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  • NSW Health calls time on GroupWise, preps Exchange move

    NSW Health has started preparing the consolidation of all its disparate e-mail systems into one Microsoft Exchange environment for some 200,000 end-users across the state government department with the big loser being Novell's GroupWise.

    Written by Rodney Gedda • 13 July 11 11:02

  • Want to get 'old' CEOs into social media? Try success stories

    What do IT and marketing people do if their CEO and other senior managers are stultifying the use of social media? Show them case studies and examples of how other C-level executives are using it to their advantage, say leading social media professionals from Telstra and Facebook.

    Written by Rodney Gedda • 07 June 11 09:59
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    Keep social media outsourcing under control: Facebook, Telstra

    Organisations looking to promote their brand through social media channels like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn should manage it with internal resources to avoid outsourcing the public image of the company, according to representatives from Facebook and Telstra.

    Written by Rodney Gedda • 06 June 11 10:45

  • CeBIT 2011: Trove search engine wins eGovernment award

    The National Library of Australia’s Trove search engine project has taken out the 2011 Excellence in eGovernment Award and the Service Delivery Category Award at the CeBIT 2011 ICT Celebration Dinner in Sydney last night.

    Written by Rodney Gedda • 02 June 11 11:32

  • National Library updates Trove search engine

    The National Library of Australia has announced version 4.0 of its Trove search engine which now crawls millions of journal articles.

    Written by Rodney Gedda • 17 May 11 15:20

  • Monash Uni moves e-learning to Moodle

    Monash University in Melbourne has selected the open source Moodle e-learning platform for its next-generation virtual learning environment (VLE) which will integrate with third-party applications.

    Written by Rodney Gedda • 10 May 11 15:53

  • Austrade to move e-learning to the Cloud

    Australia’s federal trade development agency, Austrade, will move 130 online courses to a new learning management system (LMS) hosted in the Cloud.

    Written by Rodney Gedda • 10 May 11 12:19

  • Google launches WebGL Globe data visualisation tool

    Google has used its Chrome Experiments site to launch a new platform for geographic data visualisation. WebGL Globe, the source code of which is available from Google's code.google.com repository, can map data sets stored in the JSON format to a 3D depiction of Earth.

    Written by TechWorld staff • 10 May 11 11:07

  • Federal govt goes shopping for new search service

    The Australian Government Information Management Service (AGIMO) is on the hunt for a supplier of a managed search service for the Government Search Service, which allows people to retrieve information from public-facing government websites.

    Written by Rodney Gedda • 02 May 11 11:58

  • Civil Aviation authority seeks learning management system

    The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) is looking to engage with a provider of learning management software for the online delivery of its training course content and material.

    Written by Rodney Gedda • 01 April 11 08:57

  • NBN Co moves into social media

    It had to happen. NBN Co, the company charged with rolling out Australia's National Broadband Network, has jumped into social media, joining the Twitterati.

    Written by CIO Staff • 30 March 11 13:10
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    Collaboration software shouldn't be deployed out of the box: Gartner

    IT managers implementing collaborative software such as SharePoint have been warned that simply installing applications out of the box will put strain on relationships throughout the business.

    Written by Lisa Banks • 22 Feb. 11 16:39

  • Ultimate hoarding: Study finds mankind could store 295 exabytes of data

    University of Southern California researchers have put a number on how much information humans can store, communicate and compute: 295 exabytes, give or a take a zettabyte.

    Written by Bob Brown • 13 Feb. 11 00:31

  • How social networking creates a collaboration culture

    Remember knowledge management (KM)? In the 1990s, KM emerged as a way to collect and share expertise across a company. Employees would fill out profiles for a database about their skills and knowledge. Colleagues could query the system to find the best person to help with a project.

    Written by Kim S. Nash • 02 Feb. 11 14:54

  • HCF looks to deploy business reporting to the branch

    Health insurance company, HCF, initially implemented QlikView to create a monthly report for its chief executive.

    Written by Brad Howarth • 20 Jan. 11 09:54

  • European Commission challenges Google Books

    The European Commission is set to take on Google Books. The latest report on the Commission's Europeana project, released on Monday, urges European Union member states to digitize collections held in all their libraries, archives and museums.

    Written by Jennifer Baker • 11 Jan. 11 11:36

  • Microsoft adds Facebook 'likes' to Bing search results

    Microsoft on Wednesday showed how Facebook friends will be able to influence Bing users' search results, as part of a wide-ranging update on search that also included developments for its image, maps and mobile services.

    Written by James Niccolai • 16 Dec. 10 06:24

  • CommBank launches whole of bank intranet

    The Commonwealth Bank has deployed a new intranet that focuses on social networking and collaboration.

    Written by Lisa Banks • 16 June 10 12:47
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    Social media to allow 'next generation' product development

    Local software company Atlassian has suggested that CIOs and software developers take a closer look at social media if they want to take software ideas from concept to reality.

    Written by Lisa Banks • 25 May 10 15:33

  • Google makes Wave widely available

    Google will make its Wave collaboration and communication tool available to anyone who wants to try it out on Wednesday at its I/O developer conference.

    Written by Juan Carlos Perez • 20 May 10 04:51
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