11 December 2007
To improve search functionality for clients, leading Australian information broker CITEC Confirm will initiate the next phase of a major technology refresh in late November.
06 December 2007
A client sales team from CITEC Confirm attended the Queensland Law Society's full day Property Law Conference 2007 in Brisbane in late November.
30 September 2007
CITEC Confirm celebrated its service to all three Victorian Court jurisdictions with an executive briefing at the Supreme Court of Victoria Registry office on September 26.
28 September 2007
The recent release of CITEC Confirm's New South Wales Property Inquiry service gives conveyancers more online search options.
03 August 2006
Terrorist incidents, natural disasters and disruptions to power supply have highlighted the need for business systems to continue functioning in the face of major operational interference.
02 August 2006
Ask Queensland Government Sales Executive Pat Eather about the most significant things he has experienced in his 22 year CITEC career and you get quite a story. Ask him about the most momentous events in his 40 year IT history with the Queensland Public Service and you have enough information for a novel.
01 August 2006
CITEC's continued commitment to building and reinforcing a culture of security and quality improvement has again been recognised by independent auditors SAI Global.
19 June 2006
Organisations which face the challenge of aligning their IT with their business needs might find that myCITEC can provide the solution.
16 June 2006
CITEC is leading the IT industry after being given the green light to service Queensland public sector Information Communication and Technology (ICT) contracts.
15 June 2006
CITEC has completed an update of its disk storage hardware to give clients the latest in Tier 1 Enterprise class disk storage technology and performance.
09 June 2006
Do you constantly find yourself in the challenging position of trying to complete IT projects on time and within budget with too few staff?
24 November 2005
CITEC Confirm Sales Representative, Adrian Rose, has been elected as the President of a new association, the Information Brokers and Law Stationers Association Inc.
24 November 2005
CITEC's Register of Suppliers provides a streamlined and efficient mechanism for interacting with vendors and partners - allowing us to deliver a more effective and responsive service for our customers.
07 November 2005
CITEC's 2004/05 Business Report has been released, highlighting key projects, initiatives and achievements for the year ending 30 June 2005.
The report also marks our 40th anniversary and features historical photographs and milestones covering four decades.
24 October 2005
CITEC’s partner in the provision of IT security-related services, Symantec, has issued a dire warning about future IT security threats, noting that those perpetrating security breaches are moving away from large multi-purpose attacks on network perimeters towards more focussed attacks on client-side targets.
17 October 2005
University graduates with an interest in the ICT sector have the chance to gain experience across all facets of one of Queensland's major ICT providers, through CITEC's graduate development program.
22 August 2005
Waste management company Collex Pty Ltd has appointed CITEC as its supplier of IT infrastructure services.
18 July 2005
As the rate of criminal involvement in the online world accelerates, there is increased pressure on businesses to embrace a holistic approach to email security.
30 June 2005
CITEC has maintained both its Quality Management (ISO 9001:2000) and Information Security Management (AS/NZS 7799.2:2003) certifications, after SAI Global auditors recently conducted surveillance audits of the organisation’s systems and processes.
02 June 2005
Two of CITEC's strategic partners - Sun Microsystems and StorageTek - have announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Sun will acquire StorageTek.
01 June 2005
Businesses are increasingly recognising the benefits that come with housing their services and mission critical servers at an off-site data centre.
15 May 2005
Appropriate processes and technology are critical to ensuring a secure IT environment, but creating and maintaining a security culture is critical for "closing the security gap".
01 May 2005
CITEC's newsletter news@citec will keep you up to date on the latest news and events at CITEC.
21 April 2005
As spam levels reach new heights thanks to the ingenuity and persistence of spammers, leading security solutions specialists are looking for ways to throw the problem back at its source.
04 March 2005
CITEC is implementing a number of projects aimed at delivering more responsive client service and achieving best practice in IT service management. The projects support our vision of integrated service management and encompass service monitoring, our service desk and client reporting.
04 March 2005
The end of the financial year can be a demanding time, between juggling annual reporting, preparing for auditing and calculating staff bonuses, not to mention payment summaries.
03 March 2005
Cyber criminals are targeting businesses to defraud, steal intellectual property and extort money by menace, says CITEC's partner in email security and management services, MessageLabs.
03 March 2005
CITEC’s frame relay network is soon to be replaced with a next generation service that will significantly improve our clients’ network security, scalability and affordability.
01 March 2005
During the past year CITEC has continued to improve its business continuity capabilities though an ongoing and stringent testing regime.
01 March 2005
Do you know how effectively your ICT infrastructure aligns with the current and future needs of your business?
13 December 2004
Spam accounts for up to 90% of the email scanned by CITEC's security solutions partner, MessageLabs. Thankfully, there are some simple steps you can take to safeguard your inbox from unwanted emails.
01 December 2004
Strong passwords, intrusion detection systems, firewalls, anti virus software, properly patched operating systems, solid backup schemes and business continuity plans are some of the building blocks of information security. Systems security is vitally important, but what about physical security?
