Stories by Sandra Rossi

Nuplex Industries consolidates comms across 30 sites

Nuplex Industries is consolidating the management of its global data infrastructure implementing an IP solution to connect its 30 key operational sites across the Asia Pacific, Europe and the United States.

Isilon Systems expands into ANZ storage market

Clustered storage and data management specialist Isilon Systems launched in Australia and New Zealand last week with the appointment of Michael Burnie as country manager and Paul Rosham as technical director.

New EDS Asia-Pacific VP

EDS has appointed former Westpac Australia IT head Michael Coomer as executive vice president for the Asia-Pacific region and leader of the company's global financial services industry organisation.

Thin clients and open source the green IT winners

With election campaigning in full swing in Australia, political parties are keen to showcase their green credentials. And with the high level of political sensitivity surrounding green IT, Gartner believes it's CIOs that need to take a leadership role in this area and demonstrate corporate responsibility.

Domino's Pizza upgrades its online ordering system

It comes as no surprise to learn that 65 per cent of frequent pizza consumers use broadband more than three times a week. It is this kind of market research that helped Domino's Pizza CIO, Barry Wiech, shape innovative technology solutions to increase revenue.

Optus D2 communication satellite launched

Arianespace successfully orbited two communications satellites on the weekend including Optus D2 which will provide direct TV broadcast, Internet, telephone and data transmission services for Australia and New Zealand.

Oz city council implements virtual SAN

Melbourne's Kingston City Council has virtualised its storage environment with high-availability data protection and offsite data recovery which integrates seamlessly with its VMWare server environment.

Traditional IT job titles on the wane: Gartner

The IT department as we know it will no longer exist after 2012. Not only will there be a radical shift in skill sets, but the traditional IT shop is likely to have a different name — IT managers may be sporting new titles like innovation manager or director of processes.

Retravision does web meetings

The 50 member IT department at electrical appliance company Retravision is using web conferencing to connect its various IT teams, situated in each Australian state and New Zealand.

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