Retail giant Coles has secured a 10-year agreement with global renewable power generation company Metka EGN to build three new solar power plants from which it will purchase more than 70% of the electricity generated to power its stores and distribution centres across Australia.

Australian Data centre operator NextDC has launched its first micro data centre, located in Perth's CBD.

Optus Business has struck a deal with nanosatellite operator Myriota, which the companies say will provide a way to deliver remote and regional connectivity for IoT devices and applications.

The retail e-tail wars show no signs of abating as gargantuan Goliaths of online shopping continue tempting Aussies with dashing deals that, in this case, may literally be music to your ears.

Accounting software provider Reckon has reported $32.2 million in half year revenue to 30 June, with the company now generating more than 46% of its revenue is through cloud services.

Intuit, the company behind the well-known QuickBooks cloud accounting system, has appointed Natira Drayton as its country manager and vice president for Australia.

Germany-based open source company SUSE has appointed 15 year ICT industry veteran Charlie Yates as country director for the Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) region.

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