| 28/08/2008
06:33 AM |
| Futuris' Amcom stake finds a home |
Local telco Amcom Telecommunications has moved to shore up its future by buying back some of the 50 per cent stake its partial parent Futuris had been looking to sell. |
| 28/08/2008
06:16 AM |
| PC Tools to be poor man's Norton |
Computer security giant Symantec this week said it would not integrate the software of recent acquisition PC Tools into its mainstream Norton suite, instead using the products as its low-cost option for countries such as India and China. |
| 28/08/2008
06:11 AM |
| Aussie IT unions rise from the dead |
Australia's creaky technology unions have finally awoken from their long slumber and have started to throw their
weight around. |
| 28/08/2008
05:10 AM |
| Strike vote fuels IBM Australia debate |
A potential impending strike action at one of IBM Australia's Sydney facilities has sparked debate about whether it was still worth striving to work at one of the largest and most prestigious technology firms in Australia and the world. |
| 28/08/2008
12:35 AM |
| Realestate plucks CEO from Microsoft |
Rea Group, which runs the Realestate.com.au family of websites, has a new chief executive after poaching a Microsoft staffer. |
| 28/08/2008
12:22 AM |
| No buyers for Optima |
Optima's administrator yesterday said it was having trouble finding buyers for the failed PC maker due to fears about liability for warranties on sold PCs. |
| 27/08/2008
09:05 PM |
| Cisco buys PostPath for $215m |
Cisco Systems announced Wednesday plans to acquire e-mail and calendaring software maker PostPath in a US$215 million deal. |
| 27/08/2008
06:23 AM |
| IBM boosts Ballarat facility |
IBM today said it would create 300 new technology jobs in the Victorian city of Ballarat, using government
funding to open a new building at Ballarat Technology Park. |
| 27/08/2008
06:21 AM |
| EDS reassures Aussie clients |
The Australian division of Texan IT services giant EDS has sent its major local clients letters assuring them that its US$13.9 billion acquisition by Hewlett-Packard wouldn't result in a drop in service levels. |
| 27/08/2008
02:24 AM |
| AGIMO denies new ICT office |
The Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) has labelled a newspaper report "factually incorrect" that said it had moved to a strategy of centralised IT procurement before the findings of the Gershon review which will be released next month. |