| Today on iTWire | This Morning Konica Minolta products score environmental gold rating Written by Peter Dinham The Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) system which rates electronic products against a range of environmental performance criteria has awarded Konica Minolta gold status. Read more... AT&T goes LTE-M for IoT growth, first in North America Written by Alex Zaharov-Reutt AT&T says its "advanced LTE-M network will bring the Internet of Things to more devices and markets than ever before". Read more... The email phish that caught Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta Written by Alex Zaharov-Reutt Clicking on a Bitly link sent by a Russian hacker known as "Fancy Bear" leading to a fake Google password reset page is information in… Read more... Recruiter Clarius rebrands as Ignite Written by Peter Dinham Recruitment group Clarius has united all its businesses under a new brand — Ignite — including new offerings and three core divisions in Australia that… Read more... Online reporting tool will help in fight against ‘revenge porn’ Written by Peter Dinham The federal government is developing a new online reporting tool which will allow victims to report cases of non-consensual sharing of intimate images — commonly… Read more... Business doing ‘too little, too slowly’ warning on digital transformation: Forrester Written by Peter Dinham Customer-led, digital-centric global markets are posing new challenges for businesses with analyst firm Forrester warning that some companies may be doing “too little or going… Read more... Spooky malware – Halloween, and Donald Trump have nothing on this Written by Ray Shaw Halloween is about trick or treat. If you don’t treat you get tricked. It is a US tradition but its spreading to Australia too –… Read more... Enterprise mobility is more than smartphones: survey Written by Ray Shaw Enterprise mobility has gone beyond BYOD (bring your own device) and the ability to work anywhere, any time. It is now a key underpinning of… Read more... Open source is all about pay it forward Written by Ray Shaw When a bunch of open source devotees get together, the results can be quite astounding. In eight short years, Cloudera has become number five on… Read more... Hello Moto – Moto Z and Moto Mods (review and quasi Pixel XL shootout) Written by Ray Shaw Moto by Lenovo is back — the new Moto Z may well be the best pure Android handset of 2016 — outclassing the new Google… Read more... Panasonic Viera DX900U, 65” 4K Ultra TV (review) Written by Ray Shaw The promise of a 65” smart TV tuned in collaboration with Hollywood colourists and filmmakers and Panasonic's 4K Blu-ray player was too much to resist… Read more... Red Cross donors exposed in largest Australia data breach Written by David M Williams About 550,000 Australia Red Cross blood donor records have been exposed by a Web developer using their Web server like a personal file server. Read more... Waverley Council gets the digital message with DocuSign Written by Alex Zaharov-Reutt Looking for a sign that it’s time to go digital? Then DocuSign hopes you’ll sign up to its sign of the times service for eSignature… Read more... SMiShing smashing security Written by Ray Shaw People are constantly engaged with their mobile phones, reading news, listening to music, checking out social media, and answering emails. SMS has also become a… Read more... US charges 56, five firms in Indian call centre scam Written by Sam Varghese A total of 56 people in the US and India, and five call centres in India, have been charged by the US Department of Justice… Read more... Kaspersky Lab rides leadership wave of multi-layered protection Written by Alex Zaharov-Reutt From protecting 10,000 Chemist Warehouse employees in Australia through to being recognised as a leader in Forrester’s "Endpoint Security Suites" evaluation for business users, Kaspersky… Read more... Australia needs ECM for digital transformation Written by Ray Shaw Enterprise Content Management (ECM) is the technology used to capture, manage, store, preserve, and deliver content and documents related to organisational processes. It is a… Read more... Oracle Marketing Cloud knows exactly who you are Written by Ray Shaw Oracle Marketing Cloud has introduced a series of new data management platform features that enable its customers — those who want to engage with consumers —… Read more... Is your IT department preparing for digital transformation? Written by Stephen Withers Digital transformation means organisations need to think about changes to the workplace and applications, and what services need to be deployed, BMC's chief technology officer… Read more... Friday Afternoon Three-month drop in complaints about Telstra, Optus services Written by Peter Dinham Consumer complaints about services provided by Telstra and Optus dropped in the three months from July to September, contrasting with a rise in complaints for… Read more... DDoS: Firms try to capitalise on others' misery Written by Sam Varghese The worst thing about a distributed denial of service attack is not the attack itself. Rather, it is the slew of bottom-feeders who appear on… Read more... Spark NZ in a spin with new online music deal with The Spinoff Written by Peter Dinham New Zealand’s largest telco Spark is partnering with rapidly growing online magazine The Spinoff to produce a new music section on Spinoff’s website. Read more... Note7 debacle hits Samsung 3Q profits Written by Sam Varghese Samsung Electronics has taken a battering from the recall and subsequent cessation of production of its Galaxy Note7 device and this is reflected in its… Read more... Content is king as Optus launches sports channel for summer of cricket Written by Peter Dinham Optus has launched a 24/7 sports channel dedicated to cricket over the summer months as part of an exclusive content partnership with Cricket Australia. Read more... Cyber insurance is the next frontier Written by Ray Shaw New figures from Norton by Symantec state that just 19% of small businesses in Australia and 9% in New Zealand are looking to purchase cyber cover in… Read more... Oracle to appeal 'fair use' verdict in Google case Written by Sam Varghese Oracle has followed up words with actions, filing papers on Wednesday US time to appeal the fair use jury verdict which went Google's way in… Read more... SMEs should consider cyber insurance safety net Written by Ray Shaw Cyber-attacks, hacks, breaches, data loss, DDoS, ransomware and more are a fact of life, but so far it seems only the big end of town,… Read more... Obama urged to do more to prevent cyberattacks Written by Sam Varghese The Mozilla Foundation has urged the White House to put in place bug bounties for those who find vulnerabilities in Internet-connected devices, in order that… Read more... Twitter to shut down Vine video service Written by Sam Varghese Twitter will shutter its Vine video service in the coming months, the company announced in a blog post overnight. No mention was made of this… Read more... Sponsored Announcements Business Intelligence vendor Yellowfin to unveil Data Preparation Module Global Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics software vendor, Yellowfin, is set to launch a new Data Preparation Module in a series of Webinars throughout Thursday… Read more... Sri Lanka Growing as Sourcing Destination for Australian Business Gold Coast, Australia, 26 October 2016: The Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) announced today that Sri Lanka is growing rapidly as… Read more... ZETTAGRID CLOUD CONNECT REPLICATION POWERED BY VEEAM IS A FIRST FOR AUSTRALIA SYDNEY, 25 October 2016 – Zettagrid today announces the launch of Cloud Connect Replication, a disaster recovery replication solution built on the award-winning Veeam platform. Read more... Yellowfin to launch 7.3 Business Intelligence platform in global Webinar series Global Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics software vendor, Yellowfin, is set to launch the latest version of its BI platform, Yellowfin 7.3, in a series… Read more... Yellowfin top ranked for Usability in Ventana Research’s 2016 Mobile BI Value Index Yellowfin ranked first for product Usability and customer Validation, and third overall, in the 2016 Ventana Research Mobile BI Value Index Global Business Intelligence (BI)… Read more... 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... |
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