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HP job cuts loom for Australian employees

A number of Australian employees of Hewlett-Packard are facing the loss of their jobs as the global computer giant looks to slash its worldwide workforce by up to 30,000.

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Mediaware appoints digital video systems expert

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Australian digital video technology developer, Mediaware, has appointed one of the world's leading digital video systems experts as its development director of broadcast and IPTV.  Siri Hewa, former head of Cisco's global broadcast and digital video practice, has held a number of significant business development and technical leadership roles with some of the world's most successful telco and broadcasting organisations. These include head of systems engineering for Star TV Hong Kong, head of visual communication for OTC and director of engineering for WIN TV. As chief architect of Optus' Network Systems Design Broadcast and Satellite TV operation, Hewa was responsible for creating and operating Optus' $47 million Pay TV Video Operations Centre.