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Better BI: Boyne Resorts 02/09/2008 09:29:00
Marketing staffers can view customer behavior patterns at each of the company's ski and golf resortsBI projects are frequently driven by the demands of executives who want to scour dashboards to analyze sales and other business trends. But at Boyne Resorts, the company's BI directive was marshaled by its CIO. - +
Open source telephony new star at TV producer 26/06/2008 14:00:59
Open technology competes in proprietary PABX worldWhen TV production company FremantleMedia Australia had an opportunity to move to IP telephony during an office refurbishment, the open source Asterisk proved itself to offer everything required and more for the 150-plus handset deployment. - +
Recruitment process outsourcing unlocks growth for Spinvox 25/06/2008 12:24:16
How do you grow a company from 50 to 350 in 18 months? Part of the answer is to call in rectuitment process outsourcers.Most IT managers would not think twice about employing recruitment consultants to get the staff they want, but how far should they take the process? - +
Gibson Guitar strikes a chord with Microsoft UC platform 04/06/2008 08:00:42
System upgrades provided lower cost path to voice, video, e-mail, presenceGibson Guitar is enjoying the sweet music playing out on its multifaceted unified communications system that connects its users across the globe. - +
Bank shaves up to 40 per cent off telecom costs using UC 04/06/2008 08:00:00
WesBanco's Cisco network already pays for itselfWest Virginia-based WesBanco Bank, which provides financial services to the residents and businesses of West Virginia, Ohio, and western Pennsylvania, grows through acquisition. - +
Planning virtualization moves wisely 26/05/2008 09:58:01
CiRBA's data center intelligence toolNot so long ago, if Underwriters Laboratories needed to add three additional servers worth of computing power in three weeks, the company just bought three new units, says Kent Walker, manager of computer operations for UL. With more time for capacity analysis - which is both labor and time-intensive - Walker might be able to shift resources around and stave off the purchase. But when the need is immediate, there's no time for that. - +
10G Ethernet powers glitzy Vegas resort 22/05/2008 08:08:15
VoIP, wireless still need to prove themselves to CTOThe US$1.5 billion Venetian resort in Las Vegas is a city within a city. - +
City water plugs leaks with CMS 04/04/2008 11:32:29
IT centralises management of SCADA, GIS and IVRCity West Water has reduced maintenance costs, eliminated paper based reporting and increased responsiveness with an integrated job management system and a new fleet of Next G handsets. - +
Tabcorp wins gamble with shared services 05/03/2008 10:49:45
Four year project to consolidate and standardize IT platforms.Tabcorp has increase staff productivity and consolidated and standardised IT platforms by migrating its finance, HR and procurement to shared services model. - +
Employment firm trains staff in compliance with network management kit 05/03/2008 12:03:13
Console keeps 350 Windows machines in checkEmployment and training firm CVGT has installed a network management toolkit to enforce compliance and protect the financial and personal data of its 40,000-plus apprentices and trainees. - +
Uni fortifies Western Front with IDS 22/02/2008 20:11:00
Nurtured NAC keeps malware outThe University of Western Sydney (UWS) has today gone live with a managed Intrusion Detection System (IDS) for its 5000 users. - +
Law firm stop unsolicited mail with software-as-a-service 25/01/2008 14:00:11
In-house solution severed communications for longer than 30 minutesSydney based law practice Law Partners Solicitors and Barristers (LPSB), has cleared network congestion and continual downtime by replacing its in-house Microsoft Outlook solution with hosted Exchange Server. - +
Network control a paradise for Gold Coast City Council 17/01/2008 14:25:51
IT on a mission for a hassle-free networkGold Coast City Council has cut the complexity from network management by dumping its unsupported Novell network authentication software for a new solution. - +
Belyando council boosts staff efficiency with shared services platform 16/11/2007 09:13:58
Applications migrate onlineBelyando Shire Council has replaced its aging work administration platform with a new shared services solution which will coordinate work for its 140 staff. - +
Trojan horse payload strikes recruiter 06/07/2007 10:29:13
Lax antispam cultivates malware plagueEmployment and consulting agency Australian Recruiting has found refuge with a new anti-spam gateway and firewall solution after its IT network suffered a denial of service (DoS) attack, Trojan horse infections, and plagues of malware.
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Computerworld Live Webinar
Wednesday 20th, August 2008
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Computerworld Live Podcast #97: The Future of Enterprise Networking 25/07/2008 09:45:36
This week CW Live chats with Mark Thompson, global sales and marketing manager for HP ProCurve, on the future of the enterprise networking. Mark discusses the trends we can expect to see in the near future and how the right infrastructure can ensure your enterprise network is secure. - +
Computerworld Live Podcast #96: Security at the Edge 11/06/2008 09:22:22
CW Live speaks with Amol Mitra, HP ProCurve Director of Marketing for Asia Pacific and Japan. Today's topic: how enterprises are starting to shift away from simply controlling security via server logins, firewalls and moving to more adaptive security frameworks. - +
Data Management Edition #10: Multi-Petascale Systems 02/05/2008 09:12:33
This week we look at sustainability and the development of multicore technologies to build multi-petascale systems. - +
IT Security Edition #11: How to poison the Storm botnet 01/05/2008 08:51:55
This week CW Live presents a case study on how to poison the notorious Storm botnet . Plus we take a look at Cisco's plans for Ironport. - +
IT Security Edition #10: Cyber-battles fought and won 24/04/2008 11:09:47
Vendors bow to end user pressure to improve product security, and we take a look at the latest concepts shaping the cyber-battlefield of the future.
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F-Secure delivers fastest protection in the online world 2008-09-04 16:50:00+10
NETGEAR expands ProSafe team as business-class products take off in SME market 2008-09-04 16:27:00+10
Rogue security apps dominate Fortinet's Aug 2008 IT threat report 2008-09-04 16:00:00+10
Adaptec Intelligent Power Management Reduces Storage Power Consumption Up to 70 Percent 2008-09-04 11:28:00+10
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