Stories by Tim Lohman

Having a positive ROI may no longer be enough to get your next major ICT project over the line, according to Gartner.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is looking to get a better handle over the 600 or so applications used across its PCs and notebooks.

CIOs looking to find a reliable cloud provider should seek one whose service has already fallen over, according to Dan Foody, vice president at Web services management provider Progress Actional.

Get a behind the scenes look at SkyMapper- a five-year initiative to map and study the observable universe from the southern hemisphere.

SkyMapper, a newly-launched Australian observatory is playing a key role in the Southern Sky Survey project, a five-year initiative to map and study the observable universe from the southern hemisphere. Yet while Skymapper has the potential to find objects as large as Pluto drifting in our outer solar system and quasi-stellar objects on the far edge of the universe, scientists say the project is equally important because it heralds the arrival of a new era in astronomy -- one where researchers can draw on freely available online data about the universe instead of having to wait months, or even years, for a chance to observe the night sky through a billion-dollar physical telescope. The project is also powered by some serious IT and relies heavily on the open source community to run. It will also create one of Australia's largest databases at around 470 terabytes.

Telstra has acknowledged wider telecommunications industry concerns about the need for greater equivalence and transparency in its submission to the National Broadband Network: Regulatory Reform for 21st Century Broadband discussion paper.

RailCorp CIO Vicki Coleman is understood to have been stood down following allegations of corruption against her.

Less than half of the annual $1.2 billion spent by Defence on its ICT is visible to its chief information officer, Greg Farr, a new report has revealed.

Despite the fast pace of economic deceleration, CIOs have managed to quickly cut costs across the business without having a considerable impact on business outcomes and staff morale, Forrester Research has found.

Data growth rates continue to rise despite the continued global financial crisis, according to the latest Digital Universe report from IDC.

The current ratio of IT spend on maintaining IT systems against innovation has become unsustainable according to EMC’s Australian president, David Webster.

The Northern Territory government is to ramp up ICT capabilities in 20 remote indigenous communities in an effort to focus and coordinate the delivery of infrastructure, services and development in the region.

Following a three month investigation, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has given the greenlight for the merger of Vodafone and Hutchinson to go ahead.

The University of Queensland has deploying what it claims is the world’s largest 802.11n wireless network to underpin research, access and collaboration at the university.

The University of Southern Queensland (USQ) is increasingly turning to social media tools and virtual environments to attract students and improve its services.