S4i Systems, a global document and disk management software provider for IBM Systems i, has appointed a new director of marketing and channel development in a bid to further expand the awareness and recognition of the company.

Australian hotspot provider WiFiZone has chosen eintellego to rollout new firmware and architecture for its Internet hotspot platform.

The BBC in the UK has reported that it has easily acquired its own botnet controlling thousands of home computers as part of an investigation into global cybercrime.

Hewlett Packard has appointed a new man to drive its sales effort for enterprise servers and storage systems in the South Pacific region.
 

Verizon Business will provide network and data services at U.S. Department of Defense installations around the world under a new contract awarded by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA).
 

Many of Australia’s largest businesses and organisations have a ‘near enough is good enough’ attitude when it comes to addressing business risk, according to the findings of a research report just released.

The number of people using mobile banking and related services worldwide is forecast to grow from 20 million users in 2008 to a whopping 913 million by 2014.

Responding to what it says is growing market concern over the potential for data loss, CSC, a global provider of technology-enabled solutions and services, has launched a data loss prevention (DLP) service in collaboration with Symantec, to identify, monitor and proactively protect confidential data.

The ICT industry in Queensland has announced a 100,000 jobs lifeline for Queenslanders, including the creation of 30,000 new jobs on top of maintaining the industry’s existing 70,000 jobs in the state.

Almost daily there’s more news about the devastating impact the worldwide economic downturn is having on all business sectors, including the technology industry where the latest report reveals a big drop in mobile phone shipments.