Archive for March, 2008

CSIRO picks Dell for desktop contract

March 28th, 2008 • Uncategorized
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Australia’s peak research body, the CSIRO, has handed a new multi-million-dollar computer hardware contract (including desktops, servers, and associated stuff) to Dell, extending the pair’s already decade-long relationship.

You can find my complete article on this scoop here on the website of MIS Magazine.

Optus happy with Alphawest growth

March 27th, 2008 • Uncategorized
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The head of Optus’ business division, John Simon, has played down the idea that the telco’s Alphawest subsidiary might take part in the consolidation of the corporate technology services market, according to this article I did for the AFR this week.

I also speak with Alphawest’s new CEO Rob Parcell in the interview, one of the first times he has spoken publicly since taking on the role early this year.

Aussies lose interest in Second Life

March 16th, 2008 • Uncategorized
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In an article last week in The Australian Financial Review I cover Australian usage of virtual world Second Life. You can find the article here.

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"Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplacable spark. In the hopeless swamps of the not quite, the not yet, and the not at all, do not let the hero in your soul perish and leave only frustration for the life you deserved, but never have been able to reach. The world you desire can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours."

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This is the personal blog of Renai LeMay, a Sydney-based journalist, writer and publisher.

I am the proprietor of LeMay & Galt Media, a new media publishing company which publishes Australian technology publication Delimiter, science fiction and fantasy site Keeping the Door, and this blog.

You can contact me through email, at renai@delimiter.com.au, or by Twitter: @renailemay. My direct line is 02 8011 4539.

I am one of Australia's best-known technology journalists. I used to work as the news editor at CBS Interactive publication ZDNet.com.au, where I managed the site’s newsroom and reporters. In addition, I have been a technology reporter for the nation's premiere newspaper The Australian Financial Review, where I also contributed to MIS Magazine and other Fairfax publications like AFR Boss and Smart Investor.

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