Data Management
Better data for CEO main driver for data management projects: survey
Australia's IT directors believe that achieving a single view of their customers and providing accurate information to their business leaders are the key benefits of data management, according to a recent iTWire survey sponsored by data management solutions provider DataFlux.
Data breach costs average $2 million
Data breaches can be costly. A new study suggests the average cost of a significant breach in Australia is around $2 million.
Platon and DataFlux join forces in Australia
The local operations of Platon and DataFlux are teaming to promote data quality initiatives in Australia.
Rising tide of red tape occludes cloud
Enterprises are grappling with 40,000 different regulations concerning data governance around the world - and that figure is growing by as much as 60 new regulations each month. For cloud computing vendors this rising tide of red tape is holding back widespread adoption.
Salesforce.com promises Australian datacentre
Global cloud computing giant Salesforce.com has given Australian customers concerned about losing control of their data to other jurisdictions the first ray of hope in the past decade, confirming today it was evaluating the case for creating a local datacentre.
AIIA calls for three way collaboration to build digital economy
The Australian Information Industry Association has called on government, business and industry to work together to make the digital economy a reality for Australia.
Google launches Google Shopping in Australia
Price comparison web sites in Australia are about to face some stiff competition from the global behemoth: Google has launched Google Shopping in Australia.
Vividwireless close to securing funding for capital city WiMAX networks - UPDATED
vividwireless has extended its mobile WiMAX network to areas around the Australian National University and universities of Queensland and Adelaide and says it is in discussions with a short list of potential investors to fund large scale rollouts in these cities and in Melbourne and Sydney.
Mitel narrow market focus & restructures
Unified communications vendor, Mitel, is to concentrate its R&D on technologies for the mid-market (100-2500 users), create a single organisation for all sales outside North America and restructure itself into three product/service divisions.
Telstra names high flyer to boost China business
Telstra has appointed Ms Xiaowei Chen to the role of CEO Telstra China: a market from which it aimed to generate $1.0b in revenues by 2013, but where it is still well short of this figure.
Telstra teams with Mercurien to offer transport industry apps from the cloud
Telstra and Australian transaction software company, Mercurien, have signed a MoU to investigate and develop local cloud-based transaction applications for the transport sector: for toll-road use, congestion and traffic-flow management.
There are now more free Android apps than iPhone apps
A significant milestone was passed last month in the battle for the hearts and minds of smartphone users: the number of free Android apps surpassed the number of free Apple iPhone apps.
Telstra's $600m plan to dominate small business market in the NBN era
Telstra has formally launched Telstra Digital Business - its strategy to provide cloud-based unified communications and applications to the small business market, in partnership with Cisco and Microsoft.
Alcatel-Lucent offers universal smartphone app development toolkit for free
Alcatel-Lucent is now offering free to developers its OpenPlug Studio tool kit that is claimed to enable developers to write smartphone applications and then translate then to run on any of the five major mobile operating systems.
Tit for tat: Huawei sues ZTE over patents, ZTE sues Huawei
Just days after Huawei initiated legal action in Europe against rival Chinese telco vendor ZTE over alleged patent infringements, ZTE has counter-sued, but this time in China.
$50m funding and broadband role for Tas ICT centre
The Tasmanian ICT Centre has secured an additional $50m in funding over the next five years from the Tasmanian and Federal Governments and the CSIRO and will host a node for the recently established Australian Centre for Broadband Innovation.
Google Maps Street View Pegman catches royal wedding fever
The world seems to be going crazy over the royal wedding. Even Google Maps' Pegman has found a bride and is dressed up for the altar.
Microsoft grows, but can't keep up with Apple
Despite growth in many areas of its business, Microsoft's quarterly profit fell behind Apple's for the first time in decades. Is the PC era starting to wane, or was it a temporary aberration?
Record quarter for WatchGuard
Security vendor WatchGuard has turned in record results for the second consecutive quarter.
Quest offers helping hand with Office 365 migration
Planning a move to Office 365? Quest Software says it can help.
Beyond the Internet: MondoNet, a global wireless mesh network
A team from Rutgers University is trying tocreate the next generation version of the Internet, dubbed MondoNet, based on a global mesh of wireless access points that would be resistant to surveillance and state censorship and control.
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- Fujitsu plans network ramp-up
- New owners for Delicious social bookmarking service
- HP adds $100,000 to Good Friday Appeal coffers
- Clouds will reduce IT employment
- IBM drives smart transport centre
- Local storage cloud undercuts Amazon
- Skype allows impostors to fool you says privacy watchdog
- Zoho adds reporting to Google Apps
- CommVault addresses healthcare storage issues
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