Stories about: Sausage Software

Ex-Sausage Software CEO Wayne Bos is severing his 12-month connection with investment group Tomorrow, which is changing course away from technology plays.

Sausage Software Ltd. is remaining optimistic despite registering an interim net loss of around A$211 million (US$106.6 million).

Bruce Thompson, former managing director of Hewlett-Packard Australia, has joined the board of Keycorp as a non-executive director, at the same time as Malcolm Irving has been appointed non-executive chairman.

Clarity, Isec, Optus, Southern Cross Cable, Tomorrow and Quadrant all make waves

Location data and software company MapInfo is preparing for increased business as wireless technologies take off by beefing up its regional management structure. At Praxa the staff were going rather than coming, and during the week we also noted some unhappy departures of old friends from other companies

HP's rough ride without a leader is over as the company has appointed industry veteran Norm McCann Australasian managing director. Over at Sun, Russell Bate has taken a regional role, while down as Sausage the inside-out takeover is having some weird effects

Just two months into his term as Solution 6 CEO, Neil Gamble has announced an extensive reform of the company's various business units to bring the company into profitability next year.Just two months into his term as Solution 6 CEO, Neil Gamble has announced an extensive reform of the company's various business units to bring the company into profitability next year. Solution 6 announced a first-quarter loss of $3 million and has withdrawn its expectation for profitability this year, instead forecasting a $16 million loss. Gamble blames these losses on the dot-com stock slide since May, a lack of management accountability and failed acquisitions.

Sausage Software has opened its first Asian office in Singapore, where it has already signed up two global clients. Other Australian companies also increased their efforts in the region, while Logica made another attempt at getting its business up to speed Down Under

Shortly after quitting the managing director's job at Hewlett-Packard's Australian subsidiary, Bruce Thompson has been appointed to the rather slim board of Sausage Software. Other movements around the traps this week were quite seriously puzzling

A well-established Chinese operation has begun paying dividends in the form of multimillion dollar orders for Australian online security specialist SecureNet. China also proved lucrative for listed developer MXL, while on the home front the big orders just kept on coming

It is now on the record that Paul Brandling moved into Ian Penman's well-worn shoes at the helm of Compaq on Black Friday - no omens there. Elsewhere Michael Burnie made a surprise comeback, the drift of directors from Sausage and Solution 6 continued, and one or two other surprises kept the week buzzing