Mobile continues to bolster Optus

Optus has posted incremental gains revenue and underlying profit for the first quarter of its 2008-09 year, as the company mounts what chief executive Paul O'Sullivan has described as a "mobile-led attack on the market".

Banks increase systems spending

Australian banks are stepping up investment in information technology as consolidation within the sector and pressure to replace ageing computing platforms spurs spending on a host of new systems.

Victoria set for $35m broadband boost

The Victorian government will pump $35 million into upgrading high-speed internet services to rapidly growing regions of the state that are in danger of falling behind in the broadband stakes as their populations grow.

Solution to job shortfall 'imperative'

The shortfall of Australian skilled technology workers will grow 29 per cent in the next two years to reach more than 14,000 unfilled positions by 2010, unless the government changes its policy towards IT employment.

All change for privacy laws

Massive changes wrought by new technologies and the internet have prompted the biggest shake-up of Australia's privacy legislation since it was created two decades ago.

NSW beds down $40m in program

The NSW Department of Health will spend $40 million over four years to introduce computer systems aimed at giving it minute-by-minute information on the number of beds available in the state's 230 public hospitals.