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• Unisys West Lands WA Justice Deal

  The WA Ministry of Justice awarded Unisys West, the joint-venture between Unisys and BankWest, its first contract, under which the IT service partners will streamline the agency's court systems administration and operations.

  Written by Helen Han • 10 Nov. 00 12:01

• Brief: AOL Australia Searches with Looksmart

  Directories group Looksmart has become the Web search and directory provider for AOL Australia, the joint venture between America Online and AAPT. Effective immediately, the agreement gives AOL Australia (www.aol.com.au) members and visitors to the Web site access to LookSmart's database of editorially reviewed content through a co-branded directory in the AOL Australia search area.

  Written by Kelly Mills • 10 Nov. 00 12:01

• Australian Spectrum Going for a Song

  Watch those prices plummet! That's the pundits' prognostication on Australia's looming auction of third-generation (3G) mobile phone spectrum.

  Written by Peter Young • 10 Nov. 00 12:01

• UPDATE: Senate outsourcing inquiry called

  The Department for Finance and Administration (DOFA) has gone to ground, refusing to comment on whether timetables for the remaining tenders are threatened by the public Senate inquiry announced yesterday.

  Written by Jeanne-Vida Douglas • 10 Nov. 00 12:01

• Unions Fear Outsourcing Review a Whitewash

  The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) has called on the federal government to include the public in its review of the controversial IT outsourcing program.

  Written by Sandra Van Dijk • 09 Nov. 00 12:01

• Netspace flings former FreeNet users ISP lifeline

  National ISP Netspace Online Systems is offering customers of the recently abandoned FreeNet service a seamless transfer to its own service, at a price.

  Written by Brett Winterford • 09 Nov. 00 12:01

• On the move at HP and Sun

  Norman McCann has been appointed managing director of Hewlett-Packard Australasia.

  Written by Kelly Mills • 09 Nov. 00 12:01

• Australians Dabble in US Presidential Election online

  Australians put their two cents worth in the US presidential race yesterday through a demonstration online ‘ballot' hosted by the US Consulate in Sydney and the US Embassy in Canberra.

  Written by Helen Han • 09 Nov. 00 12:01

• Sage secures route to market with Inecom

  Professional services company Tetra has changed its name to Inecom following a merger with long-time business applications software vendor Sage International.

  Written by Agnes King • 09 Nov. 00 12:01

• Minolta acquires the rest of QMS

  Minolta has finalised a deal to acquire the remaining shares in printing vendor Minolta-QMS over the next four to six weeks.

  Written by Georgina Swan • 09 Nov. 00 12:01

• UPDATE: IT outsourcing divides Government ranks

  CSIRO staff representatives are meeting with Federal Finance and Administration Minister John Fahey this afternoon in the wake of Federal Minister for Industry, Science and Resources, Senator Nick Minchin's criticisms of the Government's IT outsourcing policies.

  Written by Jeanne-Vida Douglas • 09 Nov. 00 12:01

• Business Objects' new release contains CRM applications

  Business intelligence software vendor Business Objects has announced the next generation of its analysis tool, Set Analyzer, designed with CRM applications in mind.

  Written by Richard Noone • 09 Nov. 00 12:01

• Volante completes AAG merger

  Volante has finalised details of its merger with AAG Technology following approval by AAG shareholders and given its vital services revenues a big boost in the process.

  Written by Georgina Swan • 09 Nov. 00 12:01

• Tsunami Offers 'Wireless' Fibre Optic

  One Australian networking company believes that wireless has been the poor cousin of cabling for too long and that we are heading for a role reversal.

  Written by Kelly Mills • 08 Nov. 00 12:01

• Telstra and Entellect Team on New Wireless Office

  Telstra MobileNet and Entellect Solutions have teamed up to join the wireless mobile office bandwagon.

  Written by Kelly Mills • 08 Nov. 00 12:01

• Cisco's iHome is its iCastle

  The home networking market has been touted by many as one of the last frontiers for integrators to get into, and while everyone has heard of the Internet fridge and the smart toaster, Cisco has teamed up with a host of other vendors to unveil its first fully networked house.

  Written by Richard Noone • 08 Nov. 00 12:01

• IT outsourcing inquiry announced

  The fate of the outsourcing tenders covering IT services for Centrelink, the Department of Family and Community Services, Employment and Education Departments, as well as the Treasury and the National Library is unclear, with the Federal Government announcing an independent review of its IT outsourcing policies.

  Written by Jeanne-Vida Douglas • 08 Nov. 00 12:01

• Federal Government Reviews Outsourcing Plans

  The Federal Government has announced an independent review of its controversial IT outsourcing program following scathing criticism in recent months and a damning report by the Auditor General. Minister for Finance and Administration John Fahey, who is responsible for the program, said the review will be undertaken by the managing director of the Australian Stock Exchange Richard Humphrey who will report to the government in December.

  Written by Sandra Van Dijk • 08 Nov. 00 12:01

• IBM and CorVu Sign Joint Deal

  IBM Australia and CorVu have formed an alliance to jointly market and sell performance and data management solutions.

  Written by Sandra Van Dijk • 08 Nov. 00 12:01

• Update: CSC Says Outsourcing Program Is Here to Stay

  The federal government's IT outsourcing initiative is "here to stay" and "will not be pulled back or changed in any way" according to Cluster 3 contract provider Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC).

  Written by Sandra Van Dijk • 08 Nov. 00 12:01