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Software sales at risk with multiple core PCs

Software sales at risk with multiple core PCs

Software prices could skyrocket to unaffordable levels for many users in coming years as computer hardware evolves to multiple core models, a Gartner analyst has claimed.
Fleur Doidge Nov 30 2004, 12:00AM Software
Grid project puts unused PCs to work

Grid project puts unused PCs to work

IBM and several of the world's leading scientific and philanthropic groups this week launched a project that would put millions of PCs to work on research problems ranging from Alzheimer's to disaster forecasting.
Staff Writers Nov 17 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
Software vendors name channel champions

Software vendors name channel champions

Australian software provider Professional Advantage has won a worldwide partner of the year prize from US vendor Epicor for the second year running.
Staff Writers Nov 11 2004, 12:00AM Software
IBM Lotus developers to ride Java Express

IBM Lotus developers to ride Java Express

IBM has extended its Express portfolio for SMBs, adding a version of Workplace Services Express that lets resellers use a single server with their Java development platform.
Fleur Doidge Nov 10 2004, 12:00AM Software
Complexity crisis to hold back software growth

Complexity crisis to hold back software growth

The worldwide software industry may be continuing its recovery, but the "complexity crisis" that has been plaguing the industry will keep it from reaching the booming double-digit growth rates achieved before the recent recession, according to a new report.
W. David Gardner Nov 8 2004, 12:00AM Collaboration
PeopleSoft aligns With IBM and i-flex

PeopleSoft aligns With IBM and i-flex

Companies will work together to develop a "risk and compliance dashboard" for Basel II.
Ivan Schneider Nov 1 2004, 12:00AM Software
SGI joins IBM in claiming fastest supercomputing title

SGI joins IBM in claiming fastest supercomputing title

Silicon Graphics this week became the second computer maker to claim it has built the fastest supercomputer, a title that will be officially announced next month.
Staff Writers Oct 27 2004, 12:00AM Hardware
ACS calls for software quality assurance

ACS calls for software quality assurance

The ACS has called on the adoption of software "quality assurance methodologies" to improve Australia's status as an offshoring destination and ensure better risk management practices.
Staff Writers Oct 18 2004, 12:00AM Software
Software transforms iPod into PC backup device

Software transforms iPod into PC backup device

All those millions of iPod mobile music players are getting an additional personality via a software package that enables iPod users to back up their PC settings on their iPods.
Staff Writers Oct 8 2004, 12:00AM Software
ZigBee the next wireless revolution

ZigBee the next wireless revolution

A study released this week by ABI Research claims that ZigBee is "the next revolution in wireless technology".
Staff Writers Sep 30 2004, 12:00AM Mobility
Qld reseller partners hospitality industry in software initiative

Qld reseller partners hospitality industry in software initiative

Queensland reseller Byte Power has partnered Australian hospitality industry body Restaurant & Catering Australia to push POS and retail management software to the latter’s members.
Staff Writers Sep 23 2004, 12:00AM Software
JPMorgan chase cancels US$5 billion outsourcing deal with IBM

JPMorgan chase cancels US$5 billion outsourcing deal with IBM

The inexorable march of outsourcing took an abrupt about face yesterday, when JPMorgan Chase bank cancelled its US$5 billion outsourcing deal with IBM and said it would take back the 4000 employees working at IBM on the bank's IT programs.
W. David Gardner Sep 16 2004, 12:00AM Software
CSC bags Navy deal

CSC bags Navy deal

CSC has won a four-year $15 million contract to design and install a shipboard and shore-based IT infrastructure for the Royal Australian Navy.
Staff Writers Sep 16 2004, 12:00AM Training & Development
IBM asks court to block US$12B Holocaust suit

IBM asks court to block US$12B Holocaust suit

IBM has asked a Swiss court to block a multi-billion dollar lawsuit filed by an organisation alleging that the computer giant's punch card machines facilitated the murder of gypsies during World War II, lawyers said last week.
Staff Writers Sep 6 2004, 12:00AM Hardware
IBM unveils world's smallest PC

IBM unveils world's smallest PC

IBM has launched the ThinkCentre S50 ultra small, a PC which it claims is the smallest in the world.
Byron Connolly Aug 31 2004, 12:00AM Hardware
Cisco ties VoIP to Microsoft CRM

Cisco ties VoIP to Microsoft CRM

Cisco Systems' Microsoft collaboration on the SMB market has begun to bear fruit, with the networking vendor launching an application integrating Microsoft CRM with its VoIP platform.
Jennifer Hagendorf Follett Aug 24 2004, 12:00AM Mobility
CSC offloads reseller business

CSC offloads reseller business

Services giant CSC Australia has sold its product reseller business to Level 3 Communications subsidiary Software Spectrum, leaving 60 staff in the lurch.
Byron Connolly Aug 3 2004, 12:00AM Services
QLD software group formed

QLD software group formed

Queensland-based software development companies have banded together to form Software Queensland -- a lobby group aimed at raising the profile of locally developed software products and strengthen the businesses behind them.
Byron Connolly Jul 29 2004, 12:00AM Software
Data #3 opens IBM TotalStorage centre

Data #3 opens IBM TotalStorage centre

Corporate reseller Data#3 and IBM have opened a storage networking centre for proof-of concept trials in Sydney.
Staff Writers Jul 16 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
Pirates, ISPs hamper local software industry: BSA

Pirates, ISPs hamper local software industry: BSA

A global anti-piracy lobby group has claimed that bringing down software piracy would boost local software development and that local ISPs should be roped into stopping online pirates.
Fleur Doidge Jul 8 2004, 12:00AM Security

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