| Today on iTWire | This Afternoon Revenue, profits up for Macquarie Telecom Written by Peter Dinham The Macquarie Telecom Group has delivered $6.2 million in net profits for the first half of the 2017 fiscal year on increased revenue of $106.8… Read more... Ecuador runoff vote will decide Assange's fate Written by Sam Varghese WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange will have to wait until a runoff vote in Ecuador on 2 April to know whether he will be able to… Read more... Optus all-flash with Pure Storage platform Written by Peter Dinham Optus has released an All-Flash storage platform from Pure Storage that it says allows Australian organisations to rapidly scale storage tailored to all types of… Read more... UK businesses take a week to recover from ransomware Written by Sam Varghese A majority of British businesses hit by ransomware were unable to use affected systems for a week or more, causing thousands of pounds damage a… Read more... Boom market ahead for telecoms with 5G-enabled digitalisation Written by Peter Dinham The global digitalisation market is set for massive growth over the next 10 years with forecasts it will reach US$1.2 trillion in value by 2026,… Read more... Indian state saves $58m annually by using free software Written by Sam Varghese The Indian state of Kerala is saving three billion rupees (approximately $58.6 million) each year by using free and open source software for school education,… Read more... Google has 42 billion reasons to love fair use Written by Sam Varghese Google loves fair use. It is this that enabled it to "borrow" 11,000 lines of code from Java, which is owned by database giant Oracle,… Read more... OPPO ups periscope on zoom cameras Written by Ray Shaw OPPO, a smartphone company with a strong focus on mobile photography has unveiled at Mobile World Congress 2017, its “5x Dual Camera Zoom” technology, the… Read more... Telstra to roll out LTE broadcast network Written by Sam Varghese Telstra and Ericsson will launch LTE broadcast services in existing Telstra Media services this year, with a national rollout in 2018. Read more... This Morning NBN Co reveals suburbs that will get FttDP Written by Sam Varghese The NBN Co, the company building Australia's national broadband network, has revealed that about 700,000 homes will receive NBN services through fibre to the distribution… Read more... Nimble goes multi-cloud with Nimble Cloud Volumes Written by Stephen Withers Nimble Storage is offering cloud storage for AWS and Azure workloads. Read more... Sky and Space nano satellites now have ‘ready for launch’ status Written by Peter Dinham Sky and Space Global's "3 Diamonds" nano-satellites have been designated as "ready for launch" by construction partner GomSpace. Read more... Verizon launches new venture Exponent to global market Written by Peter Dinham Giant US telco Verizon has launched a new global business and technology venture — dubbed Exponent — offering a portfolio of software and Internet platforms designed… Read more... Telstra, Ericsson, Fox Innovation Lab launch content delivery solution Written by Peter Dinham Telstra, Ericsson and The Fox Innovation Lab at 21st Century Fox have unveiled a claimed “revolutionary, first of its kind content delivery solution” which they… Read more... Battle of the (Wikipedia) bots Written by David M Williams Well-intentioned programmers have made bots to automate Wikipedia editing. Yet one person's treasure is another person's trash, resulting in bots clashing and consistently undoing each… Read more... Panasonic launches i-PRO extreme surveillance Written by David M Williams Panasonic has announced a new range of 2017 cameras and recorders to be powered by its next-generation i-PRO Extreme surveillance technology platform. Read more... Sony Xpects more Xperias will sell Xtra well Written by Ray Shaw Sony has used the Mobile World Congress to launch an Xperia XZ Premium smartphone, two new XA models — the XA and XA1 Ultra —… Read more... Cirrus Networks lifts revenue, profits Written by Peter Dinham IT solutions provider Cirrus Networks significantly lifted revenue to $18.7 million for the first half of the 2017 financial year to deliver a net profit… Read more... Patton on NBN Co chief's case over latest comments Written by Peter Dinham Internet Australia chief executive Laurie Patton has hit out again at NBN Co chief Bill Morrow for comments on national media that the National Broadband… Read more... Smartphone market picks up slightly in Australia – IDC Q4, 2016 Written by Ray Shaw Following six straight quarters of year-on-year declines, the Australian mobile phone market has returned to growth as it shipped 2.93 million mobile phones in Q4,… Read more... Alcatel’s joy.now promise Written by Ray Shaw Alcatel has used the Mobile World Congress to launch three new smartphones and a 4G Windows 10 tablet to deliver on its Alcatel’s enjoy.now promise… Read more... Samsung Electronics tightens 'donations' Written by Ray Shaw All financial donations and CSR funding amounting to more than 1 billion won (approximately $1 million) will require approval from Samsung Electronics Board of Directors,… Read more... Westpac in-branch transaction issues over after eight hours Written by Sam Varghese Problems with applications used for in-branch transactions at Westpac branches around the country were resolved this evening, a bank spokesperson says. Read more... BlackBerry launches its last, but first, new, secure smartphone Written by Ray Shaw BlackBerry used the Mobile World Congress to launch its last fully BlackBerry designed, secure smartphone with a keyboard. But it is the first made by… Read more... Sponsored Announcements Women & Diversity in Data The lack of diversity in data and analytics roles is still a major challenge for most organisations, with a recent study on women in technology… Read more... Gartner again positions Yellowfin in Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms For the fourth consecutive year, Business Intelligence vendor Yellowfin places in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms. (*1) report. Read more... Carbon Black only vendor to secure perfect prevention score in NSS Labs’ advanced endpoint protection - test stopped all attacks Carbon Black, a leader in next-generation endpoint security, has announced it achieved 100% block rate and 100% total coverage score in NSS Labs’ Advanced Endpoint… Read more... Want to Develop a Cross-platform App? Read This First! Developing a cross-platform application is now one of the preferred options when creating a mobile application. The convenience that it provides – one source code… Read more... Data storage lifespans: how long will media really last? By Marina Brook, Managing Director APAC, StorageCraft The sad truth about data storage is that no medium for data storage will last forever. Most of… Read more... ‘Realising business value’ from IT a key for leading IT executive Sean Elwick, St Vincent's Health group IT Director of Transformation, is a man who, by his own admission, is passionate about realising business value from… Read more... |
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