The biggest rival for Microsoft's next-generation Silverlight Web technology will be JavaScript, not Adobe's ubiquitous Flash, according to experts speaking at Microsoft's Tech.Ed conference in Sydney this morning.
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has completed a deployment of Microsoft's new Office 2007 suite to 38,000 desktops a year after giving Google Apps the thumbs down.
Senior Microsoft security strategist Steve Riley has used the vendor's Tech.Ed conference in Sydney this week to rebut claims by a Polish researcher that Microsoft's hypervisor software could be maliciously replaced on PCs without administrators knowing.
Citing a slow down in financial services, IT outsourcing firm Tata Consultancy Services has chopped 15 SAP specialists from its Australian financial services division.
Chief information officers from two of Australia's largest banks today warned their peers not to poison outsourcing arrangements by obsessing over costs.
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I can't wait for the new iPhone to come out mainly because I'm so dog-tired of listening to the never-ending screeds of rumour mongering nonsense speculating on what functionality the device will have that come out every single day. So I've decided to join in. I'm 100 per cent convinced the new iPhone will run Vista and have WiMax connectivity. In fact I'd bet my house on it.
Sometimes companies create advertising campaigns that look and sound fantastic but on closer inspection are a real embarrassment -- and tech companies are often the worst offenders.
Satyam Computer Services has taken a big step towards dispelling fears that foreigners will eventually takeover Australia's IT industry.
Australian Federal Police (AFP) boss Mick Keelty is the latest to voice concern about India becoming an outsourcing no-go zone, but how real is the risk?
Microsoft's annual Tech.Ed conference hit Sydney's Darling Harbour this week. ZDNet.com.au took these photos to show you what you were missing if you couldn't go.
Welfare agency Centrelink has started recruiting for two senior IT executives to bolster its technology management team in its national office in Canberra.
Australian Customs CIO Murray Harrison dislikes SLAs and runs away if a vendor talks to him about innovation. In this interview, he also explains why getting excited about gadgets can be dangerous and talks about how Customs' outsourcing strategy has evolved.
Voice over IP has reached some major milestones in 2008 in both the enterprise and consumer ends of the market but how long can traditional telcos continue to fight against this disruptive technology?
From faulty satellites nearly causing World War III to the Millennium Bug, poorly executed IT has had a lot to answer for over the years
Microsoft is maintaining a cloak of silence around its next major release of Windows. ZDNet Editor in Chief Larry Dignan talks with blogger colleagues Mary Jo Foley, editor of All about Microsoft, and Ed Bott, editor of Microsoft Report, about the road map for Windows 7, including feature sets, timelines,...
Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 is the best tool available for dictating text and commanding a Web browser by voice, despite the gradual adjustments needed to conform to your personal manner of speaking.
D-Link's DCS-5300G is no real match for a dedicated wired and monitored solution, but it's also nowhere near as expensive.
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Despite a rocky beginning, intrusion detection and prevention systems are an important part of any security arsenal. We road-test six hardware and software-based systems.
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