Preliminary reports from the analysts at IDC show that the financial crisis is beginning to make its presence felt in the PC hardware sector, with PC shipments in Asia/Pacific contracting for the first time in ten years during Q4, 2008.
Wide area file network optimisation specialist Riverbed Technology has announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Mazu Networks, a privately-owned company providing application management, security and optimisation services.
The finalists for this year’s 18th Annual Western Australian IT and Telecommunications Industry Awards (WAITTA) have been announced, with companies such as iiNet Limited, Elk Software Group and and ITC Global among others in the running.
Enterprise content management (ECM) offers the potential to make your organisation environmentally friendly and more efficient all at the same time, by reducing paper-based processes and the inherent latencies and costs, according to Gartner.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has ruled that Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) devices with up to 4 Watt of power may now be used in Australia in the 920-926 MHz band.
eDiscovery and archiving software developer Sherpa Software has announced a new email management solution for Lotus Notes that it claims will help businesses enforce corporate data policies and meet intensifying regulatory requirements.
With Microsoft’s Windows 7 beta now out in the wild, antivirus vendors such as Kaspersky Labs have jumped on the bandwagon of enthusiasm for the new OS, releasing prototypes of their own software targeted at Microsoft’s new baby.
eDiscovery specialist Kazeon Systems has announced the introduction of three new ‘pay as you go’ pricing models, saying that businesses can now take advantage of eDiscovery solutions without major financial investment or multi-month rollouts.
Enterprise search provider X1 Technologies is expanding support for Lotus Notes and Domino with the release of the X1 Content Connector V1.3 for Symantec Enterprise Vault.
