IT pay is still crazy after all these years
Computerworld - A funny thing happened to IT organizations 20 years ago: They started leaking people. The business units began attracting a migration of workers with tech smarts, business savvy, "soft" skills and a grasp of what clients wanted and how to deliver it to them. More...
NBN "a joint venture with Telstra"
"A large part of both the construction and operations budgets will be paid to Telstra for the use of its ducts and for the decommissioning of its copper wires. More...
Internode had its chance to complain
Hackett last week described the model as "insane" for small internet service providers, warning that none will survive their walk through the "valley of death" transition from the current copper network to the fibre future envisioned by the Federal Government and that they could be forced to buy aggregated services from existing large players like Telstra and Optus. More...
EMC locates global R&D operation in Cork
EMC said this morning it is to expand its cloud computing, big data and data centre technology programmes with the establishment of EMC Technology Europe. More...
Lack of communication undermining NBN community support
NBN Co must step up its engagement with relevant government departments and the Australian community if the rollout of the National Broadband Network or face an increasingly ambivalent public. More...
Land-line usage on the wane
Canadians are flocking to lower-cost cellphone services and cutting their land-line cords as aggressive entrants quickly take market share in the increasingly competitive wireless industry. More...
Will Amazon cloud service rain on Apple's parade?
Here's how effortless it is to move your digital music collection from Apple's iTunes software to Amazon's new Cloud Drive music service:. More...
Canada Liberals Propose C$8.23 Bln of Programs Over 2 Yrs
Ignatieff contrasted his plans for new social spending with Harper’s business tax reductions and narrowly based personal tax cuts. Harper, who today pledged to double a fitness tax credit for children and extend it to adults, warned that even if Ignatieff wins fewer seats straightway month he will undermine a fragile economic recovery by seeking to form a "reckless" coalition government with the socialist New Democratic party and with Quebec’s separatist Bloc Quebecois. More...
Corporate Express sets up managed services business
Corporate Express has bolstered its offerings to the market adding a managed services business and launching into cloud computing. . More...
Verizon iPhone was top phone in Feb
A new report from analyst ComScore says that theVerizoniPhone was the "most acquired" handset while the month of February. . More...