Rodney Gedda

Sydney played host to HP

If securely deploying 10,000 wireless access points across 1700 locations in five months to create what is said to be the world's largest enterprise Wi-Fi network sounds like a challenge, Victoria's Department of Education (DET) in Australia took it all in its stride - with the help of a little penguin.

Aggregating voice and data services under a new Common Use Arrangement (CUA) is projected to save government agencies in Western Australia up to A$14.6 million (US$10.9 million) a year with potential savings of A$30 million. rn

Aggregating voice and data services under a new Common Use Arrangement (CUA) is projected to save government agencies in Western Australia up to A$14.6 million (CAD$12.7 million) a year with potential savings of A$30 million.

Aussie IT execs laid the blame squarely on the high cost of software and services for the slow pace of improvement in application integration in 2005.

Australia's Northern Territory government recently announced A$150 million desktop services contract with Fujitsu over incumbent CSC is an example of how competition can drive value, according to the department's project director for corporate and information services, Brad Irvine.

Australia's Northern Territory government recently announced A$150 million (US$110.6 million) desktop services contract with Fujitsu over incumbent CSC is an example of how competition can drive value, according to the department's project director for corporate and information services, Brad Irvine. n

Upgrading and configuring some 6,500 desktops later this year will finalize the University of Adelaide's A$2 million IT transformation project aimed at unifying its disparate infrastructure.