 2008, 3:56PM Mobility
Opening new doors with Open Source

Opening new doors with Open Source

From consumer desktop software to enterprise-wide solutions, Open Source presents a significant opportunity for channel players prepared to stake a claim in this new frontier
Adam Turner Jun 24 2008, 3:36PM Collaboration
Internode embraces open source with SourceForge mirror

Internode embraces open source with SourceForge mirror

Open source advocates will have something to smile about as Internode today launches a high-speed Australian mirror site to SourceForge.net, providing its customers with unmetered access to the the world’s largest Open Source software development website.
Staff Writers Jun 3 2008, 2:12PM Collaboration
Is Open Source adoption set to mushroom in Australia?

Is Open Source adoption set to mushroom in Australia?

Optimism and take-up is growing around the platform-independent code with the industry taking more notice of this fast growing area
Staff Writers Apr 30 2008, 10:56AM Software
CeBIT Australia ‘08: Open Source for business gets show underway

CeBIT Australia ‘08: Open Source for business gets show underway

With around three weeks to go, organisers of CeBIT Australia 2008 - Hanover Fairs - has confirmed global experts from technology giants Oracle, Red Hat, Google and Varien will join local specialists like Atlassian and Solutions First at Open CeBIT.
Lilia Guan Apr 28 2008, 2:31PM Collaboration
Open Channel Solutions bags deal with Aladdin Knowledge Systems

Open Channel Solutions bags deal with Aladdin Knowledge Systems

Australian distributor, Open Channel Solutions (OCS), will distribute Aladdin eToken solutions to Australian resellers. Aladdin’s two-factor authentication products enhance resellers’ existing authentication security and data management offerings, claimed the vendor.
a Staff Writer Mar 31 2008, 12:19PM Software
Google set to open new HQ in Sydney

Google set to open new HQ in Sydney

Global online giant, Google has reaffirmed its commitment to local research and development with its announcement that Google will be opening new Australian headquarters, located in the city of Sydney, in 2009.
a Staff Writer Mar 18 2008, 2:16PM Mobility
Linux mobile devices open new market for Australian resellers

Linux mobile devices open new market for Australian resellers

A new IDC report predicts that over the long term and certainly in next-generation devices, Linux will be a player and it won't have to capture market share from incumbents to be successful. These Linux-based products can create a new market for Australian resellers.
Lilia Guan Feb 27 2008, 2:48PM Mobility
AMD open sources performance library

AMD open sources performance library

AMD has open sourced its AMD Performance Library (APL), referred to as Framewave 1.0.

Clement James Feb 21 2008, 7:20AM Hardware
JB Hi-Fi makes $989M in sales, will open five stores in ‘08.

JB Hi-Fi makes $989M in sales, will open five stores in ‘08.

Mass merchant retailer, JB Hi-Fi Limited has reported a record half year net profit of $41.9 million, taking JB Hi-Fi sales figures up to $989 million for half year ending 31 December 2007.

Lilia Guan Feb 12 2008, 12:12PM Finance
Australian open source workers earn more money

Australian open source workers earn more money

IT workers who specialise in free and open source software are earning more than the national average for IT, according to the results of Australia's first open source census.
Sarah Stokely Feb 4 2008, 2:07PM Training & Development
Hardware vendors will follow the money to open source

Hardware vendors will follow the money to open source

The success of consumer IT products like the ASUS Eee PC will help provide the leverage needed to get hardware vendors on board with open source, according to Dirk Hohndel, Intel’s chief technologist for open source.
Sarah Stokely Jan 31 2008, 2:43PM Hardware
Sun sets US$1m open source bounty

Sun sets US$1m open source bounty

Sun Microsystems has announced plans to kick-start the development of its open source projects.
Shaun Nichols Jan 31 2008, 7:34AM Data centre
IBM again declines to open source OS/2

IBM again declines to open source OS/2

IBM has confirmed that it will ignore a second petition to open source the OS/2 operating system.
Iain Thomson Jan 23 2008, 7:37AM Software

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