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INSURER Suncorp has consolidated the group’s mainframe systems, one of the more riskier exercises in its integration with Promina.

TECHNICAL Real Estate is poised to open up to eight new facilities worth in excess of $50 million each across Australia.

DISASTER recovery specialist Neverfail selects Sydney as its Asia-Pacific base to tackle the burgeoning enterprise mobility market.

While much attention has focused on reducing data center power consumption, it is the PCs out in offices that are the real energy guzzlers.

Middleware vendor Iona has reported a net loss of $5.12m for the first quarter 2008, against a loss of $2.85m in the year-ago quarter, on revenue up 6% at $16.4m.

VODAFONE and Telecom Italia will both sell Apple’s iPhone in Italy, in an apparent break from previous exclusive carrier deals.

OPTUS will invest $315 million to extend the coverage of its mobile network to reach 98 per cent of the Australian population.

ST GEORGE Bank will slash jobs and offshore some in a fresh bid to crunch costs and restore bottom line growth.

VODAFONE has claimed first bragging rights among local telcos and confirmed a deal with Apple to sell the iPhone in Australia.

Australians will be buying the 3G iPhone through Vodafone — along with residents of Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy, India, Portugal, New Zealand, South Africa and Turkey.