Stories by Randal Jackson

Study: Enterprises have the will, lack the funds to go green

A study into "Green IT" within Australian and New Zealand organizations reveals that a majority have a strong mandate from the executive to reduce the environmental impact of IT but not that many are offering a budget for IT to achieve this.

Vodafone NZ in alleged billing project blow-out

Vodafone will make little comment about a massive trans-Tasman infrastructure project which industry sources say is running late, with a potential large cost over-run.

Linux a lovely little earner for IBM

IBM's business built around Linux was worth US$16 billion last year and is projected to be worth more than US$50 billion, says the company's global head of public sector Linux sales, Mary Ann Fisher.

IBM chosen as preferred supplier for GSN, despite politicians' long memory

A New Zealand State Services Commission decision to chose IBM as its preferred supplier of network management and service delivery for the Government Shared Network (GSN) was greeted internally at Big Blue almost joyously.

IBM, Borland duel for Gen-i software tools contract

IBM confidence last year that it had won a major software tools contract at Gen-i with its Rational toolset seems to be premature. Gen-i is the ICT division of Telecom New Zealand.

Reserve Bank questions Westpac on mainframe outage

New Zealand's Reserve Bank has issued a "please explain" notice to Westpac following a mainframe outage in Australia that put at risk the bank's ability to make international settlements.

NZ Westpac Bank hit by Australian mainframe crash

A mainframe failure in Australia prevented Westpac New Zealand from making international settlements for most of last Monday.

Layoffs loom at Tacit

Insurance and financial services software provider Tacit Group is understood to have made major layoffs in New Zealand. Sources say the company is getting rid of 60 staff.

Sybase Australasia boss resigns

Sybase Australasian managing director Peter Fletcher has resigned. He will be replaced in the short term by Asia-Pacific vice president Raymond Teh until a successor is found.

NZ open source trial attracts gov't attention

New Zealand District Health Board (DHBs) trials of an open source desktop will be carefully watched by other government agencies, keen to reduce the licensing fees they pay to Microsoft.

EDS promises 20% saving with Agility Alliance

Electronic Data Systems predicts large customers will save 20 percent over the life of a contract for if they buy into its new Agility Alliance.

Ministry dumps Windows for Unix

The New Zealand Ministry of Health is going back to Unix for its mission-critical applications.

IBM on outer as Borland becomes global standard

Borland has signed a landmark contract with EDS for its application lifecycle management solutions to become the global standard for EDS' software development and delivery infrastructure.

Silicon Systems proves Intel wrong

New Zealand company, Silicon Systems, recently proved a point to Intel with the first sale in Australasia of an Intel-based blade server solution.

Botched mainframe move may cost Westpac NZ millions

Westpac New Zealand's plans to move its mainframe processing to Australia have been scuttled by the country's Reserve Bank at a probable cost of millions of dollars.