Stories by Tim Lohman

Cooma-Monaro Shire Council has shaved close to $20,000 a year off its communications costs with a new unified communications (UC) system.

The Australian Customs and Border Protection Service is on the hunt for a new budget management system (BMS) to bring itself into line with Australian National Audit Office recommendations.

Australian services management software provider Yarris has formed a partnership with IBM that will see the company facilitate SaaS deployments of IBM’s Maximo asset management software.

Aviation company Hawker Pacific has seen an improved its customer service and cut IT maintenance costs following the implementation of a new unified communications system.

There is increasing frustration and mounting cynicism with the pace of action on implementing a national e-health platform, according to a National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission report released today.

Despite being in the middle of a major recession, CIOs can look forward to a major period of growth through to 2012, according to IDC’s chief research officer, John Gantz.

The NSW government has made its bid to be the home state of the National Broadband Network with the launch of a new promotional video.

In the week of the 40th Anniversary of the lunar landing CIO brings you five great Australian achievements in space, courtesy of Dr Miriam Baltuck, director of the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC).

The Federal Governemnt is expected to announced the full management team of the National Broadband Network Company (NBNCo) shortly, according to Communications minister Stephen Conroy.

In a move that may suggest greater use of Web 2.0 tools by the federal government, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has begun blogging.

The Garvan Institute has deployed a new database platform to consolidate and centralise more than 30 separate databases as the medical research organisation moves toward a new information architecture.

Teachers Credit Union has deployed a 126 seat unified communications call centre solution to improve collaboration and interactions with its 155,000 strong membership.

The Federal Government has called on industry to grow its online presence and e–commerce facilities to help boost Australia’s digital economy.

An Australian developed algorithm has allowed researchers at the CSIRO to map -- for the first time -- Centaurus A, an enormous galaxy with a a supermassive black hole that is 50 million times the mass of our sun.

BHP Billiton has appointed a new CIO, Chris Crozier, following the departure of Ken Mathews.