Telstra has been a frontrunner at the Mobile Global Congress being held in Barcelona this week with a number of groundbreaking stories including a Guinness World Records record for the fastest mobile broadband service in the world. It has also announced a mobile user interface which is an Australian first with Microsoft for selected Windows Mobile devices. [ + ]

A recent survey found there is no better time to launch into online business with online business owners saying they are more confident, more profitable and are more likely to be planning business growth. [ + ]

IT storage professionals across Australia will have the chance to listen to international backup guru W Curtis Preston when he visits our shore for the first time in April as the keynote speaker at Storage Decisions Australia 2009. [ + ]

Microsoft today confirmed that it had agreed on a coordinated procurement arrangement as part of the federal government’s Coordinated Procurement Contracting initiatives. Microsoft is the first vendor in the information and communication technology (ICT) industry to reach such an agreement with the federal government. [ + ]

Telstra today expanded its presence in China with the acquisition of controlling interests in two of the country’s leading mobile content and online music businesses. The acquisitions accelerate Telstra’s plans to achieve AU$1 billion in revenue with strong margins and cash flow from its Chinese media assets by 2013. [ + ]

A new Australian survey conducted by Compuware shows that healthcare IT outages compromise patient safety and disrupt clinicians. [ + ]

In an unexpected move that could be a sign of the times, Hutchison and Vodafone will merge their telecom operations to form a 50:50 joint venture [ + ]

UsabilityOne reports that Federal governent websites prove to be inaccessible for some Australians.  [ + ]

Document creation and generation without the need of the IT department has to be a winner. Intelledox has released its SaaS version. [ + ]

CSIRO is helping to address an issue vexing the health system worldwide — the need for quality, accurate information in electronic health records. [ + ]

Polaris, the disaster, terrorist and earthquake proof centre that will host mission-critical ICT systems for government departments and corporate enterprises, will open and close tomorrow. [ + ]

The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) has put out its initial green storage power measurement specification which is designed to classify storage systems. [ + ]

A research partnership between CSIRO and China into wireless technologies is an exciting development which should bear fruit in the 4G and 5G mobile networks arena. [ + ]

Finger vein authentication technology, developed by Hitachi following several years of R&D, uses the vein patterns of one's fingers to verify individual identity. [ + ]

Gen-i has won the Fonterra WAN and telephony services for Fonterra supplanting outsourcer EDS. [ + ]