<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Latest News from SYS-CON AUSTRALIA</title><link>http://au.sys-con.com/</link><description>Latest News from SYS-CON AUSTRALIA</description><copyright>Copyright 2008 SYS-CON Media Inc.</copyright><generator>SYS-CON AUSTRALIA</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:54:00 EST</lastBuildDate><image><title>Latest News from SYS-CON AUSTRALIA</title><url></url><link>http://au.sys-con.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Drowning Under Too Much Cash: The Worlds Largest Superyacht</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/323775.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/323775.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/323775_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[There is only one winner when Roman Abramovich and Jose Mourinho go to war. Think Vladimir Romanov and his assorted managers. Think President Vladimir Putin and Alexander Litvinenko, deceased. Those in power prevail when it comes to Russian autocrats and in this case the man attached to the Siberian pipeline will win. It may be that Abramovich has thoroughly undermined Mourinho's efforts to motivate Andrei Shevchenko by carousing round London with the Ukrainian former superstar turned bon viveur, but he is still the boss.]]></description></item><item><title>Apple MacBook Pro Notebooks Now With Intel Core 2 Duo Processors</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/290650.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/290650.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Oct 2006 08:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/290650_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Apple has announced that its entire MacBook Pro line of notebooks now includes the new Intel Core 2 Duo processor and delivers performance that is up to 39 percent faster than the previous generation. All MacBook Pro models now offer double the memory and greater storage capacity than the previous generation, as well as a FireWire 800 port for connecting to high-speed peripherals.]]></description></item><item><title>Adobe Continues Mobile Push; Buys Vector Graphics Technology Developed by Actimagine</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/283127.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/283127.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2006 07:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/283127_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA['With the acquisition of Actimagine's vector graphics technology, we will be able to further enhance the most popular, high-volume mobile and consumer devices as well as broaden our reach into emerging markets,' said Al Ramadan, SVP of Adobe's Mobile and Device Solutions Business Unit, as Adobe today announced the acquisition of vector graphics technology developed by Actimagine.]]></description></item><item><title>Linux Vendor Collax Names US Channel Sales Leader</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/283129.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/283129.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2006 01:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/283129_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Collax named Christopher Ackley to lead its U.S. Channel Sales team. Collax works with solution providers to deliver a suite of open source applications to help run small and growing businesses, including security, networking, and communication with no Linux knowledge required.]]></description></item><item><title>Mertech Data Systems&apos; Flex2SQL Facilitates Rapid Migration To MySQL</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/278808.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/278808.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Sep 2006 01:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/278808_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Mertech Data Systems, provider of ISAM to SQL Database Connectivity (ISDBC) solutions has been notified by KEH Camera Brokers that Flex2SQL was successfully used to quickly transition from a proprietary DataFlex database to a MySQL database management system. Flex2SQL?s plug-in approach allows companies to adopt relational database technologies without expensive source level changes.]]></description></item><item><title>Are Patti, Jay &amp; Tom Gonna Rumble?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/278717.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/278717.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2006 15:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/278717_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Betcha ousted HP CEO Carly Fiorina is smiling like Alice-in-Wonderland's Cheshire Cat into her make-up mirror these days. Her enemies on the HP board are scattered or confounded, the suit of armor her replacement's been wearing isn't quite as shiny as it was, and she's got a book coming out right in the middle of all the HP tittle-tattle. It's called 'Tough Choices' and, with HP dropping shoes everyday, the publisher has reportedly been rethinking how many copies to print. Carly is supposed to start plugging the book on '60 Minutes' on Sunday, October 8, where she'll doubtless be asked about boardroom leaks and pretexting. As part of its first leaks investigation, HP got Fiorina's own home phone records from December 2004 - a month before the first leak - to mid-April 2005 - two months after she left the company. HP must have thought she was leaking to the press about her replacement.]]></description></item><item><title>SYS-CON&apos;s Ruby on Rails Seminar Will Take Place on October 3, in Santa Clara, CA</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/277805.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/277805.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2006 12:15:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/277805_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[When Danish-born David Heinemeier Hansson unleashed into the world of Web applications in December 2005 version 1.0 of the open source application framework he called Rails, written in Ruby, his aim was to help developers achieve simplicity and allow them to develop real-world apps using less code than other frameworks and with a minimum of configuration.]]></description></item><item><title>YouTube Selects Level 3 for End-to-End Backbone</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/270822.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/270822.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:15:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/270822_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Level 3 Communications Content Markets group today announced it has been selected by YouTube to support the company's rapidly growing online video entertainment service.  Under the terms of the agreement, Level 3 will provide Level 3(R) High Speed Internet Access via Multiple 10 gigabits per second (10GigE) ports.  Level 3 will also provide 10 GigE LAN PHY wavelength service across a nationwide footprint connecting YouTube's data centers.]]></description></item><item><title>Demand for Java Engineers Up With Continued Growth in Smart Hand-Held Devices:RGA</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/274090.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/274090.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2006 21:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/274090_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[The demand for Software Engineers with experience in Java, J2EE and J2ME is expanding at an incredible pace, says John Polk Stewart, Director of RGA Consulting in San Francisco. 