Search software vendor, ISYS Search Software, has won a deal with the Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel, which has chosen ISYS:web 7 to provide advanced search and retrieval of Queensland legislation via its public website.

An impressive list of major search engine representatives from Australia and abroad will be at Darling Harbour in Sydney to speak at a one day industry conference, Search Engine Room on 14 March.

Internet users are becoming increasingly concerned about the security implications of doing business over the internet but cannot resist the lure of the convenience, accordng to a new survey.

Content management system vendor, Vignette Corporation, has named Michael A. Aviles as the company’s new president and chief executive officer, effective immediately. Aviles also will join Vignette’s board of directors. Aviles most recently served as chairman, president and chief executive officer of Activant Solutions, Inc, an Austin-based provider of software and information services to the automotive aftermarket, hardware and lumber industries.  Prior to Activant, Aviles served as president and CEO of Foster Grant Group, a marketer and distributor of consumer eyewear.  He also held senior executive roles at FOOTACTION USA, an athletic specialty retailer. Aviles succeeds Thomas E. Hogan, who will leave the company on February 17, 2006, but will continue to serve on the Vignette board of directors.  Hogan will assume a new role as senior vice president of the software global business unit at Hewlett-Packard.