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  • Disk pulling ahead in backup stakes

    Last year, Gartner analyst Bob Passmore, addressing the crowd of attendees at the group's Planet Storage conference, declared the death of tape backup. "Tape will be unsuitable as a restore media" by 2008, he said, predicting that by then ...

  • Capital ideas for records

    The Records Management Association of Australasia (RMAA) is holding its 21st International Convention in Canberra from 12th-15th September 2004.

  • Some like it hot

    Continuing IDM's look at some of Australia's foremost open source solution providers, Stuart Finlayson talks to Henry Okraglik, director of open source software developer HotMagna, on the company's rapid ascent to prominence.

  • The evolution of ECM

    Some pundits believe Enterprise Content Management (ECM) is just a warmed over version of technology that has been available for years. Here, James Rae argues that ECM is a blend of proven technologies with newer, innovative capabilities t...

  • Infrastructure under the microscope

    Holes in the global infrastructure can cause severe leaks in the performance of systems, especially when those weak spots are so hard to find. Rodney Appleyard reports on a system that promises to improve business agility by identifying th...

  • A sign of the times

    The humble signature, once vulnerable to forgers and fraudsters, is re-emerging in electronic form to offer foolproof security.

  • A fair trade

    The free trade agreement between Australia and the United States has stirred up its share of controversy in Australia, not least from the IT community. Here, Pia Smith, chairman of open source advocacy group Linux Australia, expresses her ...

  • Learning from the pioneers

    Enterprises considering applying web services within their organisation to help safeguard their future ought to first learn from the past, writes Brad Kasell.

  • Speedscan firms up archiving strength in Australia

    Speedscan has created a new alliance with Mobius Management Systems to offer new web-based archiving and retrieving capabilities to Australian companies that need to unite repositories, meet compliance requirements and automate business processes.

  • Brisbane web hosting firm in world top ten

    Hosting Oz, a Brisbane based Internet web hosting firm, has been voted as one of the ten best hosting companies in the world, beating competition from United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.