Jessica Aldred

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] IBM has announced its Sydney E-Business Innovation center is to be located in the increasingly Web-focused area of Pyrmont. IBM Global Services Australia has selected a heritage listed building in Harris Street for the AUS $23 million (US $13.8 million) center, which is expected to house over 400 e-business workers within three years. […]

Accounting software provider Solution 6 has announced a partnership with GSTpay, an ASP software and services provider which hosts Web sites for accountants. GSTpay is an ASP-enabled software solution that simplifies the Business Activity Statement (BAS) taxation reporting process and Goods and Services Tax (GST) payments. The product has been produced by GSTpay, in conjunction […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] American Express has launched a guarantee ensuring its Australian customers will not be held responsible for any unauthorized transactions made on their cards during online shopping processes. Amex said security concerns have prevented many consumers from moving online to purchase goods and services, and that 34 percent of Amex card holders in Australia […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] Global consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has launched a national multiple business-to-business e-marketplace aiming to providing companies with cost savings and access to world’s best practices through its consortium. e.conomy aims at reducing purchasing costs for companies by buying goods and services such as travel, rental cars, accommodation services and office supplies as a […]

[SYDNEY, Australia] Consulting firm Ernst & Young has launched an online security venture which aims to provide businesses with security content and services to proactively manage IT infrastructure. eSecurityonline.com is an existing U.S. subsidiary which launched its services locally to Australian clients yesterday. Services accessible via the portal include over 1000 security related resources, online […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] Liberty0ne’s chief financial officer Jack Surdoval has become the latest in a line of staff to exit the Web media developer company, resigning after a brief eight months with the company. Surdoval was appointed last November to oversee the company’s proposed capital raising via a listing on the Nasdaq exchange. However, in a […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] National industry body the Internet Industry Association (IIA) has called on the Australian Labor Party to recognize the Internet as the foundation of its ‘Knowledge Nation’ agenda. During Labor’s annual conference in Hobart this week, the IIA said the event provided the ALP with an ideal opportunity to reposition itself as the party […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] New economy employers are offering innovative compensation and renumeration programs and flexible work practices to attract and retain staff, a new renumeration survey of dot-com companies has found. Consulting firm Arthur Andersen, with the support of online recruitment agency MillsHarding, has released the results of dotCOMP, a survey of compensation and share plan […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] Online stockbroker E*Trade Australia will take an equity stake in the Australian Wine Exchange (AWX), a private group undertaking the development of Australia’s first market for trading in premium wine. Under a memorandum of understanding unveiled yesterday, E*Trade has an option to take an undisclosed equity in AWX, which will operate in a […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] Telstra has signed a deal to serve content from multimedia provider Access One to customers of its Telstra Big Pond Internet access service. The product will be co-branded as ‘Access1 brought to you by Telstra Big Pond’. The umbrella content distribution agreement will give Telstra the right to stream all of Access1’s broadband […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] GlobalCollect, a subsidiary of TNT Post Group (TPG) has launched WebCollect, an international payment solution that allows consumers and businesses in over 40 countries to buy or sell products online. The e-commerce payment solution accepts several payment methods, including credit card, bank transfer, check or invoice, and enables users to pay or be […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] Online retailer Bigshop is set to acquire digital consultancy Rumble Group, the company has announced. The takeover, which still remains subject to Bigshop shareholder approval, would see Rumble shareholders taking around 60 percent of the combined entity. Rumble, a company specializing in digital strategy, e-commerce enablement products and e-commerce venture participation, incorporates three […]