Stories by Staff writers

IT jobs down but online ads up

The demand for Australian IT professionals fell 7 per cent last month, while the online IT index has returned positive results for the past two months.

Great Plains gets an upgrade

Microsoft Business Solutions on Wednesday released its Great Plains enterprise resource planning (ERP) software version 7.5.

Gric provides access to 700 wireless hotspots

Gric Communications, which provides mobile users dial-up Internet access worldwide, recently announced a broadband service using Wi-Fi and Ethernet.

SIP takes a hit

The CERT Coordination Center is warning of a vulnerability that is affecting products using the session initiation protocol (SIP).

Manufacturer milks storage solution

Australian dairy products manufacturer Pauls is implementing a content-addressed storage solution to manage its electronic and document archiving workload.

API signs $6.5m core apps deal

Australian Pharmaceutical Industries (API) will implement a 500-user, $6.5 million contract to improve data analysis and decision making support, adapt rapidly to desired process changes, integrate future acquisitions more easily, improve the management of inventory and debtors and simplify IT support.

Borland licenses .Net Framework kit

Borland Software has announced it is licensing the Microsoft .Net Framework Software Development Kit (SDK) for distribution.

Citrix Systems appoints new area vice president, Australia and New Zealand

Citrix Systems Asia has appointed Raju Parrab to the position of area vice president, Australia and New Zealand.

IT&T employers find recruitment agencies dissatisfactory

Up to 89 per cent of Australia's corporate IT employers are dissatisfied with the value recruitment agencies add to the hiring process, a new recruitment agency has found.

Feds call for broadband strategy

A federal government enquiry into broadband Internet connections has called for a national strategy to regulate Australia's use of the technology.

Unisys names new MD

Unisys has appointed Andrew Barkla as managing director of Unisys Australia and New Zealand.

ING signs $22m outsourcing deal

ING Australia has signed Aspect Computing to manage the finance group's 2500-seat desktop and LAN environment as part of a $22 million outsourcing contract announced Thursday.

SAP gets new chief

Geraldine McBride has been appointed as CEO and managing director for SAP Australia and New Zealand(ANZ) replacing Chris Bennett who has resigned, citing personal reasons.

OpenOffice evolves for Darwin

The OpenOffice.org community has released a free Final Beta version of OpenOffice.org 1.0 X11 for Mac SO X and Darwin.

MACWORLD - TiVo, Brother, Aspyr: Rendezvous products

The adoption of Apple Computer's Rendezvous networking technology continues with TiVo Inc., Brother International and Aspyr Media announcing new products incorporating Rendezvous networking.