'The need is tremendous because more and more applications are being added to hand held devices like phones and PDAs,' says Stewart.]]></description></item><item><title>Integration Consortium Atlanta Chapter Meeting on Sept 21</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/273793.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/273793.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/273793_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[GT Software, Inc. will host the next Integration Consortium Atlanta Chapter meeting on September 21 in Atlanta. Guest speaking that evening will be Steve Benfield, CTO of Agentis Software.]]></description></item><item><title>AOL Agrees To Host Recently Launched Dojo Version 0.3.1</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/267326.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/267326.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 Sep 2006 02:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/267326_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA['We are pleased to be furthering AOL?s support of open source initiatives through our contributions to the Dojo JavaScript toolkit, especially as we've benefited so much from our own increasing adoption of key open source platforms and standards,' said Sree Kotay, senior vice president, AOL Technology.]]></description></item><item><title>WTFM</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/257174.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/257174.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2006 06:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/257174_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[If you know what RTFM means, you should be able to guess what WTFM stands for. If you don't, here's the polite version: Read The Freaking Manual. RTFM is a part of  programmers' jargon. For example, you're trying to figure out how to write something in Java. You tried everything you knew, but it wouldn't produce the expected result anyway.]]></description></item><item><title>SanDisk Snags Mobile Memory Experts Msystems</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/253680.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/253680.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/253680_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[In an acquisition expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2006, subject to Israeli court approval, regulatory approval and Msystems shareholder approval, Reuters is reporting that California-based SanDisk Corp. is going to be buying Israeli-based Msystems in an all-stock deal.]]></description></item><item><title>Site9 lands $1.1 million in venture capital</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/251672.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/251672.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2006 12:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/251672_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Site9, Inc., whose software tools allow companies to quickly develop and launch next-generation web sites, today announced it has received $1.1 million in venture capital funding led by Mount Hood Equity Partners of Lake Oswego, Oregon.]]></description></item><item><title>Group 1 Converts System from Java to .NET</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/247390.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/247390.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2006 19:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/247390_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA['Group 1 is a leader in geocoding and high-definition data solutions, and we're very excited about this announcement to fully leverage the Microsoft .NET technology,' said Stephen Lawler, general manager, Microsoft Virtual Earth Business Unit. 'By working together with Group 1, Microsoft will be able to enhance the geocoding performance of Windows Live Local and other applications built on the Virtual Earth platform.']]></description></item><item><title>McAfee&apos;s Foundstone Professional Services to Launch Free Web Service Tools</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/236490.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/236490.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2006 11:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/236490_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[McAfee the leading dedicated security company, announced that Foundstone Professional Services will launch a series of free tools that teach developers, programmers, architects and security professionals how to create more secure software. The tools will also review the root causes of increasingly prolific crimes such as e-shoplifting, session hi-jacking and identity theft.]]></description></item><item><title>Web 2.0 Journal: Redback Networks Extends Relationship with IBM</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/236171.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/236171.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2006 10:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/236171_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Redback Networks announced that it has extended its existing relationship with IBM for the use of IBM's Applications On Demand Services. Redback believes that utilizing IBM's services will allow Redback to further focus on developing innovative IP-based products and services for its service provider client base. Redback products allow its customers to significantly lower the total cost of ownership of next generation smart broadband networks.]]></description></item><item><title>Advanced Systems Concepts Unveils ActiveBatch Support For Web Services Programming</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/235253.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/235253.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jun 2006 16:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/235253_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Advanced Systems Concepts announced that it has created a new Web services add-in to its ActiveBatch job scheduling application. The Service-Oriented Architecture  add-in, to be released in mid-June, gives developers a new cross-platform, industry-standard alternative to ActiveBatch's Windows-based COM architecture, enabling them to manage or program ActiveBatch features regardless of operating environment.]]></description></item><item><title>CommVault Announces Active Migration of Data for Novell NetWare Server Systems</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/219419.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/219419.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2006 12:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/219419_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[CommVault, a provider of Unified Data Management solutions, has announced that it has introduced active migration of data for Novell NetWare server systems in its QiNetix 6.1 software suite. This capability reduces the amount of active data residing on primary storage, and reduces the time required to protect and recover NetWare data.]]></description></item><item><title>OpenSpan and AttachmateWRQ Form Global Alliance</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/216611.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/216611.