| Today on iTWire | This Morning Hello Again: Apple launching new Macs 28 October at 4am AEDT Written by Alex Zaharov-Reutt At 10am on 27 October in California, which is 4am AEDT 28 October in Australia, Apple will launch a refresh of many Mac lines, something… Read more... Global video game market forecast: software sales reaching US$98b by 2020 Written by Alex Zaharov-Reutt Overall game software sales are expected to be up 8% in 2016 to US$79 billion despite a slowdown in sales of package game software, and… Read more... ZTE’s Pre5G massive MIMO wins ‘Best Wireless Broadband Innovation’ award Written by Alex Zaharov-Reutt Global provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for mobile Internet, ZTE, has won the Best Wireless Broadband Innovation award at Broadband World Forum… Read more... Xref, Expr3ss! seal integration deal Written by Peter Dinham Human resources technology company Xref has inked a new partnership agreement with online recruitment technology company, Expr3ss!, to combine applicant selection and employee reference checks. Read more... Nutanix takes flight with Flight Centre NZ Written by Peter Dinham Flight Centre New Zealand has deployed an enterprise cloud platform from hyperconverged infrastructure vendor Nutanix to help its travel experts service a growing number of… Read more... Dr Simon Poole awarded TelSoc Charles Todd Medal Written by Peter Dinham Technologist and entrepreneur Dr Simon Poole has been awarded the TelSoc 2016 CharlesTodd Medal for his “outstanding” contributions to the world’s optical fibre infrastructure. Read more... Top tech firms get subsidy of US$2m per data centre job: report Written by Sam Varghese Top American technology companies like Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple and Facebook are reaping subsidies of US$1.95 million per job by obtaining funds from states and… Read more... Netgear claims 'world's fastest' for Nighthawk X10 router Written by Stephen Withers The 802.11ad support is just part of Netgear's recipe for what is says is the world's fastest home router. Read more... Nadella says trust in tech is the most pressing issue of our time Written by Ray Shaw Spoiler alert – you are going to have to trust at least one major technology provider with your innermost secrets. The question is who do… Read more... Incipio has the Pixel wrapped up with DualPro Written by Stephen Withers Looking for a case to keep your shiny new Google Pixel, well, shiny and new? Incipio might have just the thing. Read more... HelloFresh uses MapR's recipe for analytics Written by Stephen Withers Fresh meal delivery service HelloFresh is using MapR for analytics. Read more... ACMA starts discussion of spectrum re-farming for 5G Written by Stephen Withers International plans for the early adoption of 3.6GHz for 5G services have led the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to bring forward public discussion… Read more... Optus says it will expand 4G in Canberra Written by Sam Varghese Australia's second largest telecommunications provider Optus has expanded its 4G services to provide better download speeds and voice quality and also data coverage for mobile… Read more... Thursday Afternoon Samsung tried to bribe Note7 owner to kill video: NYT Written by Sam Varghese At the same time that Samsung was busy removing more than two million Note7 phones from circulation in the US, it was reassuring people in… Read more... 'Snowden' could happen to you Written by Ray Shaw Despite strict vetting processes of new staff and contractors, many government departments are still exposed to serious data security risks because they do not conduct… Read more... Splunk enables 3rd Presidential Debate at UNLV Written by David M Williams The third and final US presidential debate is imminently upon us and Splunk is ensuring the UNLV infrastructure stays online. Read more... Qualtrics nabs Microsoft veteran as COO Written by Ray Shaw Zig Serafin, a Microsoft veteran of 17 years and former corporate vice-president, has joined Qualtrics as chief operating officer to drive its global expansion and… Read more... Some people will do anything to ride in a Tesla Written by Ray Shaw Simon Hackett, executive chairman and chief executive of off-line power storage company Redflow, technology investor, and an avid Tesla car enthusiast, has invested in the… Read more... Firmware compromise a major attack vector Written by Ray Shaw Cyber-criminals have been very resourceful in gaining a foothold in enterprise networks. They have added firmware attacks on computing and network connected devices to their… Read more... Sponsored Announcements Yellowfin named a Leader in fourth consecutive Nucleus Research Value Matrix for Business Intelligence & Analytics Global Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics software vendor, Yellowfin, has been identified as a ‘Leader’ in Nucleus Research’s 2016 Technology Value Matrix for Business Intelligence… Read more... Yellowfin “consistently top-ranked” for Innovation, Collaborative BI and ease-of-use: BARC’s The BI Survey 16 Yellowfin’s Business Intelligence solution has ranked first – in its assigned Peer Groups – for ‘Innovation’ five years in a row, ‘Collaboration’ four years in… Read more... BI vendor Yellowfin ramps momentum in Asia Pacific with seven additional channel partners Singapore and Australia, Friday 7th, October, 2016 – Yellowfin, a global Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics software vendor, today announced it has signed agreements with… Read more... MGTS appointed to distribute NX Witness in Australia Network Optix, America’s fastest growing software company, has appointed MGTS as a distributor for Nx Witness in the Australian market. Read more... Focused alliance pays customer loyalty dividends for ICT Networks and Juniper Networks A highly focused, long-term alliance between Sydney-based ICT Networks and Juniper Networks continues to yield dividends in terms of customer loyalty driving business expansion. Read more... Vodafone’s Iñaki Berroeta to look at the ‘future of mobile’ in TelSoc Charles Todd oration Vodafone Australia chief executive Iñaki Berroeta will be the latest of a long-list of high profile ICT industry and business leaders to give the Telecommunications… Read more... |
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