Stories about: Smarter Way

An information security expert claims the government has the wrong approach to Internet filtering, and should focus on protecting Australians from technical risks rather than content.

A fully virtualised fail-over disaster recovery environment that has been purpose-built for federal government customers is set to go live later this month.

A standing complaint about Windows Server is its resource footprint. Those in IT just take as rote that it requires lots of memory, lots of CPU, and lots of disk to put any substantial services on the air with Windows Server 2003. I think it's safe to say that the typical x86 rack server's characteristics reflect the requirements of Windows Server. Microsoft's big OS has always been designed under the presumption that it will have a full physical server to itself.

Freedom in the software business does not necessarily mean free of charge, said MySQL CEO Marten Mickos, who reviewed a list of business models for open source at the Open Source Business Conference in San Francisco on Wednesday.

Simplify, simplify, simplify. The challenge for Microsoft in revamping Office was to better organize all the options available without negatively impacting productivity. For new users that's a particularly important goal, since the menus and toolbars in current versions may appear to be a mishmash.

In order to reduce its 'personal printing' scourge, Telstra has installed more than 1000 multifunction devices (MFDs) across 150 buildings in what is believed to be the largest project of its type ever in Australia.

IT consulting firm Deloitte Consulting jumped onto the 'ideas house' bandwagon this week, launching a technology solutions centre for enterprises looking for speedy innovation at lower cost. Based in Sydney, the centre is part of Deloitte's new service delivery model and provides a purpose-built facility for implementation, risk management and technology support.