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2006 21:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/216611_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[OpenSpanand and AttachmateWRQ have announced a worldwide partnership enabling AttachmateWRQ to distribute OpenSpan's desktop integration technology. Under the agreement, AttachmateWRQ will bring OpenSpan's Composite Studio to AttachmateWRQ customers worldwide, extending Verastream's legacy integration breadth and providing organizations with the most comprehensive approach to quick, non- invasive reuse of any application functionality.]]></description></item><item><title>Unitrends Offers Rapid Recovery for Linux Managers</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/209150.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/209150.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Apr 2006 11:15:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/209150_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Among the enhancements announced by Unitrends are increased capabilities to the company's Hot BareMetal capability, at the core of its exclusive Continuous System ProtectionSM, allowing Linux users, running SuSe/Novell, Red Hat, Debian, Gentoo and more, to capture an image of the entire operating system at any point in time, without having to first shut down the server application or interrupt operations.]]></description></item><item><title>Continuent Takes Home LinuxWorld Product Excellence Award</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/204353.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/204353.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2006 14:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/204353_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Continuent, Inc. announced that Continuent's p/cluster, the latest release of its database virtualization suite, won the LinuxWorld Product Excellence Award for Best Clustering Solution. The Awards, which as in previous years were organized jointly by SYS-CON Media's LinuxWorld Magazine and IDG World Expo, recognize product and service innovations by LinuxWorld exhibitors and were presented in 12 separate categories, plus the ?Best of Show? award.]]></description></item><item><title>Wireless Company Tira Adds Windows Mobile Support</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/198702.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/198702.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Mar 2006 12:15:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/198702_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[The Tira Jump Product Suite enables mobile content developers and publishers to control, adapt, optimize and deploy mobile applications -  from simple puzzles to complex multiplayer, multilevel, highly networked games and applications - across more than 500 different handsets, in a variety of international languages and mobile operator networks.  Windows Mobile devices will be profiled by Tira Wireless and added to the Tira Jump Knowledgebase, which currently includes a library of more than 2,500 device idiosyncrasies and workarounds.]]></description></item><item><title>BBC To Work With Tech Giants On Web 2.0</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/197660.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/197660.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2006 12:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/197660_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[BBC will work closely with tech giants such as Microsoft and Apple as well as distibution players such as ntl and HomeChoice as it looks to revamp its website and deliver programmes online.]]></description></item><item><title>TSI Selects Xenos IT Solution to integrate With Its New Container Management System</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/192937.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/192937.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:15:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/192937_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Xenos Group announced that TSI Terminal Systems has selected the Xenos EDI terminalONE solution to integrate with their new container management system to improve the movement of containers at two of the largest container terminals at the Port of Vancouver. Xenos terminalONE is a key element in an information supply chain that links multiple trading partners to TSI.]]></description></item><item><title>LG Electronics Signs Licensing Agreements With Adobe for Flash Technology</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/196868.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/196868.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2006 16:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/196868_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Adobe Systems and LG Electronics announced the signing of licensing agreements for Macromedia Flash technology. The agreements cover  Flash Lite and Flash Player SDK (Software Development Kit), helping ensure that LG Electronics can deliver Flash technology-enabled user interfaces, content and applications across a wide range of mobile devices and consumer electronics products.]]></description></item><item><title>EnGarde Secure Linux v3.0.5 Now Available</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/196245.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/196245.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Mar 2006 00:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/196245_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Guardian Digital has announced the release of EnGarde Secure Community 3.0.5 (Version 3.0, Release 5). EnGarde Secure Linux is a Linux server distribution that is geared toward providing a open source platform that is highly secure by default as well as easy to administer.]]></description></item><item><title>First Industry-Specific On-Demand Business Suite NetSuite Software Company Edition Launched</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/194805.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/194805.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2006 00:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/194805_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[NetSuite has launched NetSuite-Software Company Edition, specifically designed to manage a software business and the software customer life cycle. This edition of NetSuite includes new versions of NetSuite's renowned AJAX Dashboards that are specifically designed to give users real-time visibility into the key performance indicators that make or break their success.]]></description></item><item><title>FOMA Compatible Browser, Email &amp; Java Execution Environment to FOMA Handset by ACCESS</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/194808.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/194808.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2006 00:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/194808_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[ACCESS Co, a global provider of mobile content delivery and Internet access technologies, has announced that Nokia's first FOMA handset -the NM850iG - launched by NTT DoCoMo, will offer three ACCESS products: a FOMA-compatible browser (ACCESS' NetFront), an email client, and JV-Lite 2 Wireless Edition, a Java execution environment for embedded wireless solutions.]]></description></item><item><title>MetaMatrix Announces MetaMatrix Query For Java Developers</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/194113.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/194113.