Stories by Hamish Barwick

Microsoft Australia has confirmed that an internal technical issue delayed the processing of software orders purchased online in December 2010 through its store.

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is set to replace its Police Real-time Online Management Information System (PROMIS) with a new platform and architecture intended to support the AFP’s operations for the next 15 years.

Nine Network operator Nine Entertainment has replaced its Web security gateway and management software in hopes of cutting down time when dealing with Web access requests from staff.

The recent breach of student records on the University of Sydney website raises questions for the security industry as a whole, according to an expert on the matter.

The Australian Government Treasury will soon be replacing its ageing private automatic branch exchange (PABX) system with voice over internet protocol (VoIP).

The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has found that Australians are becoming more active in their reporting of software piracy with some 161 reports of illegals software use received by the organisation last year.

Rising costs, expansion plans and dissatisfaction with its current SAP server hosting provider has led ANZ energy drinks company Frucor to Fujitsu’s Cloud services door.

Three Australian-based manufacturers are the beneficiaries of National Broadband Network (NBN) equipment contracts worth more than $1.6 billion.

As part of its goal to introduce electronic health records, The Tasmanian Department of Health and Human Services is to shortly convert 60,000 paper based records into a digital format.

Australian Cloud providers have been given a boost following warnings from a legal expert on the risks associated with hosting data offshore.

A significant increase in the amount of film, audio and digital formats has led the National Archives to begin procurement of an audiovisual archive management system (AVAMS).

Security experts have warned of a convincing Facebook phishing scam doing the rounds in Australia.

The development of a new Credit Reporting Code of Conduct designed to provide better consumer protection and guidance for business on key issues such as privacy will be discussed at a roundtable in Canberra next month.

Queensland electricity network provider Powerlink is looking for business intelligence (BI) platforms as it begins a BI pilot to integrate its reporting, query and analysis needs.

Vodafone will open its doors to the Australian Privacy Commissioner, Timothy Pilgrim, in the wake of allegations the telecommunications giant made the personal information of four million customers available on its website.