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Expand Networks and VMware selected by the Australian Bureau of Statistics for VDI strategy 23 June, 2009 11:13
Expand Networks, the leader in optimising WANs for branch office consolidation and virtualisation, today announced that the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is implementing Expand Networks’ WAN optimisation technology to complete its organisation-wide virtualisation strategy of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI). Deployed in the datacentre as a virtual image on existing VMware ESX Hypervisor, Expand’s Virtual Accelerators will enable the rollout by ABS to migrate employees across the country to VDI. - +
Dell Latitude 2100 netbook 21 May, 2009 18:40
Dell's Latitude 2100 is designed specifically for school students, but it's available for everyone. It's the first netbook we have seen to feature a touch screen as well as a ruggedised case. It's a little heavier than a typical netbook, but it doesn't have atypical specifications for a netbook. It comes with an Intel Atom N270 CPU and a 10.1in screen. You can choose from a variety of configurations. - +
More needs to be done with cyber security: Conroy 18 May, 2009 09:40
Senator Stephen Conroy has used his keynote speech at the 2009 AusCert conference, held this week on the Gold Coast, to call for a renewed emphasis on cyber security. - +
Australia to get tax on electronic waste 06 May, 2009 14:11
Australia will get its first e-tax to facilitate a nation-wide electronic goods recycling scheme if the industry-backed plan is accepted by government this month. - +
Financial crisis challenging CIOs: VMware 21 April, 2009 16:35
The global financial crisis is causing CIOs to jump through more hoops than ever to get their IT projects approved, according to VWmare’s APAC managing director Paul Harapin. - +
ABS private cloud may host eCensus 21 April, 2009 14:20
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has virtualized its server infrastructure to form its own private cloud with the potential to host the 2016 eCensus thus avoiding a $9 million outsourcing contract. - +
IT job ads, vacancies down in March: Survey 03 April, 2009 15:48
The IT job market fell 15 percent in March, crashing to the level of 2005 and down by 53 per cent on the same time last year, according to the Olivier Job Index. - +
Retail crash not the end for IT 02 April, 2009 11:03
Australian retail sales took a substantial hit in February, but IT spending remains strong. - +
Micron flash chip offloads memory management for portables 13 March, 2009 07:54
Flash memory maker Micron Technology said that it will ship a new high-density flash memory chip for portable media players that relieves mobile processors of NAND management functions. - +
Identity fraud the focus of week-long spotlight 13 October, 2008 08:51
National Identity Fraud Awareness Week opened today and will continue until the end of the week in a bid to raise awareness of identity theft and fraud, as well as to educate businesses and the general public on taking care when distributing personal information either physically or online. - +
ABS: Australia’s ICT industry totals 300K workers 08 October, 2008 12:26
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has pegged Australia’s ICT industry workforce at approximately 300,000 persons as of the year ending 30 June, 2007.
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