Mercury IT completes taxi service system transformation

Gold Coast-based IT firm Mercury IT has just finalised a two-year technology transformation of Queensland’s largest regional taxi service.
 

Japanese supercomputer predicts 2012's climate patterns

Climate variations in the Indian and Pacific Oceans will drive the planet's climate in 2012.  
 

Dimension Data appointment to spearhead growth

ICT services provider, Dimension Data, has appointed a new chief of its Queensland operation as the company sets itself for strong growth in the Queensland market this year.
 

Bond Uni gets into cloud computing

Cloud computing is one of the hot areas of the IT industry as the 2012 business year moves into top gear, and Bond University in Queensland has just introduced a specialist course in cloud computing in response to the market demand for graduates with skills in new technologies.
 

Internode NBN connection for Qld house in flood aftermath

Internode has turned on high-speed broadband services at the first house in a new subdivision in the Queensland town of Grantham, which is being rebuilt on higher ground after it was ravaged by floods in January.
 

$46m ‘blown’ on email system at $23k a pop claim

The Queensland state opposition claims the Queensland Labor government has ‘blown’ $46 million - or $23,000 per user - on an email system that caters for just 2000 accounts.
 

Queensland Internet exchange trial mooted by WAIA

The WA Internet Association is spreading further afield with a trial of a proposed Internet exchange in Brisbane.
 

Huge Acer deal gives schools online edge

Acer is deploying up to 65,000 notebooks with the Queensland Department of Education and Training (DET) after the company won a tender in round three of the national secondary school computer fund.
 

Your every move will be tracked (updated)

Imagine walking around a shopping centre and having your every move tracked; by software that has latched onto your mobile phone's unique ID.
 

New executive team for ACS

The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has made a raft of new appointments to its executive, electing a new president, vice president membership boards, national treasurer and three national congressional representatives.