IT shops face challenges managing external staff
The introduction of the GST could force companies to choose between employing permanent and contract staff, an industry analyst has warned.
Stories by Natasha David
Users face 50% price hike on Microsoft products - report
Enterprise customers face a 50 per cent hike in their Microsoft budgets each year until 2002, a Gartner Group study has warned.
Australian e-biz failure rate higher than global counterparts
Australian e-business projects will have a higher failure rate than the 75 per cent predicted by Gartner Group in a global survey, according to one of the research company's analysts.
"I am concerned that 85 per cent of organisations in the Asia Pacific region lack the management to successfully implement e-commerce," Joe Sweeney, a research director at Gartner Group, said.
Another Sybase Australia chief quits
Sybase has lost its third Australian managing director in as many years, with Kip Cole resigning suddenly last week to join Cisco Systems.
It is understood Cole will assume the Cisco marketing director's role left vacant by Anne Strachan - who has been promoted to an Asia Pacific role - on 1 November.
Kip Cole joins Cisco
Sybase has lost its third Australian managing director in as many years, with Kip Cole resigning suddenly last week to join Cisco Systems.
Outage alerts ComSec to risks in single-host system
An outage that disrupted service to its 60,000 customers prompted a large online trading site to look at dual hosts to boost its system's resiliency.
Quantum unlocks LANvault remote site backup system
Quantum ATL has launched LANvault, a system that, according to the company, provides an alternative to bandwidth-hungry remote back-ups.
Windows, Linux race risks OS variety
The race for operating system domination may end in a draw, according to an open source code expert.
OpenBSD project leader Theo de Raadt says a duopoly could occur in the OS space where binaries only run on Windows and source code only compiles on Linux.
What worries de Raadt is not the recurrence of Unix's fate of the 80s, but an emergence of a duopoly, with Microsoft and Linux firmly entrenched.
CityLink drops $200K toll daily
Continuing technical difficulties with systems at the new CityLink toll road have cost its developer, Transurban, more than $10 million in lost revenue, and a reprieve is not likely in the short term.
TNZ bid 'inadequate', says AAPT
AAPT's board of directors has recommended its shareholders reject Telecom New Zealand's bid for a controlling 40 per cent of the company.
GST packages fall short on compliance: analyst
A Gartner analyst has warned packaged GST solutions are only a small part of the bigger compliance picture.
Lights stay on for Y2K
Electricity supply over the critical new year's eve period cannot be guaranteed, although any interruptions to service will not be caused by Y2K issues, an industry spokesman said.
Microsoft, Linux to become duopoly?
A duopoly could occur in the operating systems space where binaries only run on Microsoft Windows and source code only compiles on Linux, according to OpenBSD project leader Theo de Raadt.
Enjoy free internet banking while it lasts
National Australia Bank's internet customers may face charges as early as next year for e-banking services. And there are no guarantees that relative lower costs of providing e-banking to traditional delivery will translate to lower fees.
TAB not so keen on Windows
Linux is providing TAB Queensland with a standard operating environment and enabling applications that could not be run on a Windows environment, according to Lindsay Taylor, project co-ordinator of Telebet.
"Windows, it is very useful for some applications," said Taylor. "But it doesn't make the grade for what we are doing."