While 2004 has been the year of the tech resurrection, with a return to positive IT spending growth, 2005 is expected to be the year of tech realignment, with a flurry of activity expected across most sectors in the coming 12 months.
The national telecommunications company has been accused of losing touch with its senses by charging people to use its Sensis directory service number, which has riled at least one frustrated small business owner in Sydney.
Is microfilm, which first came into use in the 1870s, undergoing a rebirth some 130 years after its first application as a support media in a time of conflict? Laurie Varendorff, who's involvement in records management stretches back more ...
The disparate information systems for the emergency services in the Australian Capital Territory have been united into a single portal to provide easier access for the fire brigade, ambulance service, the State emergency service and the ru...
The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is in the process of developing a "document exploitation' system that will improve its ability to analyse key information needed in the battle against terrorism. By Rodney Appleyard.
Whistleblower Kevin Lindeberg's story on the Heiner affair-or Shreddergate as it has become known-was first reported in IDM in our July/August 2003 issue ("When proof goes missing"). Since then, Lindeberg's struggle for justice has feature...
While it has long been a mainstay of the server environment, Linux has not had quite the same impact on the desktop environment, at least not until now. Con Zymaris, of the
Spyware is set to increase massively over the next few years, which will increase the chances of information being stolen from PCs, the likelihood of identity theft and the selling of information back to anyone who is willing to pay.
What was once a slugfest between Sun Microsystems and Microsoft has now by all accounts turned into a lovefest, according to executives at the respective companies.
