ONCE considered by those outside the loop as little more than the latest ‘must have’ for mobile phone-attached teens, short message service (SMS) technology has evolved to embrace a vast new world of information.
DO-IT-YOURSELF projects aren’t always as DIY as first expected, often requiring the input of a second party. Be it mechanical repairs, renovating a house or updating content on a web site, there’s always someone with a little more know-how.
THE Federal Government has launched a guide to registering a website address in a bid to make the process of registering and protecting an Internet domain name easier for small bu
THIS year’s WA Business News 40under40 1st Among Equals winner Nathan Buzza was all smiles at last week’s Western Australian Information Technology and Telecommunications Awards (WAIITA).
In the third part of WA Business News’ outsourcing series Julie-anne Sprague examines the different ways to obtain outside technical support, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
FEW businesses these days are immune from software and hardware hiccups.
THE Federal Government’s E-commerce Expert Group will review consumer protection issues in relation to the increased use of m-commerce (mobile commerce) by businesses.
LOCAL electronic engineering commercial and operational services company Atamo heads to Sydney next week in an effort to secure new commercialisation ventures.
THE outsourcing of programming requirements is becoming more common as companies move towards better quality applications and faster, cheaper delivery.
In the first of a series on IT outsourcing, Julie-anne Sprague examines who’s bidding for the major contracts.
MOST local IT outsourcing companies agree that government contracts account for a large slice of work in Western Australia.
IT research firm META Group envisages good growth for its services in WA and has appointed a full-time regional WA manager, Geoff Large, who is charged with developing the group’s presence in WA.
Managing a mobile workforce takes work, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.
THE successful operation of a mobile workforce demands careful management of a company’s human and technical resources.
ACHIEVING real cost savings and improving staff efficiencies through the implementation of communications technology can be as simple as updating the phone system.
THE home has become a favoured work site, whether on a full-time basis or for the flexibility it can offer.
ABS statistics for the year 2000 say that 20 per cent of people worked in their own home or a home other than their employer’s or client’s home.
ONE of the big movers in the IT sector this year will be the mass adoption of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, according to technology analyst groups.
AMNET Limited has signed a licence agreement with RMIT University to conduct the RMIT English Worldwide course at Amnet’s Chongqing HaiLan University in China.
COMPANIES often spend thousands of dollars registering a domain name but many remain unaware that it can be lost overnight through simple administrative errors.
LOCAL electronics design and manufacturing company Omnitronics is gaining international momentum and will ship its communications products to Canada and Scotland later this month.
THE misuse of email systems by staff is by far the most common email security problem. The potentially devastating consequences associated with the abuse of company email systems highlights the critical importance of developing and implementing a
THERE can be little argument that electronic mail is a mission-critical and indispensible business tool upon which most enterprises are partially or totally dependent.
However, as is often the case with technologies offering significant advantages to