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  • Calls for professionalism in Aussie ICT

    The Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator Helen Coonan, has asked for representatives of the ICT and insurance industries to be more aware about being professional to help the industry flourish.

  • JPEGs reduced by 30% without quality loss

    New technology is now available that claims to be capable of reducing the size of JPEG photographs by 30 percent without losing any of the image quality, which will make it easier to fit more data on to CDs, DVDs and other storage backup media.

  • Oracle boosts security over compliance control

    Oracle has bought Oblix, a security company that specialises in identity management, and integrates with Oracle's Application Server 10g, to provide a more sophisticated service for fulfilling compliance regulations.

  • Plumtree boosts performance of portals

    Organisations will have greater visibility over the use of portals throughout the enterprise to analyse data and work out how they can improve their portals to provide better business results, thanks to the release of new software by Plumtree.

  • HP soothes storage vendor conflicts

    Hewlett-Packard has released new products that aim to integrate storage, archiving, filing, search, databases and servers provided by different companies, so that organisations can now deal with one vendor instead of many.

  • Novell, Veritas boost Linux storage

    Novell and Veritas have consolidated their relationship by offering new Linux storage management software for a select group of customers in a move that shows that Linux is gathering momentum in the enterprise.

  • IBM's online backup for disaster recovery

    A new online service has been created by Big Blue to help organisations protect, store and retrieve essential data for analysis in the case of an emergency when a disaster or outage occurs.

  • Oracle outbids SAP to secure Retek

    Oracle has prevailed in its tussle with SAP to acquire Retek, having announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire retail software provider at a price of US$11.25 for each outstanding Retek share – 25 cents a share more th...