Hugh Halloran

CATERING firm Jiffy Foods has undergone a rapid expansion after just four months under new management.

AN Australian company that will launch a countrywide IP-based telephone service on July 31 doesn’t want its identity to be known.

WITHIN a month of announcing its arrival in Perth, Change Corporation has signed the first of what is expected to be a number of corporate deals.

THE company headed by WA Tourism Council chairman and inaugural WA Business News 40under40 co-winner, Manny Papadoulis, will be featured in a new book on family businesses in the tourism industry.

AMCOM Telecommunications Ltd has joined forces with NEC Australia and broadband supplier Nextep to begin offering DSL services to Perth.

DATA centres are a serious business. They require large amounts of money to establish, are kept at a constant temperature and are guarded obsessively by both human and non-human means.

THERE has been plenty of action in the IT world on St Georges Terrace, with one group setting up shop on the street and another shifting away from Perth’s business boulevard.

AFTER little more than one year of operations in Perth, the office of Singapore-owned eGuide.com.au has become virtually deserted.

ENTERPRISE Resource Planning (ERP) is not the latest thing from the IT world, which – let’s be honest – is probably a big plus.

MANY businesses in Perth’s major industrial estates might never be able to use the standard system for high-speed Internet connections.

FOOD-FRYING technology developer VosTech Ltd will no longer focus on the creation of the finest fried foods on offer, deciding instead to move into the arena of investments in animal health biotechnology.

IT consulting group AeM expects to increase staff numbers by up to one-third in the next year, having formed a joint venture with two Asian companies to explore business prospects in the greater Asian market.

BALCATTA-BASED Remote and Rural Communications has acquired three telecommunications and infrastructure companies and is pursuing a stock market listing as soon as possible.

INDIVIDUALS have been able to register personal domain space in Australia for the first time this week.

PERTH’S boating community is expected to have access to wireless broadband services by next summer.Internet service provider Eftel is preparing to make an offer to those who spend their spare time enjoying the city’s splendid waterways.

LIKE other professionals, information technology workers have their fair share of specialist knowledge and skills.

IT wasn’t so long ago that someone realised it was possible to use the Internet without being tied down to old-fashioned wire connections

THREE of the State’s leaders in technological developments have joined forces to improve Internet-based communications.

PERTH telco New Tel Ltd has made its second acquisition in a month, agreeing to buy one of its major mobile phone dealers.

A RECENT Federal Court decision has raised the spectre of unionism by stealth in WA’s predominantly non-union housing sector.

THE use of high-speed broadband Internet connections might be growing, but not quickly enough to prevent substantial problems in the near future.

THE coal industry has vigorously defended itself against claims its product is outdated, pointing the finger instead at natural gas, suggesting it is a significant source of air pollution in Australia.

WEB development firm Internet Business Corporation has been awarded a three-year, million-dollar contract to provide online services to the WA Local Government Association.

A DECISION by the Full Bench of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission has serious industrial relations ramifications for professional services providers such as doctors and pharmacists.

IT systems integrator Amnet Ltd has confirmed the details of a major deal with the Chongqing HaiLian College in China to establish a joint venture to own and operate the college.

THE City of Swan is undertaking a study into whether it could provide Internet services for as little as $10 per month.

PRODUCERS need marketers and marketers need a product – it’s one of those golden rules of business.Willhart Ltd and Byte Power have recognised how they can apply this rule to their business and have agreed to permanently unite their expertise.

TELSTRA yesterday launched its new $21 million WirelessWest project to improve mobile phone coverage in WA.

KEEPING in touch with employees ‘on the road’ is not always easy.Mobile phones can be out of range, inadvertently switched off, or insufficiently loud to conquer ambient noise.

THE State Government’s recent display of a preference for gas power has reopened an old debate – which is the cleaner fuel?

STATEWEST Credit Society’s online Aussie Rules football tipping competition is beginning to pay dividends for more than just the tipsters.

COLLIE coal players are indicating both surprise and disappointment that they will not be able to compete to provide fuel for the proposed new Cockburn 2 power station.