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The Australian Federal Police and Australian Crime Commission will receive around $20 million in new funding in the forthcoming federal budget to spearhead technology-based counter-terrorism capabilities.

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has extended its outsourcing agreement with Electronic Data Systems (EDS) for a further two years, an extension for which the ATO will pay $300 million.

Government and industry heavyweights from Australia and South Korea will meet on Australia's Gold Coast next month to swap ideas on broadband deployment.

The Belgium government has issued Java-based cards to residents in 11 cities, with the goal of eventually providing every Belgian resident over 12 years old with an electronic identification (EID) card.

New Zealand's IT and transport minister Paul Swain has acknowledged that "eventually" the Internet could be the only way to access certain government services in New Zealnd.

Hewlett-Packard on Monday will formally announce it is joining the Microsoft Visual Studio .Net Integration program, which, when coupled with the company's Java support, is intended to promote multiplatform development of OpenView management applications.

The humble handheld computer is playing a vital role in keeping Melbourne's trees and parks looking beautiful - a role that may soon revolutionise how the entire city is administered.

Enterprise application integration tools can cost half a million dollars, but the payback is there - for big companies and big projects.

IDG Communications publications received 18 awards Friday for publishing excellence from the Australian Business Publishers Association (ABP).

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Under increasing pressure to tighten corporate budgets a new trend has emerged: CIOs are grouping together in private executive forums to tackle tough business decisions in a bid to survive the current economic downturn.

OpenView is central to all of Hewlett-Packard Co.'s Internet software plans, according to the company's top executive, Carly Fiorina.

In an effort to give IT managers a more complete view of their enterprise networks, Hewlett-Packard Co. this week will combine its operations and performance management tools, and add new automated functions into the mix.

Computer Associates' network management suite has been dumped midway through an $18 million online transaction project for the Victorian government.