EDOC09 will be held in Auckland, New Zealand, 31 August to 4 September 2009. EDOC conferences address the full range of engineering technologies and methods contributing to intra- and inter-enterprise distributed application systems. Read more »

It is interesting to see that key ideas, principles and approaches from the Interoperability Framework developed for eHealth industry in Australia (i.e. by National E-Health Transition Authority) have provided input into the long term interoperability efforts within the US Department of Energy, in their GridWise Interoperability Context-Setting Framework. Read more »

Sir Peter Gershon’s report and final recommendations on the Australian use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) within the public sector were recently released. We are pleased to see Report’s emphasis on improving efficiency through a centralised and strategic whole of government approach on ICT policies and the need for ICT to support wider policy agendas. Read more »

A recent article published on Datamation discusses an ongoing court battle in the USA. An appeal associated with the case has tested the validity of an open source license and found it to be valid. Read more »

MacRumors reports that Apple are dropping the highly-restrictive NDA associated with developing iPhone apps. Read more »

IBM are reconsidering their participation in the creation of ISO standards, citing opaque processes and the decision on the Microsoft-sponsored Open XML standard as primary issues. Read more »

I wrote last week about a disgruntled developer who bypassed the Apple iPhone app store. This week they have not only shut down that avenue but also extended the developer non-disclosure agreement to cover rejection letters from the app store.

Much as we like our iPhones, I think Apple are headed for trouble here.

I am very pleased to see another successful EDOC conference which starts this week! This years it is held in Munich, Germany and features an excellent program. Read more »

The Australian National E-health Transition Authority (NEHTA) has appointed Peter Fleming as its new CEO following the departure of Ian Reinecke in March this year. Read more »