01 December 2004
When CITEC was awarded a $6.5M, three-year contract to manage Education Queensland’s wide area network (WAN), the pressure was on to transfer the management of the network within a short time-frame and without interruption to the network.
01 December 2004
Defining the differences between disaster recovery, redundancy and business continuity can be confusing. Knowing what you should implement for your own organisation can be even more of a puzzle.
01 December 2004
Will your organisation make the six o'clock news for all the wrong reasons this summer?
How confident are you that, while your company continues its business with a skeleton staff during the holidays, you have the plans and infrastructure in place to maintain operations should a disaster or major incident occur?
01 December 2004
Understanding and supporting our customers' business needs, and identifying the technology required to achieve this, are top priorities for CITEC's new Chief Information Officer (CIO), Paul Dusman.
01 December 2004
Legal courts have always been a key element of the civil justice system. Until recently, however, their processing systems were largely manual, and the image of seeing a lawyer or articled clerk sitting in the court registry waiting to file documents was the norm. The manual processes have done themselves little justice for improving or streamlining judicial case processing speed.
17 November 2004
CITEC today announced the release of its 2003/04 Business Report, citing an economic entity surplus before income tax for the financial year ending 30 June 2004 of $2.7m, a turnaround of $2.3m on last year's result. CITEC's net profit for the financial year was $1.3m, an increase of $2.3m over the same period.
08 October 2004
We've always been told that trying to "opt-out" from spam messages is probably a bad idea.
01 October 2004
How confident are you that your company's important information is securely managed? How do you ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of your company's critical information, especially where you subcontract aspects of these information management activities?
01 October 2004
How many times have you been faced with a business problem that requires time and resources you simply don’t have? CITEC’s ICT consultants are regularly called upon by customers in this situation and are able to provide information and advice to achieve the outcomes required, on time and on budget.
01 October 2004
Are you searching for ways to reduce your IT costs and improve business agility? CITEC's J2EE framework can help!
01 October 2004
When the rate of spam emails Sunlover Cruises was receiving grew to one in two, the company's IT Consultant, Clive Barber, decided something had to be done.
01 October 2004
CITEC’s recent certification to AS/NZS 7799 for Information Security Management Systems could save your organisation time and money. How?
01 October 2004
A dynamic team of Queensland University of Technology (QUT) business students have, with the help of Young Achievement Australia (YAA) and CITEC, just announced the establishment of their very first company – YAQ.
06 September 2004
Anti-spam solutions were once considered "nice to have" but not essential. However, the increasing collaboration between spammers and viruses writers means an anti-spam solution is now a critical component for any company that is serious about maintaining IT security.
06 September 2004
In a worrying trend for organisations around the world, spammers and virus writers are teaming up to create more chaos for business. The new threat means viruses may infiltrate an organisation via spam.
01 September 2004
CITEC's partners MessageLabs and Symantec have announced their collaboration, with the companies planning to incorporate Symantec Brightmail Anti-Spam technology with the MessageLabs Anti-Spam Service to offer enhanced managed anti-spam services to organisations around the world.
16 July 2004
Law firms are working harder than ever to retain existing clients and compete for new business. Success in this competitive environment involves continually refining and reviewing work processes, and integrating new technology to help reduce costs and provide more responsive client service.
14 June 2004
CITEC's partner, Symantec Corporation, the world leader in information security, today announced that Symantec solutions were voted Best Enterprise Security Solution and Best Security Product or Service by the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) at the 19th Annual Codie Awards.
14 May 2004
CITEC partner MessageLabs, the leading provider of managed email security services to business, has identified a new mass-mailing worm – W32/Wallon.worm.a – that tries to harvest email addresses, presumably for sending spam.
29 April 2004
CITEC has been re-certified as a Cisco Premier Certified Partner in Australia. Twenty-five CITEC staff now hold one or more Cisco certifications.
29 April 2004
CITEC partner, global e-Security company MessageLabs, has been recognised for having the "best security solution 2004" by SC Magazine, a publication dedicated to covering information security.
20 April 2004
Three CITEC staff have gained the internationally accepted Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) accreditation, which ensures fundamental security knowledge on many levels.
07 March 2004
CITEC Confirm has teamed up with leading real estate analyst and information house Australian Property Monitors, to offer clients a new property information database.
07 March 2004
The eFiling system implemented by CITEC for the County Court of Victoria has received an award in recognition of the improved service it is providing to Court staff and clients.
22 February 2004
Lawyers are increasingly being called upon to provide legal advice on corporate activities and projects that have electronic security dimensions.
06 February 2004
Queensland communities will be provided with real time election results in the tally room and on the Internet during this Saturday's state election.
11 December 2003
In keeping with the Queensland Government's Smart State strategy, government-owned information and communication technology company, CITEC, has developed the largest number of qualified IT Service Managers in Australasia.
10 September 2003
CITEC further commits to excellence in end to end service delivery via the new Integrated Service Management solution.
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