Lotus Notes needs the shrinkwrap treatment
Most people agree that IBM's Lotus Notes product is one of the most advanced and popular collaboration suites around, but....
Full Duplex
A view from the trenches of Australian telecommunications. As the name implies, it’s a two-way conversation and we ask you not to pull any punches ... we won’t.
David Braue
Australia’s first-world economy relies on first-rate IT and telecommunications innovation. David Braue covers its challenges, successes and the lessons learned as it uses ICT to assert its leadership in the developing Asia-Pacific region – and strengthen its reputation on the world stage.
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Unique is better than Good
Good Technology exec Terry Austin has heard every joke in the book relating to his company's name.
Spammed by SingTel
Walking into Singapore's Changi airport on Tuesday I wondered if my Australian mobile carrier would be up to the task ... did they correctly set up global roaming for me?
Pizza and Trujillo: The perfect combo
When Telstra boss Sol Trujillo took up the microphone at the National Press Club in Canberra at lunchtime on Thursday he knew the next hour would be a bumpy ride. The executive hadn't spoken publicly in Australia since Telstra's mid-year results event in February.
Zikou jumps into the fire
I can't imagine it would be all sugar and cookies selling Ericsson's services to countries in Europe's south-east corner ... particularly for an Aussie.
World Cup fever hits the telco sector
It appears that employees of Australian telcos are not immune to the sweet, sweet lure of staying up till after midnight watching the soccer. While I'm personally not a fan (preferring to follow the Australian alternative known as Australian Rules), I can understand the pain of those who had to rock up to work this morning after watching the Socceroos thump Japan until 1am.
How to run a chook raffle, Telstra-style
Telstra executive Phil Burgess needs to take another look at his dictionary of Australian slang.
Telecom NZ can't take a joke
The ability for any consumer with a half-decent PC to re-mix the advertisements your mega-corporation paid millions for must be a pain in the neck.It certainly appears as if Telecom New Zealand disapproves of the practice.
Google Australia: Not evil, just uncomfortable
Opportunities to quiz an executive from search giant Google in person come few and far between. That's why when I attended the launch of Google's new Australian office last week there was only one question on my mind.
"Randy" Lynch vibrates at CeBIT
I spent enough time at CeBIT last week to know the telecommunications industry was well represented ... but not always without controversy.