Stories by Hamish Barwick

IT services market receives boost in Q4: Ovum

A number of lucrative deals at the end of last year helped the Asia Pacific IT services market beat three quarters of decline in total contract value (TCV), according to a report from Ovum.

Toughbooks take precedence at Sydney Adventist Hospital: CIO

The Sydney Adventist Hospital has made the decision to adopt the Panasonic Toughbook H1 Health mobile clinical assistant for its pharmacists, after literally weighing up the benefits of the device.

Three-dimensional imaging beams in at Melbourne's Synchrotron

An academic consortium's plan to open a Multi-modal Australian Sciences Imaging and Visualisation (MASSIVE) facility to help scientists research illnesses using 3D modelling has received a boost from IBM.

Kiwi dataminer looks for Sydney partner

New Zealand-based business intelligence company, Datamine, is preparing to ramp up its trans-Tasman presence by wooing potential Sydney suitors.

Clear IT vision ahead for Mater Health Services

Doubling the rate of eye tissue donations is just one of many positive outcomes for Mater Health Services following the introduction of a new application development platform, InterSystems Ensemble.

Salmat to embark on massive data centre consolidation

Australian customer communications solution company Salmat (ASX: SLM) is in the planning stages of shrinking 35 data centre sites across the country down to just two.

Tablets a "double-edged sword": Mater Health Services CIO

While some Australian hospitals have embraced tablet PCs, one major health services provider is holding off deployment until improvements are made in the form factor.

Sydney data centres keep cool in heat wave

Despite energy demands increasing as temperatures reach 40 degrees Celcius in Sydney this week, data centres in the area have not yet reported any power failures.

Smartphone market to reach saturation point by 2015: Analysts

The growing use of smartphone devices show no signs of abating, with analyst firms IDC and Gartner forecasting smartphone numbers to reach between nine and 10 million in 2015.

Jobs cut at Software Traction following acquisition

Five administration staff will be let go at Australian software developer Software Traction after it was snapped up by New Zealand IBM services company Certus Solutions.

Big brother CCTV upgrade underway in WA

The Western Australia Country Health Service in Perth will soon have electronic eyes again with the replacement of 16 closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras.

Virtualisation, mobile devices pose largest security risks: Symantec

Maintaining secure virtualisation practices and improving the security of mobile devices will be top-of-mind for IT leaders in 2011, local security industry leaders have claimed.

Tourism Tasmania to spruik state through multimedia

State government agency Tourism Tasmania is looking for a digital asset management system to make the best use of photos and video in promoting the state as an international holiday destination.

SA Families and Communities on data consolidation mission

The Department for Families and Communities (DFC) in South Australia is planning to replace seven legacy client information systems with a single repository using master data management (MDM).

ACMA seeks service provider for website migration

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is looking for a service provider to help with its SiteCore content management system (CMS) development as it migrates its Cybersmart website internally.