Latest NewsAustralian businesses get hundreds of billions through the Internet
By Graeme Philipson
Australian businesses earned $237.1 billion from the Internet in 2011-12 according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The current figure would be much higher.
MariaDB founder Ulf Michael "Monty" Widenius says that Oracle has failed to make a success of MySQL because the company doesn't understand open source. "It's not in their blood," Widenius, one of the three co-founders of MySQL, told iTWire in an interview.
ACAAN wants urgent action on ‘long overdue’ mandatory data breach notification laws
By Peter Dinham
Australia’s peak telecommunications consumer body, the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN), has urged a current Senate Committee to support the introduction of mandatory data breach notification laws, saying the new laws would significantly lead to better security of Australians’ private and financial information.
Telstra has partnered with three business app providers to offer mobile apps for smartphones and tablets which it says will give businesses greater flexibility and allow them to spend more time on core business and less time on administration tasks.
Global IT services provider, CSC, has won a NZ$17 million contract with New Zealand’s Ministry of Health to deliver its Australian-developed electronic medication management solution, MedChart, to 20 district health boards across the country.
For a commodity that can be measured in so many ways use (or lack of) of smartphone apps is something that developers want to keep under wraps.
Industry body AIMIA is set to commence a search for a new CEO as current officeholder John Butterworth will resign in September.
NBN Co has extended its original two-year contract with Transfield Services for the rollout of fibre in existing built-up areas in Victoria.
iiNet has paid an ‘infringement notice’ of $102,000 for an advertisement for its naked DSL service that failed to prominently state the total minimum price payable for the service.
Mark Zuckerberg (Zuck) has had some interesting meetings of late. He just met with South Korean President Park Geun Hye and recently spent time with Samsung President Shin Jong Kyun, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and Google CEO Larry Page. What is he up to?
