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Digital Realty opens second Melbourne DC
Data centre provider Digital Realty has formally launched Digital Deer Park, its second facility in Victoria and its sixth in Australia. [ + ]
SEEK's Bassat named Australian Entrepreneur of the Year
Ernst & Young Australia has named SEEK co-founder Andrew Bassat its Australian Entrepreneur of the Year, while Leadbolt.com founder Dale Carr has won in the technology category. [ + ]
Three big problems with big data projects
While a perfectly executed big data project can indeed reveal useful or surprising insights, there are some large stumbling blocks that can hamper the progress of big data projects. [ + ]
TPP treaty threatens Aussie ISPs, IT Pricing Inquiry
A leaked draft of the TPP trade treaty's chapter on copyright and IP has left pundits concerned about the potential impact on Australian ISPs and consumers. [ + ]
Android to dominate Australian smartphone market
A vision of Android gaining more control of the local smartphone market tops the list of Frost & Sullivan predictions for the most game-changing trends in Australia's digital media sector. [ + ]
The 3-2-1 of cloud backup
There are a few basic questions anyone looking at cloud-based backup needs to ask themselves. [ + ]
Motorola Solutions names ANZ enterprise unit GM
David Arkles will take over from Neale Joseph as Motorola Solutions' general manager for enterprise solutions in Australia and NZ. [ + ]
TSF, Inmarsat provide telecom aid in Philippines
Télécoms Sans Frontières is working with Inmarsat to provide emergency satellite communications services in the Philippines in the wake of typhoon Haiyan. [ + ]
NBN Co cleared to buy TransACT FTTP network
NBN Co has received the ACCC's approval to buy the FTTP network operated by ISP TransACT and connect another 13,000 Canberra homes to the NBN. [ + ]
iiNet drops NBN satellite offerings
ISP iiNet has ceased offering NBN Interim Satellite plans to new customers, saying that the sheer number of users meant the service was “almost unusable” in peak periods. [ + ]
Microsoft ditches infamous employee evaluation scheme
Microsoft is abandoning the major elements of its infamous 'stack ranking' system of employee evaluation, a system that critics claim stifled innovation at the company. [ + ]
Simon Hackett, Patrick Flannigan and Justin Milne join NBN Co board
Three directors have been appointed to NBN Co’s board: Internode founder Simon Hackett, one-time NBN head of construction Patrick Flannigan and Telstra alumni Justin Milne. [ + ]
French Google verdict an obligation to censor?
Orders by a French court for Google to filter salacious images of Max Mosley from search results will be an inconvenience for the company but may have worse implications for smaller web firms. [ + ]
Retaining your customer service staff
Daniel Scheltinga discusses how to reduce churn in your customer service team by focusing on people, process and technology. [ + ]
The human flaws influencing big data
Will big data - the collecting of vast amounts of data about nearly everything - finally help us predict the future? Humanity's cognitive biases may prevent big data from making accurate predictions, Elizabeth Rudd writes. [ + ]
