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Play it again - video games on a roll
Ben Woodhead
If you're wondering what Santa has in store for you this Christmas, it's probably safe to assume he's bringing video games
Minchin demands explanation over Optus China link
AAP
The federal opposition is demanding the government explain whether a company involved with the new frontrunner's bid for Australia's national broadband network has links with the Chinese military
Few good tidings on Telstra horizon
Tracy Lee
It's unlikely that Telstra shares will make a strong recovery before late next month, and investors and analysts are now more concerned about the group's business in the long term after it was excluded from the national broadband network (NBN) tender by the government.
Conroy right to go with his panel's call
David Crowe
Although Stephen Conroy gains nothing by dropping Telstra from the bidding process for his broadband network he had little choice over the weekend but to call the company's bluff.
Another decade wait for e-health
Ben Woodhead
State and federal health ministers have endorsed an eagerly-awaited national e-health strategy but Australian patients could face a 10-year wait before they have access to potentially life saving electronic health records.
Telstra shares hit two-year low after broadband exclusion
AAP
Shares in Telstra fell to a two-year low after the company was kicked out of the bidding process for a national high-speed broadband network
Abandon broadband tender process now says Minchin
AAP
The tender process for a national broadband network has been incompetently handled and the government must abandon it, the federal opposition says.
ANZ names CIO as innovation guru
Paul Smith
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group chief information officer Peter Dalton has moved into a newly created innovation role as the bank puts more emphasis on its Indian operations to run day-to-day technology following an executive restructure.
Deadline looms for MYOB shareholders
Paul Smith
It is do or die this week for Manhattan Software's controversial bid to acquire MYOB
Victorian Telstra workers promise more industrial action
AAP
Telstra workers are threatening more disruptions this week following their ban on overtime over the weekend
Telstra excluded from NBN bidding process
AAP
Telstra says it has been excluded from the bidding process for the construction of a national broadband network by the federal government for ``trivial'' reasons
Superpartners cuts its upgrade spend by $30m
Paul Smith
Superpartners has reduced its plan to spend $100 million on a comprehensive range of technology projects.
IT next as Rio looks for savings
Ben Woodhead
Mining giant Rio Tinto said it would step up its IT outsourcing program as part of its ambitious drive to eliminate $10 billion in debt and cut capital expenditure in half.
Centrelink systems swamped
Brian Corrigan
While the economic crisis has seen a large reduction in business for organisations across a broad range of industries, it certainly hasn't been the case for Centrelink.
Big to get bigger - Oracle
Brian Corrigan
Consolidation in the enterprise software market will continue to accelerate, according to Oracle vice-president Roland Slee.
Axia challenges Telstra on broadband
Tracy Lee
This Canadian bidder says its approach works in a wide range of communications environments around the world, writes Tracy Lee.
MYOB board backs revised takeover bid
Paul Smith
In the latest development of its takeover saga with private equity group Manhattan Software Bidco, MYOB's board has put the ball in its shareholders' court as part of a restructured offer for the accounting software maker.
Brave faces over Pipe delay
Paul Smith
Financial analysts are trying to keep a positive perspective on the ongoing uncertainty surrounding Pipe Networks' PPC-1 undersea broadband cable project, as its trading halt extended yet again yesterday.
Slowdown in US 'worse than 2001'
Ben Woodhead
The US IT industry finished last week with a flurry of bad news as equipment makers cut forecasts and reports circulated that Hewlett-Packard, one of the better performers in the sector, was freezing salaries.
$10m NBN tender blowout
AAP
Costs associated with the tender process for the national broadband network have blown out by $10 million

news

Pipe Networks' broadband cable project survives
Paul Smith
Pipe Networks has emerged from its trading halt with the news that its ambitious plan to lay a fibre-optic cable between Sydney and the US Pacific island of Guam, to offer businesses a direct broadband link to Asia and the US, will proceed as planned...
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Government could face $80bn compensation claim over NBN
AAP
Play it again - video games on a roll
Ben Woodhead
Tight budgets buoy IT services
Ben Woodhead

research

Telstra plays NBN Idol
Guy Cranswick, IBRS
Telstra's last minute bid shows it has bowed to commercial pressure to take part in the NBN...
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Telstra and the internet giants
David Kennedy, Ovum
HP cutting jobs, focusing on the future
John Madden, Ovum
HP and EDS: the real work begins
John Madden and David Mitchell, Ovum

magazine

Banking heavyweights splurge $250m on software
Ben Woodhead and Paul Smith
Australia's big Four banks have loaded up their books with another $250 million in deferred software costs as top- and second-tier financial services companies show few signs of making deep cuts to information technology spending...
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NAB stands by $1bn systems overhaul
Ben Woodhead
Superpartners recommits to $100m IT upgrade
Ben Woodhead
Bravura pays $32 million for Citigroup division
Ben Woodhead

multimedia

Gershon's govtech agenda - Part 2
Mark Jones
The Scoop podcast hosts the second of a two-part discussion on the ramifications of the wide-ranging Gershon Report on federal government ICT spending..
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Phil Hassey looks to 2009
Michael Crawford
Springboard Australia country manager and 2008 MIS Strategic 100 judge Phil Hassey explains why, despite the uncertain economic climate, companies won't be making moves to outsource IT services unless they get "massive shock to the system" in 2009...
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Why dumping Telstra was a good idea
It was a big shock when news broke that Telstra had been dumped from the race to build a national broadband network but the telco only has itself to blame...
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whitepapers

Advancing the economics of networking
Juniper Networks Inc
Aging network systems and old habits have dictated how businesses spend their IT budgets..
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OS impact on enterprise network performance
Juniper Networks Inc
What's behind network downtime?
Juniper Networks Inc
ProCurve mission critical networking
Hewlett Packard (Written Mar 2006, revised Jan 2008)

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Private sector CIO of the year: Dan Beecham, Woolworths
Chris Jenkins
This enterprising IT executive has continued to deliver on an already successful project which, as Chris Jenkins reports, is no mean feat...
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