Staff Reporters

BUSINESS communication systems may not be as secure as thought, says Global Vision Technologies western region manager Bob Randall.

WA communications group BinCom Satellite Systems is about to fill the gap created by declining communications services to regional Australia with new technology.

SLIPRAIL creative director Pauline Emili-ani has shunned the gloss of the commercial fashion circuit in order to retain the ethos of her custom-made label.

If the word ‘crash’ causes unexpected sweating and a queasy feeling in your stomach, read no further, because the business world as we have known it for the past few years is about to undergo a rapid change.

As the rush for stock exchange listings continues unabated, a WA public relations consultant has spotted a gap in the market.

PERTH-based Medi-tech Research Limited may be on the brink of a major advance in cancer therapy with its hyaluronic acid technology for the delivery of anti-cancer drugs.

Grimwood Davies Limited CEO Eddy Lee said the D-fone was the first true decentralised Internet phone that did not rely on a PC for its Internet interface.

OIL junior First Australian Resources NL, which has focused on searching for oil in Texas and Louisiana, has turned to the Internet with a US$3 million investment in electronic technology.

A PERTH company is offering small businesses two bites at the Internet cherry.

ANOTHER former minerals explorer has entered the dot.com game – as an online casino operator.

A sharp 9.3 per cent rise in Australian job vacancies during February is further evidence of a strong labour market.

PERTH-based gold and base metal explorer Fimiston Mining NL has invested $3.6 million to acquire a third of the capital of information technology company, Point Technology Pty Ltd.

BUSINESSES operating from a home office should seem like they are operating from St George’s Terrace, says Small Business Development Corporation managing director George Etrelezis.

THE decade spanning the years from 1995 to 2005 is often described as the decade of transition to the online economy.

The E-Commerce for Export workshop is designed to provide businesses with the information to determine whether electronic commerce tools will benefit a particular business pursuing export opportunities.

PERTH-based Tanganyika Gold Ltd, which has a diverse portfolio of mineral projects, including the Balla Balla vanadium deposit in WA, has acquired waste to energy technology in a deal that has “enormous potential” on a world wide scale.

THE 2000 Asia Pacific IT&T Awards are open for nominations.The Business News-sponsored awards are designed to recognise cutting edge innovations from small to medium enterprises as well as large multinational companies in the information technology and

ONLINE media buyers are popping up in Perth with Pretzel Logic the first cab off the rank.

WEST Perth-based medical development company Genesis Biomedical Ltd has licensed proprietary Internet-based digital capture and delivery technology to its US associate Bodyworks Inc.

PERTH-based Murchison United NL has launched a major exploration and development program at its tin mine in Tasmania.

CPA Congress 2000 is an essential event to keep on top of what’s happening in the world of accounting, finance and management.

THE MERGER between RTC Agribusiness and Milne Feeds has produced a service ‘from paddock to plate’ for the agriculture industry, an RTC spokesman said.

STRATAGEM’S loss of the RAC Insurance account and the ANZ integration of Town & Country Bank has been sweetned by gains including Edith Cowan University (Projects) and the Australasia Beef Alliance.

SEVEN Network pay TV station C7 has taken a substantial shareholding in Access1 as part of a content alliance.

There are four fundamental pillars necessary to build the online economy – online businesses, online government agencies and departments, online community groups and online householders.

A NEW report has found Australia’s capital cities are plagued by infrastructure deficits and deserve more government attention.

TOWNS in the Avon region need to band together for the common purpose of promoting the area as a tourist destination, according to Northam Tourist Bureau manager Don Bremner.

CAPRICORN Resources Australia NL, which stirred up the bourse during the drilling of the Emily Ann nickel deposit, has taken the route of its peers by pursuing the cyberspace trail.

ALLIANCE Gold Limited and Impress Technologies Limited have formed a partnership to develop a new healthcare information technology company, Allmed Technologies Limited.

Sticking to a rural theme, all might not be well with Margaret River’s biggest (and ugliest) project, the concrete mausoleum known as the Palandri winery.

THE EFFECTS of Cyclone Steve are bing felt in areas from Kununurra to Esperance.

FORMER WA Government labour relations advisor Geoff Cooper has been appointed Policy and Communications Officer for the WA Division of the Property Council.