Social networking and personalisation features lie at the core of CSIRO's new intranet, which is currently being deployed by digital agency Next Digital. The government organisation chose the SiteCore content management system (CMS) to replace several platforms currently in use. The CMS will also form the basis of revamped CSIRO websites, once intranet deployment in completed in September this year.
The Department of Finance and Deregulation will focus on "value for money" propositions when it releases the tender for data centres in the third quarter of this year, even if suppliers propose the use of greenfield sites.
If there's one program that encapsulates all of the technologies currently offered by the NSW Department of Education, it's the xsel Western NSW Region Selective School.
The Australian Federal Government has announced a whole-of-government data centre strategy which will govern procurement and consolidation of existing and new data centres for all Federal Government departments over the next 15 years.
Virtual selective school regional provisioner xsel is believed to have received the first batch of second generation Lenovo netbooks, announced yesterday, as part of the NSW Department of Education's Digital Education Revolution. xsel has provided netbooks to its current intake of 30 Year seven students, who started this year on the virtual selective school program.
Twitter CEO Evan Williams took to his own social network this week to answer ten "tough questions" about the network's latest venture, the [[Artnid:339668|@anywhere platform|Twitter to simplify integration of 'tweets' into Web sites]].
Microsoft's upcoming Office 2010 suite, due for release to businesses on May 12, is set to introduce several refinements and new features, many of which have already been seen in either the [[Artnid:303632|Technical Preview|Office 2010 preview leaks to Web]] or the [[Artnid:326859|public beta|Review: Office 2010 beta debuts major features]]. While the new version won't look dramatically different from its Ribbon-laced predecessor, Office 2007, there are a few additions that should catch the attention of both small businesses and the enterprise.
Australian works may want to pay more attention the next time they find themselves in a boring conference call or web meeting.
Pacific Fibre's proposed international fibre link between Australia, New Zealand and the US is necessary for both consumers and the ISP industry due to rapidly growing demand for network capacity, iPrimus CEO Ravia Bhatia has argued.
Australian ISP Internode today announced a newly signed agreement with international bandwidth wholesaler, Southern Cross Cable Network. The new agreement will provide an additional 2.5 gigabits per second (Gbps) capacity on Southern Cross' international fibre.
A report from employment agency Advantage has revealed that IT job advertisements are on the rise. The report echoes stronger IT markets over February in both the UK and the US.
High quality video conferencing is now an option for small businesses and even individuals, according to Polycom senior director of unified communications strategy in Asia Pacific, Paul Newell.
Despite claims from Cisco that its CRS-3 Internet core router will "change the Internet" industry analysts aren’t so sure Australia needs the technology just yet.
Fans and media alike have flocked to social networking sites Facebook and Twitter as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences holds its 82nd annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles.
Apple's iPad tablet will go on sale in Australia in late April. Both the 3G-capable and Wi-Fi only versions of the tablet will be available at the same time, according to an announcement from the company over the weekend.