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The 2016 hit-list is getting longer

A variety of banks are now reporting impact from the 2016 bug, along with phones based on the Windows Mobile platform.

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Bank of Queensland vs Y2K – an update

The Bank of Queensland has issued a work-around to all merchants, however the cause of the date error is still unknown.

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Remember Y2K? It bites again!

A decade after Y2K was considered 'done and dusted,' an echo is heard in Queensland (where else!)

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CIO, make 2010 your year of success

A new year is about to begin. The worst of the global recession appears over and technology leaders ought to steel themselves now to make 2010 a year where technology...

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Management software speeds recovery of stolen notebook

We've all heard of software that's designed to help track stolen notebooks. But the remote management software you're already using may be able to do the same job at no...

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Caterpillar dealer buys IBM data centre in a box (well, two boxes)

Perth-based WesTrac has engaged IBM to provide a portable modular data centre (PMDC) to augment a crowded existing facility.

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NSW Emergency crews consider move to the cloud

The NSW State Emergency Service is starting to explore its computing options in the cloud – taking the first tentative steps by switching to a financial computing application being hosted...

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Novell announces Intelligent Workload Management

In a wide-ranging announcement, Novell has laid out plans to blur the boundary between on-premises and in-the-cloud computing.

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CenITex seeks youth boost

Victorian Government IT services provider CenITex is looking to rejuvenate itself by hiring young graduates under a scheme developed in association with the Australian Computer Society.

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Offshoring: empowering or enslaving women?

A regional summit being held in Melbourne next week will explore whether offshore outsourcing empowers or undermines the almost 2 million women who find work on such projects in developing...

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Top contractor earns twice as much as CenITex boss

Despite a concerted push to reduce the proportion of IT contractors it employs, Victorian Government entity CenITex is still paying its top contractor twice what it pays its CEO, Peter...

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Macquarie Telecom signs $250,000 call deal

IP communications supplier Interactive Intelligence has edged out six other vendors to secure a 25 seat call management deal from Macquarie Telecom that it believes could eventually grow to a...

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Google Wave gets a Pulse

Novell's newly-announced Pulse – an integrated communication, authoring and social networking platform now has full integration with Google Wave.

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3000 new business information management consultants at Capgemini

Capgemini is to boost the number of its business information management consultants by 3000. This will be a 75% increase.

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Minister welcomes Telstra productivity report

Lindsay Tanner, Federal Minister for Finance and Deregulation, has welcomed a report on government productivity commissioned by Telstra. It contains some very useful insights, he said.

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Deloitte invests $10 million on cloud computing foundations

Professional services specialist Deloitte is spending $10 million transitioning to a single consolidated data centre, and starting its journey toward developing an on demand cloud computing service for both its...

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‘Information Glut’ choking Australian organisations: report

Australian organisations are choking on information, and need to step back and reconsider their processes and procedures, according to the company that sponsored a new piece of research.

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We eat our own cooking, says Symantec CIO

Symantec believes IT can be used to meet business objectives, and we eat our own cooking to prove it to customers, group president and CIO, Symantec Services Group,...

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Virtualisation delivers big $ savings for Corporate Express

Virtualising both processors and power supplies has cut 140,000 tonnes of CO2 from Corporate Express’s carbon footprint, and sliced $23,000 a year off its electricity bills.

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Gershon savings could come from printing reforms not just jobs

Overhauling Government departments’ printing and document management systems could deliver the savings required by the Gershon Report recommendations, and potentially save IT jobs.

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