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Develop enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications in-house to avoid vendor lock-in and associated data integration issues, says AirRoad Direct Pty. Ltd.'s national client manager Phil Newman.

Magellan Technologies Inc. has developed what it claims to be a world-first in RFID (radio frequency identification) technology that allows many closely bunched tags to be uniquely identified without interference. The developer has taken the open source route using Linux-based readers and an open source application interface.

A move to open source and away from proprietary information management systems will help government departments avoid steep maintenance fees and increase the longevity of data, members of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and South Australian parliaments said at the recent Linux open source in government conference in Adelaide.

Despite all the talk of networks going wireless in 2003, it will be some time before the enterprise enjoys the promise of ubiquitous IP (Internet protocol) connectivity, according to Meta Group Inc. senior research analyst Bjarne Munch.

The Australian Capital Territory has become the first Australian jurisdiction to mandate the consideration of open source software for government entities after a bill proposed by ACT Democrats leader Roslyn Dundas was passed into law overnight.

Telstra Corp. Ltd. has retired an Oracle Corp. database in favour of a custom data management application that is

Following a flurry of interest, feedback, and protest to his initial bill to mandate the use of open source software, Democrat politician Ian Gilfillan will resubmit an amended version of the proposed legislation to the South Australian parliament next week.

Less than two months after the University of Queensland announced plans to build a 128-node Linux supercomputer, the Australian Centre for Advanced Computing and Communications (ac3) will eclipse that by installing a 147-node cluster running at some 1.5 teraflops in its Sydney data centre.