Australian surgeons guided a trainee surgeon in Stockholm, Sweden in a demonstration of Haptics imaging virtual reality technology.

Queensland and West Australia are the most optimistic about employment opportunities. The latest TMP Worldwide Job Index has found that employers from the two states are planning on recruiting new staff and retaining current employment levels.

Hewlett-Packard has been given a "caution" rating and the future of BEA and Borland is uncertain, said Gartner analysts.

A new console has been announced by Brocade Communications Systems and Hewlett-Packard. The announcement is an expansion of their global

SAM (storage-area management) is the hottest new acronym to be appended to storage vendor product releases, according to Gartner analysts. However, pick your SAM wisely.

Tech stocks looked healthier at the close of business yesterday when the government of Iraq agreed to a United Nations Resolution to allow weapons inspectors into the country. This has temporarily avoided a war between the United States and Iraq.

Next week sees the annual Storage World exhibition at Sydney's Convention and Exhibition centre in Darling Harbour. The Terrapinn organised event is backed by all the big players in the storage sector, including Computer Associates, IBM, Le...

The tricorder from Star Trek is a classic in future technology, so Adaptec's purchase of bankrupt NAS developer Tricord Systems has good omens in its push to develop hybrid NAS/SAN devices.

Iomega and Aladdin Systems have joined forces to bring automated compression to removable media in a development that will particularly interest Apple-using publishing houses.

Quantum has completed the deal to spin out its network attached storage division into a separate company called Snap Appliance.