Clarity, an Australian software company dedicated to simplifying the operation and management of telecommunications networks, has joined the Industry Partner Program at the University of Melbourne’s Institute for a Broadband-Enabled Society (IBES).   [ + ]

Motorola has partnered with Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council (AFAC) to promote smarter emergency services communications [ + ]

The ADC Krone fibre-optic connectivity portfolio has been aligned with the new 802.3ba Standard in telco and data-centre markets. [ + ]

University of Sydney and Monash University will work with China’s Tsinghua University and global academics to improve water quality. [ + ]

Sixty per cent of data centre managers plan to increase technology spending. [ + ]

Fujitsu's research report Green IT: Global Benchmark contains findings of the first multicountry survey to determine the maturity of green IT practices and technologies in large IT-using organisations in Australia, the United States of America, the United Kingdom and India. [ + ]

Fujitsu's research report Green IT: Global Benchmark, contains findings of the first multi-country survey to determine the maturity of Green IT practices and technologies in large IT-using organisations in Australia, the United States of America, the United Kingdom and India.   [ + ]

Integrated, end-to-end infrastructure solution from HP and VMware to deliver faster time to cloud computing by year end. [ + ]

The ACS 2010 Remuneration Survey finds a 3.3% salary increase overall while 45% of private sector employees received no salary increase. [ + ]

Integrated, end-to-end infrastructure solution from HP and VMware to deliver faster time to cloud computing by year end [ + ]

Research finds 72% of Australian IT decision-makers are on the journey towards the cloud with expectations for private cloud to become the new ‘normal’ for IT infrastructure. [ + ]

Discussion paper released on telecommunications overcharging. [ + ]

More than one in three Victorian councils chart IT strategy for mobilising ratepayer services. [ + ]

Victorian students more than 8000 kilometres apart today chatted live to celebrate the opening of the Connections 2010 classroom exhibit at the World Expo in Shanghai, China. [ + ]

According to internet security company AVG Technologies, web surfers in Turkey, Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan are the most likely to face threats while online. The safest countries seem to be Sierra Leone and Japan. [ + ]