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Google have announced that Message Security is to be provided free to K-12 schools that use Google Apps, and free also to K-12 schools that sign up for Google Apps before July 2010.
Google Message Security lets administrators limit messages based on who they’re from, who they’re going to, or the content they contain. Message rules [...]

Australian-owned Devnet says users should consider exiting investments in Microsoft Exchange or Sharepoint and ride Google’s Wave.
Google Enterprise Apps partner Devnet, said it has begun work to integrate, the Web giant’s collaboration platform, Google Wave, into its ‘Cloud Ready’ program.
Devnet managing director Craig Deveson said a lot of cloud-based solutions have simply taken legacy server-based [...]

The third day of Cebit was very active.  Webciety had a cloud focus day and we saw a number of customers come back to the stand who had been past earlier in the week.
In the Webciety presentation area we had presentations from the following companies.

Devnet – Google Apps & Cloud Ready
Siteflex – CMS
Saasu.com – [...]

The second day of cebit was bigger than the first. Webciety is working really well and the crowds were up. The media centre is right behind Webceiety and this proved fruitful again providing an interview with Ryan Egan who runs Tech Stream on ABC Radio. http://blogs.radioaustralia.net.au/techstream/ The interview was about cloud computing, webciety and how [...]

The fist day of cebit was full of action. The layout is far better this year and it is easier to move around the show.
Webciety is a new concept for Cebit Australia. It features 12 of Australia’s leading Web based companies including :

Devnet
Hiive Systems
Siteflex
ModSite
Saasu.com
Buzz Numbers
wotnews.com.au
SportsPassion
Design Bay
TJoos
IPScape
Travellr

Webciety provides a great area to interact with customers [...]

24 April 2009 02:46PM  ITNews

IT investment in hardware is expected to remain relatively stable this year with many Aussie firms also set to increase spending on virtualisation, Gartner said.
A survey of people responsible for spending money in March proved that investments in client computing, printing devices, storage and servers would stay the same in the [...]

Telstra’s T-Suite application offering will struggle to gain traction because it doesn’t deliver real value-add to customers looking to move to web-based applications.
Craig Deveson, managing director of Devnet, Australia’s leading integrator of Google software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions said that T-Suite reflected a lack of understanding as to where customers require help and assistance in transitioning to [...]

Alan Perkins speaks about moving the business into the Cloud. Article from recent IDC forum …..
The company’s CIO suggests IT managers throw away the current notion of their role, which is to maintain the company’s systems. Use the cloud to support the systems and the IT department to support the business, he says.
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