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SA government to streamline tender process for SMEs

The South Australian government is moving to streamline its procurement processes for information and communications technology (ICT) to reduce the high opportunity cost of bidding for government contracts, especially for small to medium enterprises (SME)s. 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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

'Complexity' delays free Sydney wireless network

The NSW Government's plans to deliver a free wireless network trial for Sydney will be delayed due to complexities in sourcing a suitable network provider. Read more »

Consultants in to map out Aust software industry

The federal government wants to get to know the Australian software industry and map out a strategy to make it "get vertical". Read more »

'No downsides' to Linux, says procurement official

A New South Wales (NSW) government procurement official has publicly endorsed Linux solutions, telling agencies the operating system has "no downsides". Read more »

FOSS guide to back "informed neutrality" in government

A new guide designed to help federal government agencies evaluate open-source products alongside their proprietary rivals is due to be completed and distributed by September, officials said Wednesday. Read more »

Services giants line up for RailCorp ICT business

Proposals to outsource aspects of the NSW railways' ICT operations are gaining pace with a who's who of the services community eager to grab what is likely to be a lucrative piece of business. 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 »

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 »

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    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

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    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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