Stories by Steven Deare

AMD's local shuffle almost complete

AMD Australia will drop its top local job for a new business development role as part of a major restructure of its management team.

Sensis posts new seach options

Sensis is expanding its online search capabilities to include Trading Post ads by the end of this month.

Banks put heads together for SOA

Two senior software architects from a couple of Australia's biggest banks have joined forces to combat one of the biggest challenges facing enterprise development - service oriented architecture (SOA).

'Nic off', auDA tells registrar

Controversial domain name registrar TotalNIC has lost its accreditation after it failed to pay the costs ordered from its court loss to the .au Domain Administration (auDA).

Wi-Fi roaming still rules, says ex-Telstra chief

Telstra's former wireless data chief has signed the first Australian partner for his latest wireless venture, which offers services he expects will give his old employer the shakes -- metro Wi-Fi and mobile VoIP.

Get set for the great domain sale of '05

Want to be master of your domain? Well, Web master, anyway. In six weeks you can, thanks to a landmark decision to release 20,000 geographic domain names for public sale.

Music piracy team raids ISP over BitTorrent

Music Industry Piracy Investigations (MIPI) has raided Perth ISP Swiftel, claiming the company used the BitTorrent peer-to-peer technology to link to sound and video recordings.

Business backs Queensland.NET

Two major players in Queensland's software industry have thrown their weight behind a new industry cooperative and its plans to improve commercial opportunities for locals.

After $552m loss, 3 says worst is over

Mobile operator Hutchison Telecommunications has posted a $552 million loss for last year, but claims good gains in subscriber numbers.

Transformation on track, says Coles Myer CIO

Despite early upheaval and a much-scrutinized supply chain project, Coles Myer CIO Peter Mahler has assured industry watchers that all's well at Coles Myer IT.

Telstra looks to spur i-mode adoption

Telstra is offering a sizeable slice of i-mode subscription revenue to prospective content partners as an incentive to develop for the nascent mobile service.

Qantas charts digital course

Qantas has finally moved to replace traditional, paper-based navigation systems with digital navigation charts throughout the airline.

Late night chat set to save lives

Doctors in Australia and the UK now have a late-night "chat lifeline" that can save lives by providing them with immediate medical information.

Debian developer takes Linux top job

Debian developer Jonathan Oxer has been elected president of Linux Australia and will take over the role from Pia Smith early next month.

Conference-hosting a novel training of thought

While the New Year again sees training providers offer a multitude of courses, one local software house has taken a novel approach to getting access to what it considers the best field experts in the world.