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• HP sprinkles its dotcom sauce

  The Australian Federal government's "non-interventionist" approach to industry development has cornered the IT industry into fending for itself, according to Hewlett-Packard managing director for Australasia Bruce Thompson.

  Written by Byron Kaye • 29 June 00 12:01

• Acer signs on Powerlan

  Acer has signed a strategic alliance with Powerlan to sell to and service the Australian corporate, government and education markets.

  Written by Angelina Forsyth • 29 June 00 12:01

• IBM to assist ISVs to become ASPs

  Hot on the heels of Unisys's application service provider (ASP) announcement on Tuesday, IBM has announced its own ASP program for software developers.

  Written by Caitlin Fitzsimmons • 29 June 00 12:01

• Unions compete with cut price PCs

  Seven months after the ACTU started Virtual Communities (VC), the Labor Council of NSW launched Get On Board Ventures "to correct " deficiencies in VC's model.

  Written by Angelina Forsyth • 29 June 00 12:01

• Intel does latest chip by the numbers

  The continuing popularity of e-commerce security technology SSL (secure sockets layer) may be the key to the success of Intel's latest processor offering, the Pentium 4.

  Written by Byron Kaye • 29 June 00 12:01

• Government Dance on Parallel Bar Fails to Impress

  The Australian federal government has finalized its plans to lift restrictions on parallel importation of software, but major vendors and distributors are struggling to see a point to the exercise.

  Written by Byron Kaye • 28 June 00 12:01

• CRM: How to win the newest war with the oldest weapons

  Businesses everywhere are discovering the secret to longevity is something they have had in their arsenal for a long time. However, CRM is only now being employed as both a strategy and a product the best way to store customer details and retain customer service. Byron Kaye investigates the latest software applications that are taking advantage of the re-emergence of CRM

  Written by Byron Kaye • 28 June 00 12:01

• Peg legs up on debut

  Sydney-based software developer Peg Technologies has achieved the seemingly impossible, managing to sustain its issue price on its first day of trading.

  Written by Byron Kaye • 27 June 00 12:01

• Software testing for the real world

  The author of a new piece of company software should not be called upon to "stress test" that software, proposes outsourcing test centre executive Peter Pritchard.

  Written by Byron Kaye • 27 June 00 12:01

• Will this cyberspace be kept ad-free?

  The ABC's withdrawal from an online content provision deal with Telstra may not necessarily spell an end to advertorial financing options for the broadcaster.

  Written by Byron Kaye • 27 June 00 12:01

• Govt dance on parallel bar fails to impress

  The Federal Government has today finalised its plans to lift restrictions on parallel importation of software, but major vendors and distributors are struggling to see a point to the exercise.

  Written by Byron Kaye • 27 June 00 12:01

• Stockmarket to hit refresh on dotcom romance?

  The sharemarket is showing signs of rekindling its tainted love of internet stocks, with Australian sharetrading portal DaytraderHQ expecting to close its IPO two times oversubscribed.

  Written by Byron Kaye • 27 June 00 12:01

• Vic hospitals overhaul HR/payroll systems

  Victorian public hospitals are replacing legacy human resources and payroll systems to prepare for the decommissioning of their existing Unisys systems from July 1.

  Written by Angelina Forsyth • 26 June 00 12:01

• Dazzled by Dotcom Dollars

  Founding an Internet company, securing venture capital and listing on the stock exchange is not always the instant road to riches that many imagine. Don't be blinded by the hype - extraordinary tales of double-dealing partners and lacklustre business plans suggest the dotcom phenomenon may not be all it's cracked up to be

  Written by Caitlin Fitzsimmons • 26 June 00 12:01

• Has OzEmail taken a quiet beating?

  Internet service provider OzEmail may have sustained blows to its subscriber base after sitting in the UUNet bargain bin for more than six months.

  Written by Byron Kaye • 26 June 00 12:01

• Brady gagged as lawyers move in

  The legal battle over a $20 million down payment lodged by eisa in its failed bid to purchase OzEmail from UUNet has generated its first gag orders.

  Written by Pete Young • 26 June 00 12:01

• Suspense builds over demo version of Labor DTV

  Australia's digital future will remain undecided at least until next week, when the Democrats are expected to finalise their position on Labor's proposed amendments to the datacasting bill.

  Written by Byron Kaye • 23 June 00 12:01

• ASIO pays eDIME for Dawesome web experience

  Canberra-based web developer eDIME has further secured its position as the Australian government's site manager of choice, with its completion of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation's website.

  Written by Byron Kaye • 23 June 00 12:01

• Local ASP to teach Europeans a lesson

  Melbourne online training application service provider Southrock Corp and German e-commerce company Teles AG are jointly setting up Southrock Europe AG.

  Written by Angelina Forsyth • 23 June 00 12:01

• Digital TV debate continues

  The Internet Industry Association has accused the Australian Democrats and the Australian Labor Party of succumbing to commercial pressures and supporting ineffectual datacasting reform.

  Written by Byron Kaye • 23 June 00 12:01