Industry News
Emerson to help design data centres in India for Datacraft
Emerson Network Power has announced that it will help Datacraft design six internet data centres in India. [ + ]
Avoidance of costs aim of government data centre strategy
The Federal Government plans to avoid $1billion over the next 15 years in data centre costs with its data centre strategy. [ + ]
IT industry pulls together with Japanese tsunami initiatives
Following the catastrophic earthquakequake and tsunami that assaulted Japan late last week, several service providers have offered users free calls and text messages to loved ones in Japan. [ + ]
Internet Explorer 9 a “non-event” for business, expert says
Although Internet Explorer 9 carries several improvements over previous versions, experts say the omission of support for Windows XP limits its applicability to the business world. [ + ]
Tyco Electronics to become TE Connectivity
Tyco Electronics has announced plans to change its name to TE Connectivity, in order to better reflect its product range. [ + ]
Perth to Geraldton fibre backhaul link fills regional blackspots
In preparation for the NBN, Nextgen Networks has announced the completion of its Perth to Geraldton fibre backhaul link, which is intended to fill blackspots in existing regional broadband availability. [ + ]
NetApp to acquire Engenio from LSI
Under a new agreement, storage vendor NetApp will acquire external storage systems business Engenio from LSI for a total of US$480 million. [ + ]
McAfee to offer cloud services through new Sydney data centre
With the launch of a new data centre in Sydney, McAfee is offering Australian and Asia-Pacific customers access to its global web and email security-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings. [ + ]
Motorola sets world record for data transmission over Cox network
Communications vendors Motorola and Cox have achieved return path data transmission speeds of 356 Mbps in Las Vegas tests, claiming a world record in the process. [ + ]
Industry celebrates 2 million .au domains
The two millionth .au domain registration occured last night, prompting celebration from within the industry. [ + ]
Converged communications regulations reviewed by ACMA
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) welcomes the comprehensive review of media and communications regulation recently announced by Senator Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. [ + ]
NEC to counteract crime with contactless fingerprint technology
NEC has launched one of the world’s first devices to simultaneously acquire fingerprint and finger vein characteristics without physical contact. Dubbed the HS100-10 Contactless Hybrid Finger Scanner (HS100-10), it is scheduled to ship in May 2011. [ + ]
Intel wraps up McAfee with plans to secure connected devices
The acquisition of McAfee by Intel is complete with plans to tackle security in a completely different way. [ + ]
IBM wins security deal for e-health system
IBM has been awarded a $23.6m contract with the National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA) to design and build Australia’s National Authentication Service for Health (NASH) project. [ + ]
New study points to future interest in hybrid clouds
A new study suggests that as the majority of Australian organisations already use or are actively planning to use cloud computing, there will be a development to hybrid clouds in the future. [ + ]
