Stories by Pete Young

Hospital denies it will outsource bioinformatics

The controversial sacking of a bio-IT worker by St Vincent's Hospital in Melbourne has forced the hospital to deny it has any current plans to outsource bioinformatics activity.

Bioinformatics boost in Queensland

The first alliance of Australian bioinformatics groups to be created with a commercial focus has sprung up in Queensland.

Bioprospect signs deal with US company Diversa

Listed company BioProspect has signed a pact with a second major drug developer interested in testing its library of compounds extracted from Australian plants.

Qld Govt hails its IT cost cuts

The Queensland Government is patting itself on the back for orchestrating lower broadband telecommunication costs and cutting public sector software procurement costs.

Web site failure blocks betting

TAB Ltd was forced into damage control mode last weekend when a Telstra failure blocked 52,000 online punters from accessing their normal betting sites.

Contractor rates dip for bottom line win

Corporate Australia is going through one of its periodic re-balancing acts between contract and permanent IT staff.

Contractor rates dip for bottom line win

Corporate Australia is going through one of its periodic re-balancing acts between contract and permanent IT staff. Both groups have been under pressure in a complicated scenario, which has seen contract rates dip and permanent staff numbers tighten.

IT management eases when CXOs cotton on

Life is easier for Nik Vorgic thanks to the aggressive interest his CEO and CFO take in information technology.

Privacy Act overloads computer system

Enquiries triggered by the new Privacy Act helped overload an award-winning customer call centre run by electricity and gas retailer Energex.

E-comm tools promise dollars

Cutting costs forms a far more common justification for investing in Internet infrastructure than generating extra revenues, but not always. Financial services company BPay and industrial tools company Collins Industrial Distributors have cash-generating Web projects.

Australian regains technology after tech shakeout

Australia's sadly depleted stocks of intellectual property are being replenished as a knock-on effect of the tech wreck.

Local software company succeeds despite government rejection

The capture of an $800,000 contract by a software company immediately after it was rejected for a Federal Government R&D Start grant appears to expose flaws in the grant process.

Buying Australian has new meaning

Australia's sadly-depleted stocks of intellectual property are being replenished as a knock-on effect of the tech wreck.

Badtrans makes good for MessageLabs

Badtrans virus will probably tack another point or two on MessageLab's already-impressive growth rate.

Fibre optic network replaces satellite links

Racing broadcaster Sky Channel has been weaned off satellite links and onto a fibre optic network to deliver live telecasts of Australian horse races to US punters.