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2006 02:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/194113_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[MetaMatrix, an embeddable Java distributed query component, streamlines development and maintenance of Java applications that use data from two or more relational databases. By using this, Java developers can reduce development and maintenance time and improve the performance of their applications. This data service is a single JDBC driver through which applications can submit SQL, either retrieving data from individual tables or performing join or union operations to integrate the data.]]></description></item><item><title>On2 Technologies Launches Linux Video Encoding SDK for Macromedia Flash Player 8</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/194097.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/194097.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2006 00:15:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/194097_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[On2 Technologies has announced the immediate availability of the On2 Flix Engine for Linux. On2's newest video encoding engine for the Linux platform was developed for the rapidly-growing segment of personal publishing, video sharing and video blogging web sites that are increasingly distributing video content for playback with the Macromedia Flash Player 8 from Adobe.]]></description></item><item><title>Balducci&apos;s Selects Wincor Nixdorf&apos;s StoreForward POS Software for Chainwide System Upgrade</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/194090.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/194090.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2006 23:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/194090_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Wincor Nixdorf, a leading suppliers of IT solutions for the banking and retail industries, has announced that Balducci's has selected Wincor's StoreForward POS software as the point-of-sale application for a chainwide rollout. Balducci's, one of the largest and most highly regarded specialty food companies in the U.S., will also install Wincor's BEETLE POS systems in new stores including its Food Lover's Market stores in Manhattan and Washington, D.C.]]></description></item><item><title>Smart Dec Announces Release of Advanced Swing Components Suite Version 1.5</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/193209.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/193209.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2006 01:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/193209_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Russian company SmartDec has announced the Version 1.5 release of its Advanced Swing Components Suite. Advanced Swing Components (ASC Suite) are 100% Swing-based components that help developers to deliver Swing applications with professional and user-friendly interface.]]></description></item><item><title>Xandros Launches Sales of Easy-to-Use Linux Products in Europe via Avanquest</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/193206.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/193206.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2006 01:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/193206_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Xandros, the leading provider of easy-to-use Linux alternatives to Windows, and Avanquest, a global developer and publisher of best-selling personal and professional software, has announced an agreement to deliver the Xandros line of easy-to-use desktop and server products to retailers, resellers and distributors throughout Germany, Switzerland, and Austria.]]></description></item><item><title>Open Source Geospatial Foundation Formed</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/193000.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/193000.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2006 11:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/193000_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo), a not-for-profit initiative to support and promote the development of open geospatial, or location-aware, technologies, launched this week. The initiative draws governance inspiration from several aspects of the Apache Software Foundation.]]></description></item><item><title>LinuxLink by TimeSys Gains Momentum in Embedded Linux Market</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/192629.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/192629.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2006 23:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/192629_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Developer service provider for the embedded Linux market, TimeSys Corporation, has announced that LinuxLink by TimeSys, has achieved significant growth since its introduction in August, 2005. The company says LinuxLink is an industry-changing delivery model, and the first commercial offering to support the majority of embedded developers who build and assemble their own commercial-grade custom Linux platform.]]></description></item><item><title>Hibernate Solution Certification for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Java</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/191313.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/191313.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2006 07:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/191313_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[JBoss introduced the Hibernate Solution Certification Program, designed to optimize performance between the company's standard-setting object/relational mapping technology and open source and commercial databases and database connectivity software. The first two products to complete the rigorous 1,200 tests in the Hibernate Certification Toolkit are the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) Driver and DataDirect Technologies' Connect for JDBC.]]></description></item><item><title>Aplix Java-Based JBlend Platform Deployed in BenQ-Siemens S88</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/190474.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/190474.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Mar 2006 14:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/190474_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Aplix Corporation has announced that its JBlend platform is included in BenQ-Siemens' S88, one of the first mobile phones introduced under the dual brand. BenQ has been working with Aplix to develop a series of phone models under the new BenQ-Siemens brand.]]></description></item><item><title>Sun Japan Appoints Tomohiko Suetsugu as President</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/190472.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/190472.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Mar 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/190472_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Sun Japan has announced that its board of directors voted to appoint new representative directors (president and chairman). Effective April 1, 2006, Senior Managing Director Tomohiko Suetsugu will succeed Dan Miller as President. Miller will become Chairman of the Board and continue to lead the Japanese management team together with Suetsugu.]]></description></item><item><title>Using Java Development Tools to Enforce Best Practices</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/189584.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/189584.