ISPs face unsolicited costs for virus
Nimda, Code Red and other malicious code are chewing up big dollars and bandwidth forcing Australian enterprise and Internet service providers (ISPs) to foot the bill.
Nimda, Code Red and other malicious code are chewing up big dollars and bandwidth forcing Australian enterprise and Internet service providers (ISPs) to foot the bill.
Enterprises will turn to the application service provider (ASP) model by the end of 2002, generating almost $50 million in revenue in Australia and New Zealand, according to a study by researcher Frost and Sullivan.
Au Domain Administration (AuDA) is to take over management of the dot-au (.au) space from Robert Elz, who has held administrative responsibility for the domain since 1985, as a result of a decision by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA).
The uptake of streaming media by corporations is on the increase, but a lack of broadband infrastructure and a fear of transparency in the media is holding back Australia's streaming media industry, according to streaming media professionals.
The IT&T sector continues to wane, but the migration of jobs advertised online is growing popular amongst other sectors, according to recruitment group Olivier.
Plans by Oracle to discontinue support for applications of Version 10.7 database may affect more than 50 per cent of Australian customers, who claim the move is too soon and will result in a significant cost burden for end users. Gavin Stone-Tolcher, from Queensland University's infrastructure management group, said the withdrawal of support was "a very bad thing".
A hungry bush rat has isolated the north Queensland mining town of Mt Isa. Landline and mobile phone contact stopped abruptly on Tuesday night and left the town's population, some 25,000, without a dial tone.
The auDA Board has approved the Competition Model Advisory Panel's final report, which will open the way for competition in the provision of domain name services in the .au domain.
Local software vendor Aurema has received funding from the Intel 64 Fund to develop resource management technologyfor Intel processors.
Microsoft's decision to abandon the local representation of its windows media division will leave Australia far behind the rest of the world, the Australian Interactive Multimedia Industry Association has warned.
Government and corporate recruitment specialist Recruiters Australia appointed KPMG as voluntary administrator last Friday, after a less than upbeat third-quarter report.
Software prices could drop after the Federal Government alters legislation which only permits copies to be made by the copyright owner. Internet distribution has been a major catalyst.
In a dispute over "grossly misleading" tactics, domain name resellers and some ISPs have blocked their customers' access to a competitor's Web site and are redirecting them to a consumer alert.