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BridgeHead Software has unveiled a solution for hospitals undertaking enterprise imaging (EI) projects to create a central archive enabling universal access and streamlined data management.

Australia's Government 2.0 taskforce has released a draft report that recommends that government agencies and public servants use blogs and online forums to engage with citizens, each other and likeminded professionals around the world.

 Kroll Ontrack has unveiled its Eraser Degausser 3.0 that generates powerful magnetic fields to destroy all traces of data contained on defunct or end-of-life magnetic media such as hard drives or tapes. 

 Canto has announced the immediate availability of Canto Cumulus 8.1, available free of charge to all customers on active software maintenance contracts with Canto or Canto Certified Partners.

 A new email system will be rolled out to more than 7000 State Emergency Service volunteers over the next two months in a technology upgrade worth $A2 million a year.

 Four peak industry groups have joined with the National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA) to develop a standards assessment approach for medical software in Australia.

 IBM has announced a $A14.5 million agreement with Power and Water Corporation, the Northern Territory’s multi-utility provider, to help design and implement an asset management system aimed at delivering electricity, water and sewerage services to its customers more efficiently.

Industry analyst ABI Research says RFID sales in 2009 have confirmed that three of the most promising hot-spots are the retail apparel segment, asset management, and active RFID (in a number of verticals). 

 NetApp has introduced new tools to help with deploying and managing virtual desktops through VMware View 4.

IBM has acquired Guardium, a privately held company that offers solutions for realtime enterprise database monitoring and protection. Designed for cross-platform environments, Guardium’s technology identifies patterns and anomalies in data access and usage.