Industry News
Creation of oversighting system proposed by ACS to address cybercrime
The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has released a report, by leading cyber-safety experts, which recommends the creation of an independent, oversighting system and an annual auditing process for black lists if compulsory ISP filtering is introduced. [ + ]
Moneydirect is first hosted managed services customer at Polaris Data Centre
The Polaris data centre facility will host the entire Moneydirect suite of applications for all international markets on behalf of NEC Australia. [ + ]
SA government extends managed network services contract
Dimension Data has demonstrated cost savings, innovation and long-term commitment to managing the South Australian government’s network. [ + ]
IT infrastructure affected by economic climate
IT managers lose out in decision making for new projects in current economic climate. [ + ]
Coca-Cola Amatil and Telstra bottle up 10-year contract
Coca-Cola has signed up for a 10-year telecommunications contract with Telstra. [ + ]
Virtualisation and analytics top priorities for Australian and New Zealand (A/NZ) CIOs
Global IBM CIO Study - ‘The New Voice of the CIO’ - reveals A/NZ CIOs enjoy a closer relationship with the CEO than their global counterparts. [ + ]
Crisis looms as dust storm poses security headache for Sydney businesses
Remote workers have the potential to cause security lapses for businesses in the current dusty conditions. [ + ]
Security concerns leads to user hesitancy in adopting cloud computing
Uncertainty over adequate security and data privacy outweighs other barriers to cloud computing by a wide margin. [ + ]
Telco regulatory package tabled
Telstra responds to the federal government's proposed regulatory reform package. [ + ]
Telstra and Microsoft add breakthrough services to portfolio
Telstra and Microsoft have unveiled Australia's first hosted IP telephony service integrated with Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS). [ + ]
MEOW adds bite to disaster recovery
With the bushfire season approaching again, Australia's defences against future bushfire threats received a significant boost with Telstra's launch of the $200,000 Mobile Exchange on Wheels (MEOW), the first of its kind in the country. [ + ]
PMG ups the ante for sports broadcasting with Nextgen
Nextgen Networks has secured a multimillion-dollar deal to directly connect Premier Media Group (PMG), owner of Fox Sports, to prime sporting venues located in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Newcastle, Gosford, Canberra, Brisbane and the Gold Coast. [ + ]
Outsourcing managed WAN services makes sense
Enterprises could cut costs by outsourcing managed WAN services. [ + ]
The first global sporting event running on Windows 7
Data#3 powered the technology behind the 2009 World Transplant Games (the first global sporting event to use technology running Microsoft's new Windows 7). [ + ]
Partnership leads to innovative data centre
A local company and an international company are working together to deliver an innovative solution for data centres. [ + ]
