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  • ATO picks mainframe shortlist

    The Australian Taxation Office has selected a shortlist of suppliers who will bid for the last and largest of its three outsourcing contracts, a high-end computing deal believed to be worth a total of $800 million over five years.

  • ASG sees golden future

    Perth-based IT services firm ASG today said it was confident it would win major contracts in coming months and had opportunities in both the government and corporate spheres.

  • ASG CEO's pay tops $1m

    Australian IT services outfit ASG paid its co-founder and chief executive Geoff Lewis a total remuneration of just over $1 million in the 12 months to 30 June 2008, it was revealed today.

  • Symantec: Sorry, Flash Player attack not a zero day

    After suspecting a zero day exploit was being used to attack the latest version of Flash Player (9.0.124.0), Symantec says the call was a mistake - it was an older version, 9.0.115.0 and prior.

  • IBM barred from US government contracts

    IBM has been indefinitely barred from entering into new contracts with the US federal government.

  • Top five tech takeovers that shook the world

    Microsoft last week launched a hostile US$44.6bn takeover bid to buy Web giant Yahoo. If the deal goes ahead it will be the latest in a line of multibillion-dollar mergers and acquisitions the tech sector has witnessed in recent years.

  • 'Shocking' technical meeting may mar OOXML vote

    As Microsoft's bid to have its Office Open XML specification made an ISO standard approaches the final deadline of midnight on Saturday, more details have emerged of last month's controversial meeting in Geneva which attempted to resolve technical issues.

  • Shorter URLs help phishers hook more victims

    Phishers are using shorter URLs for malicious sites in a bid to lend an air of legitimacy to threatening links.

  • Skills shortage could scuttle Tanner's grand plan

    Unwieldy IT procurement has led to widespread duplication, according to the new finance minister, Lindsay Tanner. However questions remain over whether greater centralisation will lead to actual savings on the AU$6 billion the government spends on IT each year.

  • IBM to buy Cognos for $5 billion

    IBM yesterday announced plans to buy business intelligence software company Cognos in a US$5 billion all-cash transaction.

  • Aussie business can learn from Linux: IBM chief

    Australia's future economic prosperity will depend on it embracing the principles of community-driven technologies such as Linux and Second Life, according to IBM CEO Glen Boreham.

  • HP continues software acquisition march

    Hewlett-Packard has opened its wallet once again to build its software business making a bid for vendors Opsware and Neoware.

  • CSC sneaks into Immigration's tech revamp

    A lack of available Siebel skills on the part of its prime contractor IBM has prompted the Immigration Department to hand AU$6.7 million of work to rival vendor CSC.

  • Ellison: PeopleSoft talked merger in 2000

    Oracle Chief Executive Larry Ellison testified Friday that he and his board of directors came close to a merger with PeopleSoft in 2000, and had expected that last year's takeover bid would have been accepted within a matter of weeks.

  • White knight waiting in PeopleSoft wings?

    Oracle surprised PeopleSoft on Friday with a $5.1 billion unsolicited takeover offer. But before this saga reaches its denouement, might a white knight surprise with a counterbid of its own?

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