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Carving out a niche in services
world according to | Peter Mavridis
PETER Mavridis walked away from a job on Wall Street, where he worked on acquisitions for a $US20 billion business, to jump-start a local IT services firm. But he doesn't miss the bright lights of New York City.
Tanner hands-on for mobile revolution
Mitchell Bingemann world according to | Lindsay Tanner
IF it were up to federal Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner the iPhone would be as ubiquitous as the television.
Butting heads over broadband
Mitchell Bingemann world according to | Bruce Billson
BRUCE Billson likes to think of himself as an average tech kind of guy. He's an ADSL subscriber, sends and receives copious amounts of email, is attached at the ear to his Palm Trio mobile phone and loves to play on the Nintendo Wii with his kids.
Narrowing the focus for a global view
Michael Sainsbury world according to | Ian Livingston
FORMER British telecommunications monopoly British Telecom spun off its mobile business in 2001 after being saddled with a huge dotcom-era debt.
Qantas is her ticket home
Fran Foo cio files | Jamila Gordon
WHEN Fiona Balfour parted ways with Qantas in February 2006 to join Telstra, the national carrier looked to its IT business services head, John Willet, for comfort.
Still a role for virus blockers
Karen Dearne world according to | Dave DeWalt
SECURITY software maker McAfee has been tracking almost 10 million websites in 265 countries, and says Hong Kong, China, The Philippines, Romania and Russia are the most dangerous domains, with between 6 and 7 per cent of all sites rated as risky.
Only the good shall pass
Mahesh Sharma world according to | John Thompson
SECURITY technology is on the verge of a big shake up, with pundits predicting the number of threats and items of malware being coded will soon exceed the legitimate code being created.
Putting some padding on the stats
FOR a company specialising in predictive analytics, SPSS might be accused by some of being a bit slow off the mark.
High flyer hangs hat on open source
Fran Foo world according to | Jim Whitehurst
IT must have been hell on earth for Jim Whitehurst in his last days at Delta Airlines.
SAP mode for end-to-end systems
Andrew Colley AS heir apparent to the top job at SAP, the world's largest enterprise software company, Leo Apotheker will soon take responsibility for growing revenue that neared $16.8 billion last year.
Uni chief walks a tight budget
Fran Foo cio files | Rob Cook
ARMED with nearly 18 years of experience at BHP Billiton, Rob Cook is introducing cutting-edge technology at Victoria's La Trobe University.