Stories by Hamish Barwick

Australian private medical diagnostic imaging group, I-MED Network, may well have been one of the last bastions in the country for film rather than digital cameras.

A decision to replace its IT network 18 months ago proved fortuitous for Victorian-based Catholic social services organisation, Centacare, when the heavens opened over the state in January.

An ICT systems error which halted trading on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) on Monday afternoon has been traced back to a software problem.

As the recovery of Christchurch, New Zealand, continues in the wake of last week’s earthquake, telecommunication providers and data centre operators in the country have re-established operations and are now fund raising for victims.

iiNet subsidiary Westnet has reported that a server outage mid-last week, which affected email services for some 5000 customers, has been restored.

The Bank of Queensland has confirmed that its current chief information officer, Jim Stabback, is leaving Australia to join Westpac New Zealand in Auckland next month.

Australian home owners are increasingly becoming IT managers as household networks become ever more complex, according to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).

iiNet subsidiary Westnet has reported that some email services are down following a server fault discovered early on Thursday morning.

New South Wales government departments have been given a clean bill of IT security health by the Auditor-General, but several recommendations for future preventative care have been issued.

The development of technology which will aid the Australian transport and logistics sector has received a boost with National ICT Australia’s (NICTA) latest venture, the Future Logistics Living Lab.

Telecom New Zealand (ASX: TEL) has confirmed that its network in the South Island has been affected by an earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale.

ACT-based search engine technology company Funnelback has snared another New South Wales Government contract as it continues the quest to be used by the majority of agencies around the country.

NBN Co has snapped up a subsidiary of subscription television provider Austar in a $120 million deal that will give the National Broadband Network (NBN) wholesaler wireless spectra needed to roll out fixed wireless services to four per cent of Australian premises.

Self-regulation would lead to a more trustworthy, local Cloud provider industry and avoid contractual hassles, according to an analyst firm.

Security software provider Kaspersky Lab is considering locating its next data centre in Victoria, with plans to expand its Cloud services in Australia.