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by Peter Dinham
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Wednesday, 23 September 2009 |
COBOL, the ubiquitous computer language that emerged at around the same time as the IT industry itself, has just turned 50 and, according to enterprise applications management company, Micro Focus, despite its age, COBOL still plays a pivotal role in running most of the world’s businesses and public services, from powering almost all global ATM transactions, running nearly three quarters of the world’s business applications, and booking hundreds of holidays every single day.
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by Stephen Withers
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Tuesday, 22 September 2009 |
Australia's ICT trade deficit grew to $A28 billion in 2008, according to a report by the Australian Computer Society (ACS). Although exports rose, imports grew more.
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by David Heath
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Tuesday, 22 September 2009 |
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Valued at a mere $US3.9B, Ross Perot's Perot Systems Corp. falls to the significant charms of Michael Dell.
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by Peter Dinham
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Thursday, 17 September 2009 |
Listed Australian IT services provider, CSG (ASX:CSV), has entered the technology recruitment market with the launch of a new recruitment business, CSG People, offering contracting and permanent IT recruitment services for its own customers.
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by Peter Dinham
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Wednesday, 16 September 2009 |
Security and privacy concerns, and the integration of cloud-based applications with existing systems, are the biggest barriers to adoption of cloud computing, although security and privacy easily outweighs other issues, including integration, as the major concern for enterprise users when considering cloud adoption.
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by Peter Dinham
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Tuesday, 15 September 2009 |
Gaining competitive advantage and improving efficiency by using virtualisation and analytics as a key business tool is now the top priority for Australian and New Zealand CIOs, and 37 percent of them also see cloud computing as strategic and plan to implement it, even in the technology’s relatively early stages.
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by Peter Dinham
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Tuesday, 15 September 2009 |
In a traffic jam, late for work or an appointment, cursing those who set the traffic lights to change to red always when you’re running late, or in a taxi and the driver has no idea of the best and shortest route to get to where you’re going? Well, some of your worries might be over from today with Google’s release of a special Google Maps traffic feature that gives you instant information on what’s actually going on with the roads at the same time you’re out there battling the traffic.
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by Peter Dinham
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Tuesday, 15 September 2009 |
IBM today released its first all-in-one business intelligence (BI) and planning solution designed and priced specifically for mid-sized companies with the launch of its Cognos Express solution which it says will cater for companies looking for a fast and low-cost way to jump start their analytics strategy.
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by Peter Dinham
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Sunday, 13 September 2009 |
Despite the persistence of uncertain economic conditions in the European, Middle East and African (EMEA) markets, there are signs of long-term growth for colour laser printers and multi-function peripherals on the back of double-digit growth rates for the segment.
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by Peter Dinham
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Sunday, 13 September 2009 |
The head of NICTA’s computer operating systems research group, Professor Gernot Heiser, is the winner of the award for New South Wales Scientist of the Year for engineering, mathematics and computer sciences.
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