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  • Australian open source procurement guide weeks away

    Publication of an open source procurement guide for government agencies is not expected until March this year, four months after the early December timeframe flagged by officials last year.

  • NSW government Linux plan close to fruition

    A protracted NSW government project to give its agencies cheaper and quicker access to Linux and open source solutions is finally poised to reach fruition with vendors preparing to sign contracts as pre-approved suppliers.

  • 'No downsides' to Linux, says procurement official

    A New South Wales (NSW) government procurement official has publicly endorsed Linux, telling agencies the operating system has "no downsides".

  • All eyes on Accenture kickback case

    Eyebrows were no doubt raised in Canberra last week after the US Department of Justice threw its weight behind a case that takes Accenture, Hewlett-Packard and Sun to task over alleged kickbacks when working together on big US government procurement deals.

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    The ICT Council for South Australia on Wednesday called for an end to uncapped liability in government contracts to help smaller local firms but the state government claims it is a non-issue.

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    A new guide designed to help federal government agencies evaluate open-source products alongside their proprietary rivals is due to be completed and distributed by September, officials told ZDNet Australia today.

  • Database start-ups bet on open source

    Databases have been available with an open-source licence for many years. But the past few months have seen a growing number of partnerships and products aimed at maturing the industry of add-ons and support services -- vital to winning over corporate customers.

  • Spherion's Andrea Galloway: Straight to the source

    President and Group Managing Director of Spherion Group, Andrea Galloway oversees more than 50 offices and 2000 employees. We catch up with her to discuss recruitment and training in Asia Pacific.

  • Security and open source software: An analysis.

    This article from Australian technology commentator Con Zymaris examines the security threat of open source software.

  • SA eyes Apple, Red Hat to dodge vendor lock-in

    The South Australian government is looking at a software overhaul that could see Apple or Red Hat taking over from Microsoft on the state's PCs. Analysts warn, however, skills costs could still lead to a software environment dominated by a single platform.

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  • Symbol MC35

    The Symbol MC35 is simple yet functional and carries enough features to put it over the line in most organisational scenarios.

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    RMIT Test Lab finally got its hands on some of the most powerful business PCs on the market. So it is with an eagerness bordering on unadulterated glee that Matt Tett puts these racehorses through their paces.

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    In the first instalment of a two-part review on thin clients, we look at thin-client terminals.

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