Cambridge Information Network (CIN), an exclusive, professional online network of senior IT executives, was launched yesterday in Australia. CIN provides a secure online environment where members collaborate to share experiences, solve common problems and exchange benchmarking data and other information.
SCO will extend its reach of database solutions on UnixWare with yesterday's announcement of its partnership with Oracle and Compaq to offer packaged Internet database solutions through high-volume reseller channels and the Oracle-based developer community.
The next millennium will see an advent of "change going into hyperdrive", in which disruptive technologies will continue to alter the face of information technology, according to Doug Michels, SCO president and CEO of the Monterey Team.
Andersen Consulting has partnered with Centrelink to provide systems integration for the agency's Online project, reportedly worth $20 million.
QAD and IBM will expand their PowerSystem initiative to help manufacturers and their commercial partners become e-businesses.
Australian employers will be looking for more than 30,000 information technology workers this year, with most businesses already having difficulty finding the skilled people they need, according to a Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu survey.
The survey, commissioned by the IT&T Skills Task Force, found the industry demand for skilled employees is growing at about 9 percent each year, with growth expected to continue for the next five years.
Ron Spithill, a task force member who is president of the Australian Telecommunications Association and chief executive of Alcatel, said the demand stems from the impact of the Internet.
Australian employers will be looking for more than 30,000 information technology workers this year.
A new role is emerging within companies as they discover the fit of e-commerce with the business and IT infrastructure, according to a Gartner analyst.
Perhaps it's not such a small world after all.
Andersen Consulting has partnered with Centrelink to provide systems integration for Centrelink's Online project, reportedly worth $20 million.
Many companies will not solve business problems with e-commerce solutions because they are failing to define the problems themselves, according to Betsy Burton, vice president and research director of technology management for Gartner Group.
Leading hardware vendors scrambled to include an online presence in their marketing strategies over the last couple of months. While not directly selling yet via the Internet, it is certainly on the cards for the future.
Leading hardware vendors scrambled to include an online presence in their marketing strategies over the last couple of months. While not directly selling yet via the Internet, it is certainly on the cards for the future.
Leading hardware vendors scrambled to include an online presence in their marketing strategies over the last couple of months.
SAP successfully halted an unauthorised training centre last week in a Federal Court case settlement.
The training centre, run by Frontier Tech Pty Ltd, came to the attention of Nigel Hutchinson, SAP's legal advisor, through anonymous tip-offs from members of Sydney's Indian community.