Industry
IBM’s poor hardware sales results have led to speculation it will sell its low end server business, perhaps to Lenovo.
Ratings agent Moody's says that the credit profiles of Telstra and Optus are likely to come under pressure from their participation in the ‘digital dividend’ spectrum auctions.
Professional services firm, Deloitte, has teamed up with accounting software provider, Xero, to offer its Australian clients the ability to migrate to Xero’s single ledger accounting solution in response to what it says is growing demand for cloud accounting solutions.
Optus has won a five year, $60 million contract with security and surveillance provider, Suretek, to deliver fixed network and high-speed mobile services via its 3G and 4G networks.
Twitter’s introduction of keyword targeting in timelines is likely to turn off users of the social network, according to one advertising industry commentator, who says the move turns Twitter advertising from “push to pull”.
iPrimus, part of the M2 Telecommunications Group, has hosted the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Stephen Conroy, to a visit to its first customer in the Northern Territory to be connected to the NBN via Fixed Wireless technology.
Australia’s Department of Defence has signed a $1.1 billion contract with Telstra for the provision of enhanced telecommunications services.
In September 2012 a single Apple share sold for over US$700, valuing the company at over $650 billion. Now they have fallen to under $400, meaning nearly $300 billion has been lost from the company’s value in just six months.
Beam Communications, an Australian manufacturer of both Inmarsat and Iridium satellite docking stations for the Iridium 9555 communications satellite, has brought its satellite services in to play to help Just 4 Kids Childrens Charity when the organisation takes disabled and disadvantages children on adventure trips in remote areas of the country.
Australasian pure play IBM software and services company, Certus Solutions, has undertaken a significant company restructure to cope with what it says is significant growth in Business Analytics and Information Management.
