| Today on iTWire | This Afternoon NBN Co tells world broadband forum need for faster rollout to meet deadlines Written by Peter Dinham NBN Co Chief Network & Operations Officer JB Rousselot has told the Broadband World Forum in London that the company needs to move faster in… Read more... US claims Booz Allen employee stole 50TB of data Written by Sam Varghese An NSA contractor will be charged with violating the US Espionage Act on Friday US time, with federal prosecutors in Baltimore saying he carried away… Read more... ITCRA, APSco Global merge to form new recruitment industry group Written by Peter Dinham The Information Technology Contract & Recruitment Association (ITCRA) has merged with the Association of Professional Staffing Companies Global (APSCo Global) into a new organisation -… Read more... Samsung resists paying for Note7 fire damages Written by Sam Varghese Some owners of faulty Samsung Galaxy Note7s are furious that the South Korean electronics giant has refused to cover the costs of fire damage, caused… Read more... Optus Satellite secures deal with Aeeris Written by Peter Dinham Optus Satellite has inked an agreement with Aeeris, the developer, operator and provider of the Early Warning Network (EWN) that will support remote worker solutions… Read more... Video: Red Dead Redemption 2 announcement trailer Written by Mike Bantick Time for reredemption, Rockstar Games releases the trailer for a sequel (or for those actually counting, the fourth in the franchise) to one of its… Read more... Census 2016: Vocus lays blame on IBM employees Written by Sam Varghese Vocus Communications has hit back at IBM's claims that it was complicit in the 2016 census debacle, saying that the site went down because IBM… Read more... Census 2016: Nextgen hits back at IBM claims Written by Sam Varghese Nextgen Networks has hit back at IBM's claims that it was to blame for the census stuff-up, saying that its offer of protection against distributed… Read more... Census 2016: IBM blames Nextgen, Vocus for stuff-up Written by Sam Varghese IBM has laid the blame on Nextgen Networks, and, through it, Vocus Communications, for the collapse of the census website on 9 August, claiming that… Read more... Game Review: WRC 6 Written by Mike Bantick You don’t play a World Rally Championship game to relax, this iteration of the officially sanctioned WRC video game is a white-knuckle concentration fest that… Read more... 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... 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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