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Stories by Byron Kaye

  • GST slips through the net

    Although the Federal Government has no strategy to monitor GST payments on overseas internet purchases, security fears will prevent a surge in Australians taking advantage of the online tax loop-hole, according to IDC analyst Graham Penn.

  • Picasso: More than just a pretty face

    Most of the hype surrounding business-to-business ecommerce has been generated from those marketing "pretty" email and front-end systems, says Frank Colli, MD for back-end procurement company Leading Solutions.

  • 3Com becomes 2Pronged

    After lukewarm sales of its high-end networking products, 3Com in Australia has announced it will narrow its focus down to the SME and carrier markets.

  • Financial consultants ‘hell-bent' on GST lunacy

    Australian businesses staring down the barrel of GST compliance have been deceived by the "big five" accounting firms to the tune of almost $20 billion, according to Nick Pile, an IT consulting partner at accountancy firm Pannell Kerr Foster (PKF), ATO software consulting vendor Computron and taxation reference provider CCH.

  • 3Com cagey on restructure

    3Com Australia has refused to comment on worldwide speculation it may follow the spin-off of its Palm operations with further reshuffling.

  • BHP to give employees free net access

    BHP will spend $5 million on supplying its own employees with PC and internet use, as part of the Federal Government's "Rural and Regional Renewal" initiative.

  • Dot-coms give the green light

    Four of Australia's largest internet companies have pooled together $1 million worth of resources to set up a website not expected to make any money.

  • Developer: CRM vendors missing the point

    A local developer has cited reports that have found more than 50 per cent of customer relationship management (CRM) installations were considered "failures" by customers.

  • One.Tel warned about equity raising tactics

    PBL and News Ltd offshoot One.Tel has been unofficially cautioned by the Australian Stock Exchange for attempting an equity-raising tactic which favours its major shareholders over smaller shareholders.

  • X-Box: and the winner is . . . Intel

    Almost two years from the release of Microsoft's first internet gaming console, the software giant has confirmed the product will be powered by a Pentium III processor, not AMD.

  • 3Com cagey about rumoured restructuring

    3Com Australia has refused to comment on worldwide speculation the networking company may follow the spin-off of its Palm operations with further company reshuffling.