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AFP seeks programmers to uphold the rule of SAP

The Australian Federal Police is seeking a provider for advanced developments to its SAP system, and only thoroughly law-abiding programmers need apply. Read more »

AusTender Web site catches cold

The federal government's procurement Web site greeted users with an unusual message this morning: "The evaluation license for this copy of Macromedia ColdFusion has expired." Read more »

Labor fires first tech shots in official election fight

On the first official day of the federal election campaign, Labor has placed IT at the centre of its agenda for growth, issuing a challenge to the Coalition on broadband and procurement. Read more »

Coonan plots broadband masterplan

Federal Communications Minister, Senator Helen Coonan, is developing a broad-ranging plan to coordinate public and private investment in next-generation broadband infrastructure. Read more »

Centrelink buys software testing tools

Centrelink has acquired Agitar developer testing tools as it works to update its middleware platform, Centrelink Online. Read more »

UK govt to monitor all telecoms

UK internet service providers will be invited to tender for a British government scheme to monitor all internet communications and telecommunications in the country. Read more »

Sydney Water taps BI specialist

Sydney Water has called for help with its burgeoning business intelligence (BI) program, with data associated with the utility's water quality and hydraulics monitoring operations identified as an early project priority. Read more »

NSW government wants Linux IP, patent protection

The NSW government is asking Linux companies seeking appointment to a panel of suppliers to its agencies to address their ability to protect customers from "anti-Linux" litigation. Read more »

Transgrid embarks on key software project

Electricity supplier TransGrid has embarked on a major redevelopment of its outage management system, which plans the maintenance of electricity lines throughout NSW. Read more »

TransGrid to outsource for the third time

NSW electricity wholesaler TransGrid has gone back to the market with its entire information technology services requirements as existing contracts wind down in October. Read more »

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Made in Australia security qualification?

The government wants the IT industry to introduce and manage an Australia-specific IT security skills accreditation and certification scheme. Fran Foo says it's a bad idea. Read more »

XML for managers

Many of your programmers have the basic uses of XML down pat, but there are some apps, especially in distributed systems, that demand a creative touch. Here are some opportunities to apply a more creative approach to your team's use of XML. Read more »

Certification: What's in a name?

The technology industry is awash with certifications at the individual and organisational level, but are these qualifications worth the paper they're printed on? We investigate. Read more »

IT Whiz Kid: Howard Siow

In the first part of an ongoing series, ZDNet Australia and the Australian Computer Society take a look at the young minds that will shape the future of Australia's IT industry. Read more »

Planning a Web-based project management system

Here's how one large construction company planned a Web-based project management system. You'll learn firsthand about how the company met the challenges presented by a massive project. Read more »

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  • Staff Crying, mooning and leaving

    In this week's roundup we see that continuous whining can get results, Linux users get 64-bit Flash and Moonlight previews, the latest in the Yahoo/Microsoft relationship and Senator Conroy ducks and weave in Senate Question Time. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

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    Despite the recent employment axe hitting Sun the company has pushed out a new release of its Netbeans open source IDE with an eye to appeal more to Web developers. Read more »

    -- posted by Brendon Chase

  • Renai LeMay BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continue

    Attending last weekend's BarCamp in Sydney, it was hard to escape the conclusion that a certain "dot-com bust" flavour had seeped into the kool aid previously being drunk by Australia's web 2.0 and early stage start-up sector. Read more »

    -- posted by Renai LeMay

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