The UK’s Director General Criminal Justice, IT, John Suffolk is in Australia this week (briefing Australian firms on the opportunity to participate in the UK’s criminal justice system which has had a funding injection of $5.18 billion.

The South Australian Housing Trust has selected content management provider Objective Corporation (ASX:OCL) for an electronic document and records management solution.

Infrastructure software vendor, has won a deal to provide Perth-based full service telecommunications provider B Digital with its IT architecture platform.

Enterprise reporting applications vendor, Actuate Corporation, has appointed Raj Dindayal as sales director for Australia and Zealand, based in Sydney. Dindayal has more than 25 years in the business intelligence industry, with positions of general manager of Australia for Comshare Incorporated, country managing partner of Beacon IT Solutions and managing director of A3 Solutions Australia.

The coming WiMax wireless broadband standard could provide consumers with a real alternative to fixed line broadband according to a telecoms market research group.

Automated document delivery provider, Esker Software, has implemented its document delivery platform, including a fax server solution, at Queensland based gaming operator UNiTAB Limited.

Local ERP vendor, Pronto Software, claims to have become the world’s first ERP Vendor to receive EANnet certification for its data synchronisation product. EANnet serves as a community hub for supply chains to systematically exchange product information.

UK-based IT housing solutions and services company, Anite International has appointed Bruce Lockyer as the new managing director for the Australian operation. Lockyer joins Anite from the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) where he had been chief information oOfficer since 2000. Lockyer's career has been highlighted by over 20 years ICT experience at DHA and the Royal Australian Navy. At DHA, he held various senior management roles. Lockyer replaces general manager of the Australian operations Brian Wilson, who is returning to work for Anite in the UK after three years in the Australian operation.

Local PC vendor Optima Technology Solutions (ASX:OPI), has appointed Alf Santomingo to the newly created role of general manager of customer services. Santomingo has over 15 years experience in managing technical and infrastructure resources. He has held similar roles across a variety of industries, having worked for Knight-Ridder Financial Asia, Telecom Australia and Australian Associated Press. He most recently held the position of program director of global infrastructure services at Unisys Australia.

E-business and information management consultancy, iFocus, has appointed Peter Wright as national manager business growth. Wright was previously managing director of Antera, a user research consultancy that has been acquired by iFocus and whose clients include National Australia Bank, GE Money and UniSuper. Also from Antera is Theresa Cunnington, who joins iFocus as a senior usability consultant. iFocus has offices in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

Multiple products from Microsoft, including an endless stream of holes in Internet Explorer, back-up products from Symantec/Veritas and Computer Associates, plus Apple's iTunes and RealPlayer  have been cited as having critical security flaws by global security certification group SANS Institute.

Mobile solutions enabler m.Net Corporation Ltd has formed a partnership with the Seven Network to provide mobile content services for Seven and the magazine brands of its wholly owned subsidiary, Pacific Magazines.

Australian enterprise applications provider, Technology One (ASX:TNE), signed more than 80 new deals in the 2005 financial year, recording its strongest ever sales period, according to the company.

Telstra's IT services arm KAZ has appointed former EDS executive Leisa Hart to the senior role of chief of operations for KAZ, reporting directly to CEO Mike Foster.

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has rolled out a round-the-clock multimedia conferencing solution from Telstra Business Services (TBS), a Nortel reseller, to support 25,000 users nationwide.

eLearning software developer HarvestRoad (ASX:HRD) has won a deal to supply its digital data repository to the Office of Continuous Learning (OCL) at the US Naval Postgraduate School in California.

Investment and business process software vendor, DST International (DSTi), has sold its automated workflow solution to Retirement Benefits Fund (RBF) of Tasmania. RBF will begin implementation of the AWD system in September 2005.

Storage media provider, Verbatim Corporation, has announced plans to support the development of both Blu-ray and High-Definition DVD (HD-DVD) recordable and rewritable media. Both formats are expected to begin shipping in early 2006, when high-definition drives and recorders are expected to be released.

Storage vendor, EMC Corporation, has appointed Mark Innes as general manager for EMC Documentum in Australia and New Zealand.
Innes has more than 20 years’ international IT experience working for global companies in senior sales and management positions in Australia, the United Kingdom and South Africa. He joins Documentum from webMethods, a global software company where he was managing director for Australia and New Zealand. Prior to joining webMethods, Innes worked for Oracle Corp. in various sales and management roles around the world, most recently in Sydney where he directed sales efforts in the financial services, telecommunications, media and utilities sectors.  Prior to Oracle, he worked for IBM in sales management.

Business intelligence provider, Cognos, has appointed Richard Meiklejohn as director of alliances and partnerships, Asia Pacific, based in Singapore, and Chris Wilkins, alliance manager, ANZ, based in Sydney. Prior to joining Cognos, Meiklejohn spent two years as a corporate coach for TWP and five years as Asia Pacific VP of eGain Communications. Previous experience also includes nine years as a management consultant with PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Wilkins joins Cognos from Business Objects, where he managed a staff of 15 in the alliances, channels and inside sales division.