Printing and imaging strong. Storage and Servers also provide good news for HP shareholders. However, much of the good news is tempered with cost-cutting measures and thousands of staff lay-offs.

IBM teams up with the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) to enable 8.4 percent of Australian households to complete their census forms online.

Legal compliance drives greater emphasis on email storage and management.

Latest report from the US-based Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM), entitled Compliance: It's Real, It's Relevant, and It's More Than Just Records says 'Compliance' means 'Government'.

EMC extends Documentum to contend with identity and rights management issues outside the enterprise firewall.

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Moore's Law in the dock? As IBM researchers demonstrate how storage could be achieved at a molecular level.

Optus plans to offer the 3G-enabled BlackBerry 8707g to customers in Australia. The handset is expected to be available from mid August.

IDM's recent story regarding IBM's purchase of FileNet, we approached several competitors to respond. Andrew Littleproud, General Manager, Enterprise Software Group, EMC Australia, is the first to the post.

Figures from the USA claim that Instant Messaging is the fastest-growing communications system in history. Ye, most IT managers claim it is not used in their workplace.