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Digital Distribution Summit: iPhone is the platform of choice
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: Smart Phones

2009-10-02 01:16:04
The recent Digital Distribution Summit held in Melbourne was a chance for game developers and publishers to talk through the pros, cons and challenges of a world without retail.  Much of the talk was positive, but tempered by an undercurrent of uncertainty surrounding the launch of the PSPgo and a definitive shift towards targeting Apples smart phone in the future.


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Game Connect: Asia Pacific keynote speakers announced
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: New Services

2009-10-01 19:47:44
The Game Developers’ Association of Australia (GDAA) has announced the first group of keynote speakers lined up for Game Connect: Asia Pacific 09.  Delegates will have the chance to gain industry insights from colleagues with development experience in such landmark titles as Deus Ex, Ultima Underworld and God of War.


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Lack of technology disaster preparedness leads to business losses
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news

Category: Market News

2009-10-01 10:48:04
A survey of Australian and New Zealand SMBs, and their counterparts around the world, has revealed that there is a large discrepancy between how small to medium sized businesses perceive their disaster readiness and their actual level of preparedness, with suggestions that SMBs' downtime costs their customers tens of thousands of dollars each year.


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Isilon ANZ appointment to drive market expansion effort
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology people

Category: Appointments

2009-10-01 10:09:25
Scale-out NAS vendor, Isilon Systems, has appointed a technical director for its Australia and New Zealand business with a brief to find partners and more customers in the local market for its virtualization and media/entertainment solutions business.


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Pharmaceutical company expects production increases with Infor systems
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry

Category: Deals & Wheels - Contracts

2009-10-01 09:41:15
Australian pharmaceutical group, API Consumer Brands, is to implement business software vendor, Infor’s, automated scheduling and planning system in its New Zealand manufacturing plant to replace what it says is a “failing spreadsheet-based process” that could not handle production demands.


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Panviva push into growing South African call centre outsourcing market
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news

Category: Market News

2009-10-01 08:41:41
Australian-based Business Process Guidance (BPG) specialist, Panviva, has established an office in South Africa, which the company says will better serve the needs of a growing call centre outsourcing and booming corporate market in the country.



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The smart way into the US market for Aussie company
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news

Category: Market News

2009-10-01 08:25:07
Australian market surveillance systems vendor, SMARTS Group, is to open an office in the United States to coincide with the release of the US version of its broker surveillance platform.
 


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NetApp takes Suncorp to the cloud
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry

Category: Deals & Wheels - Contracts

2009-10-01 02:37:13
Queensland-based national banking and financial services group, Suncorp, has consolidated its storage environment and implemented an IT as-a-service model based on a dynamic data centre concept developed by NetApp.


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Bydder joins CSG
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology people

Category: Appointments

2009-10-01 01:14:53
CSG has appointed Graeme Bydder as the national operations director of its managed services division.


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Canberra computer recycling day looms
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Sustainability

Category: Green IT

2009-10-01 01:03:38
Canberra residents will soon have an opportunity to responsibly dispose of unwanted computer equipment. Dell and the Australian National University are organising another recycling day.


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Foxtel's OS apartheid
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: New Services

2009-10-01 00:32:12
Much has been made of Foxtel's new TV show and movie download service, but some subscribers are effectively locked out. And the terms and conditions might not be what you expect.


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nib outsources to HealthStream for BPO solution
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry

Category: Deals & Wheels - Outsourcing

2009-10-01 00:29:00
Listed Australian health fund group, nib, has signed a five year contract with BPO solutions vendor, HEALTHStream, to automate and manage over 600,000 high-volume paper-based transactions annually.


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PSPgo launch mystery shop
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: Consoles

2009-10-01 00:09:20
Taking a walk through the city electronics retailers today, searching for signs of the new PlayStation Portable Go model.  It seems there is an easy formula to work out who will be pushing to sell the new digital distribution only gaming platform.


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Dell picks Harris Technology for channel expansion
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Resellers

2009-09-30 23:39:11
Dell has signed Harris Technology as its first national channel partner in Australia. The aim is to improve Dell's reach into the SME market.


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NICTA, Singapore’s I²R collaborate on mobile wireless networks research
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news

Category: Market News

2009-09-30 23:37:01
Australia’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Research Centre of Excellence – NICTA – is to collaborate with Singapore’s A*STAR Institute for Infocomm Research (I²R) in a two-year agreement, to develop and demonstrate fast, low-cost, temporary mobile wireless communications networks.
 


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Mater pushes health IT
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Enterprise

2009-09-30 21:21:29
Queensland's Mater Health Services is a pace-setter when it comes to the application of IT within hospitals.


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Quest secures contract with marine safety authority
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry

Category: Deals & Wheels - Contracts

2009-09-30 07:10:25
Enterprise systems management vendor, Quest Software, has secured a contract with the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) to implement Foglight, an application management solution that Quest says lowers operational costs and reduces application downtime.


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Cisco 'pours its own champagne' for growth
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Listed Techs

Category: Financial News

2009-09-29 17:34:59
Never mind 'eating your own dogfood', Cisco says it has been able to achieve revenue growth and cost reductions in Australia and New Zealand while maintaing staff numbers by 'pouring its own champagne' - especially through the use of its collaboration technology.

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New species discovered underground while Down Under
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Biology

2009-09-28 07:55:39
Australian researchers have discovered 850 new species while searching underground in the Australian Outback. The findings helps to confirm a much wetter climate for the area millions of years ago.


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Mad Max EA response to banned Left 4 Dead 2
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: Consoles

2009-09-23 20:57:21
Electronic Arts has pulled together a few words, stating the obvious in response to the recent banning of Left 4 Dead 2 in Australia.  Whilst working with the Australian Classification Board in getting Left 4 Dead 2 across the line, EA have pointed out the beliefs of many when it comes to the hypocrisy of  video-game classification in a country that has produced some wonderful, yet violence-based, entertainment media in the past.


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