Stories by Laura Mason

Telecom NZ silent on AAPT plans

Telecom New Zealand would not confirm reports in some Sydney newspapers yesterday that it has plans to increase its 19.8 per cent stake in AAPT to around 50 per cent.

SAS Institute follows Nashville with Mercury

Data warehousing and data mining specialist SAS Institute gave a glimpse of its next big technology initiative - named Mercury - at the SAS European user group conference here yesterday.

Choices confront transactional apps buyers

Companies running transactional applications, such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, face a choice when it comes to data warehousing solutions incorporating data mining.

Qld water services run late in Y2K race

Terry Mackenroth, Queensland Minister for Communication and Information, has warned that some water and sewerage service providers in the state started Y2K projects very late, and could be at risk if unexpected issues arise during remediation.

Aust Post to test run SANs

Australia Post has indicated it will press ahead with plans to become an early storage area networks (SAN) adopter despite its concerns about a lack of industry standards for the emerging technology.
Industry standards for SAN do not yet exist, and two main groups -- the Storage Network Industry Association (SNIA) and the EMC-led FibreAlliance -- are competing to develop SAN standards.

Fund pilots ASP

United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF Australia has agreed to be the guinea pig for Solution 6's new SAP R/3 application service provider (ASP) solution.

Networking the Nation hands out $15m

The federal government has announced the latest round of funding from the Networking the Nation program, with $15 million allocated to some 50 programs.

Business gets a final warning on Y2K

The Year 2000 Industry Program yesterday issued a "final warning" to Australian businesses, urging them to ensure software packages are Y2K compliant in time for the new tax year.

Children's fund to pilot ASP solution

United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF Australia has agreed to be the guinea pig for Solution 6's new SAP R/3 application service provider (ASP) solution.

Castlemaine trims fat off

Ham, bacon and smallgoods manufacturer Castlemaine Bacon is trimming the fat when it comes to workstation upgrades, by rolling out a server-based IT infrastructure.

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