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Archive ~ April 2008

April 8, 2008 at 06:25 am

SingTel's NCS to rejuvenate HIIP project

Scoop! This morning I published an article in The Australian Financial Review to the effect that Victoria’s Department of Human Services had brought in SingTel subsidiary NCS to rejuvenate the troubled $93 million Housing Integrated Information Program.
The project commenced in 1999 but had run aground after UK-based firm Anite failed to deliver on its contract. [...]

April 1, 2008 at 09:33 am

Komatsu Australia deploys Windows Vista

That’s right; Australian corporates have finally started deploying Windows Vista, almost 18 months after they first got their hands on it. Gartner got this one right. You can read the article here.

April 1, 2008 at 09:32 am

Avaya Australia has boom year

The Australian division of corporate IP telephony vendor Avaya had a boom year in 2007, good news for local managing director Carlton Taya. You can read the article here.

April 1, 2008 at 09:31 am

Ian Reinecke quits NEHTA

This week at the AFR we were stunned by the news that Ian Reinecke, chief executive officer of the National E-Health Transition Authority, had quit his role. You can read the full story here.