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  • Volante merges with Ipex

    The combined companies will create the largest-owned IT infrastructure and services group in Australia.

  • Illegal media carry dangerous viruses

    Illegal availability of free copyrighted software, movies and music on peer-to-peer (P2P) networks are causing massive headaches for people trying to create defences against malicious viruses, according to Websense, Inc.

  • Antitrust lawyers could thwart Oracle bid

    Despite heaping pressure back on the PeopleSoft board by upping its offer to US$26 a share for the company, Oracle's attempt to acquire its enterprise software making rival could still hit the skids, after it emerged that antitrust lawyers...

  • Intel inside storage

    Microprocessor manufacturer Intel has introduced two optical transceivers that will double the performance of Fibre Channel storage systems at about the same price.

  • Veritas target mid-market, drops Business Server

    Veritas Software has replaced its unpopular Business Server software package with its new NetBackup 5.0 Server, which the storage software vendor will be pitching at the small to medium business market.

  • US Free Trade good for Australian IT

    The Australian Computer Society has embraced the new Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the US, because they believe that this will benefit the Information and Communications Technology industry in Australia.

  • Slow down hype induced RFID push – Meta

    Too many IT organisations are scrambling for budget and guidance to attain working RFID (radio frequency identification) solutions without understanding the technology's actual capabilities and limitations, warns analysts Meta Group.