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Australia's electricity companies and governments are rolling out a nationwide project to lift the IQ of our dumb power grids.

Accounting software is vital

Accounting software is vital

Many Australian businesses don’t have adequate financial systems. Michael Rich discusses the most common questions around accounting sofware.


Michael Rich, Attaché Software Managing Director
Staff Writers Jul 22 2008, 1:53PM Software
SaaS emerges as weapon for Aussie software developer

SaaS emerges as weapon for Aussie software developer

The emerging world of Software-as-a-Service is seeing new local players compete against large American multinationals, claimed Australian software developer Gmg Software.
Lilia Guan Jul 15 2008, 3:23PM Software
HP exec pleads guilt to IBM theft

HP exec pleads guilt to IBM theft

A former vice president at Hewlett Packard has pleaded guilty to stealing trade secrets from IBM and passing them over to his new employers.
Iain Thomson Jul 14 2008, 11:34PM Security
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
SaaS propels CRM sales

SaaS propels CRM sales

Sales of customer relationship management software rose dramatically in 2007, driven in part by the take-up of software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings, according to analyst group Gartner.
Rosalie Marshall Jul 8 2008, 2:55PM Software
IBM steals back server lead from HP

IBM steals back server lead from HP

Gartner reports market shift.
Robert Jaques Jul 8 2008, 9:01AM Data centre
Microsoft pushes software solution to UC woes

Microsoft pushes software solution to UC woes

Software solutions offer to break the vendor strangehold on unified communications while also offering new sales and support opportunities says Microsoft.
Mitchell Smith Jun 25 2008, 2:13PM Collaboration
Clearswift adds Sunbelt’s Software to product range

Clearswift adds Sunbelt’s Software to product range

Clearswift’s Australian resellers will now have the opportunity to sell its MIMEsweeper Web Appliance with built in web browsing security engine from Sunbelt Software.
Lilia Guan Jun 25 2008, 12:24PM Security
Utilising social networking

Utilising social networking
Helen Frost Jun 24 2008, 3:39PM Collaboration
DIAC extends IT service contract with CSC for $110M

DIAC extends IT service contract with CSC for $110M

The Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) has signed a two-year information technology contract extension with US-owned service provder, CSC.
Staff Writers Jun 24 2008, 3:35PM Services
Is local broadband penetration restricting the networking space?

Is local broadband penetration restricting the networking space?

We assess if the short fallings of the local broadband market is affecting the performances of networking vendors as they look to push the next wave of network innovation in Australia.
Staff Writers Jun 24 2008, 3:30PM Collaboration
Blade predicts future trends

Blade predicts future trends

Three major trends are reshaping the data centre says IBM and Intel’s blade server industry group, Blade.org, pointing the finger at network convergence, advanced energy efficiency techniques and hyper consolidation.
Sylvie Barak Jun 23 2008, 1:49PM Hardware
Enterprise software market booms

Enterprise software market booms

Analyst firm Gartner is reporting that sales of enterprise security products rose by nearly 20 per cent last year.
Iain Thomson Jun 18 2008, 2:50PM Security
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
IBM data centres cut consumption

IBM data centres cut consumption

IBM has announced that it would be unleashing a new line of modularly-designed data centers into the corporate world.
Sylvie Barak Jun 13 2008, 8:15AM Hardware
Cognos seeks new alliances

Cognos seeks new alliances

Performance management and business intelligence (BI) solutions provider, Cognos, is on the hunt for partners.
Mitchell Smith Jun 11 2008, 3:39PM Software
IBM uses water cooling for 3D chip stacks

IBM uses water cooling for 3D chip stacks

Collaborators from IBM and Berlin's Fraunhofer Institute have demonstrated a method of using water to cool processors arranged in 3-D stacks.
Dave Bailey Jun 10 2008, 9:16AM Hardware
Q1 storage software sales soar

Q1 storage software sales soar

The worldwide storage software market generated sales of US$2.9bn in the first quarter of 2008, analysts reported today..
Robert Jaques Jun 10 2008, 9:08AM Hardware
Microsoft preps 'critical' software fixes

Microsoft preps 'critical' software fixes

Microsoft is to issue seven security patches in this month's Patch Tuesday, including 'critical' fixes for DirectX, Internet Explorer and Bluetooth wireless software for Windows.
Guy Dixon Jun 7 2008, 3:34PM Software
BSA warns Aussie businesses about software piracy ‘can of worms’

BSA warns Aussie businesses about software piracy ‘can of worms’

The Business Software Alliance (BSA) is urging Australian IT managers to better examine their security policies and software assets to make sure they aren’t sitting on a dangerous ‘can of worms’ of software piracy.
Ashley Clark May 31 2008, 11:09AM Security

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