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Ageing Linux and Unix systems have prompted national car rental company Thrifty to modernize its server platforms and direct investment towards more innovative applications.

Despite its strong ties to proprietary software vendors, the Australian Taxation Office has finally dipped its toes into open source by establishing a Linux-based system for information analytics.

With Linux and open source software, CSIRO’s mathematical and information sciences division is now able to model information for business benefit without relying on proprietary software, according to principal computer scientist for enterprise data mining Dr Graham Willliams.

A consortium of six of Australia's major providers of general insurance has inked a multimillion dollar contract with IBM to deliver the industry's first centralised electronic compliance Hub.

Reef, an Internet software company, announced on 15 January the launch of Internetware 2.1. The upgrade to the Internetware e-business package is designed to support emerging Internet protocols like wireless access protocol (WAP), and to increase compatibility with prevalent e-business platforms, including Linux.