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2006 16:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/189584_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[In the conclusion of a two-part series, Enerjy Software CEO Nigel Cheshire outlines source code control systems, static code checking software, testing frameworks, and coverage tools.]]></description></item><item><title>Web Host Company Web Drive Averts Phishing Scam</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/189102.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/189102.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2006 14:15:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/189102_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[New Zealand-based Web hosting provider Web Drive (webdrive.co.nz) announced on Tuesday it had successfully averted a potential phishing scam targeted at National Bank customers after discovering a person from overseas had registered roughly 25 variations of the bank's Web address.]]></description></item><item><title>Web Hosting Provider - BroadSpire - Launches &apos;Small Business Web Stores&apos;</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/174929.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/174929.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2006 02:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/174929_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[BroadSpire, a web hosting services and managed IT services provider, has announced the introduction of 'Small Business Web Stores', a series of e-commerce solutions designed for small business owners. According to BroadSpire's Suresh Srinivasan, Small Business Web Stores are 'the perfect combination of low-cost, ease-of-use, flexibility and scalability necessary for today's small business owners.']]></description></item><item><title>GNU General Public License Version 3 Proposal Up for Discussion and Scrutiny</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/173598.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/173598.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2006 22:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/173598_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[The first draft of the revised GNU General Public License has been released for comment. The project will bring together organizations, software developers, and software users from around the globe during 2006, in an effort to update the world's most popular free software license.]]></description></item><item><title>Dice Inc. to Sponsor Technology, &amp;amp; Engineering Job Fairs in Chantilly &amp;amp; Crystal City, Virginia on January 17th and 18th</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/169822.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/169822.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2006 13:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/169822_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Dice Inc., the leading online career site that helps businesses source technology and engineering professionals, and Targeted Job Fairs, a leading provider of career fairs for technology and engineering candidates nationwide and a Dice company, will host two technology and engineering job fairs on January 17, 2006 and January 18, 2006 from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM at the Dulles EXPO & Conference Center and the Sheraton Crystal City Hotel respectively. Admission is free.]]></description></item><item><title>PaperThin CommonSpot Program Addresses MX Developer Needs</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/164613.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/164613.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2005 15:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/164613_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA['The overload of data on many Web sites today makes managing content a cumbersome process,' said Todd Peters, founder and president of PaperThin. 'At the same time, visitors to a site often find it difficult to access information that is pertinent to them. Our new taxonomy functionality addresses these inefficiencies by allowing organizations to easily classify and manage their content. And, it gives users the ability to intuitively ?find and discover? information within subject areas. We believe this functionality further differentiates PaperThin in the marketplace and will deliver real business value to our customers.']]></description></item><item><title>Yeshim Blog - Crain Communications Cover Story: Editorial or Paid Advertorial?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/150459.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/150459.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2005 16:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/150459_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Here is my beef with Crain Communications and their editorial policy. Their cover story highlights the media companies who are among their advertisers while they completely omit SYS-CON.TV, the pioneers of i-technology internet television. SYS-CON.TV was announced and launched long before any of Crain advertisers ever thought about streaming television, yet this story reads like Ms. Griffin was instructed by her management to cover certain companies in her report. That's a shame.]]></description></item><item><title>SYS-CON India - IBM Takes the Top Position in Overall Server Revenue in China and India</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/140959.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/140959.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2005 11:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/140959_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[IBM has announced that according to IDC, IBM is the leading server vendor in the People's Republic of China (PRC) and India, based on customer revenue for the second quarter of 2005]]></description></item><item><title>MetaInfo Creates Safe Network Alliance</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/142883.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/142883.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2005 11:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/142883_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[The Safe Registration Framework is an extensible architecture for network access protection that enables enterprises to monitor and control network access according to their pre-defined standards.]]></description></item><item><title>Optus Announce Offer Of $26M For Alphawest</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/112875.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/112875.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2005 22:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/112875_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Optus, Australia's second biggest telco, has announced a takeover bid of AUD$25.9 million for Australian IT services provider Alphawest.]]></description></item><item><title>HP Australia To Cut Up To 400 Jobs</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://au.sys-con.com/read/112443.htm</guid><link>http://au.sys-con.com/read/112443.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2005 23:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://au.sys-con.com/read/112443_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[In moves to save Hewlett-Packard AUD$2.5 billion a year, CEO Mark Hurd has initiated cuts of 14,500 positions. Of the 2800 Australian employees there are likely to be 400 jobs lost.]]></description></item></channel></rss>