Australian outsourcing outpacing the world
The Australian Federal Government is leading the world in its use of IT outsourcing, says Bob Evans, global outsourcing director for Unisys.
The Australian Federal Government is leading the world in its use of IT outsourcing, says Bob Evans, global outsourcing director for Unisys.
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.
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.
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.
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 Australia has refused to comment on worldwide speculation it may follow the spin-off of its Palm operations with further reshuffling.
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.
PC vendor Toshiba has confirmed that up to 1000 of its locally manufactured Satellite notebooks have been affected by a faulty Celeron chip module.
Australian mobile messaging product vendor Pocketmail has posted a consolidated loss for its first half-year, but CEO David Marchant says the company remains optimistic.
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.
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.
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.
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 Australia has refused to comment on worldwide speculation the networking company may follow the spin-off of its Palm operations with further company reshuffling.
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, an IT consultant has claimed.