Industry News
Energy-efficient reseach centre for communications industry
Bell Labs, University of Melbourne and the Victoria state government are teaming up to open an eco-oriented research centre in Australia. The AU$10 million centre will focus on researching energy-efficient technology for the communications industry. [ + ]
Komatsu consolidates its telco services with Telstra
Komatsu Australia has consolidated its telecommunications services with Telstra including the migration to a new managed ICT infrastructure as a service (cloud services) to support the company’s growing construction and mining equipment business. [ + ]
Tech companies amongst most regonised brands
The tech sector triumphs with Google, Microsoft, Apple and IBM scoring top marks in world's most valuable brands. [ + ]
Opportunities for savvy IT companies abound
$37.5 billion of long-running IT contracts are set to expire in the next six months, providing opportunities for savvy IT providers. [ + ]
Only 4 weeks until premier Data Storage conference
Only 4 weeks until Australia’s premier Data Storage conference for storage-focused IT professionals. [ + ]
HP completes 3Com acquisition
HP today announced it has completed its acquisition of 3Com Corporation at a price of $7.90 per share in cash or an enterprise value of approximately $2.7 billion. [ + ]
TasGovNet fibre network capacity scaled up
Revamped fibre backbone network forTasGovNet to satisfy growing connectivity needs of operators, enterprises and government. [ + ]
Men lose more mobile phones
Men lose more mobile phones according to an F-Secure survey with 39% of men having lost a mobile phone, compared to just 26% of women. [ + ]
VoIP causes numbering rethink this year
The Australian Communications and Media Authority is proposing to change numbering rules to improve flexibility in the numbering plan to recognise some of the realities of newer services, such as VoIP services. [ + ]
User behaviour drives broader malware attacks
A Blue Coat Systems report has examined evolving malware attack strategies that exploit online user behaviour. [ + ]
Legal profession has email-archiving issues
Not being able to find emails is causing legal profession angst, an independent poll as found. [ + ]
Monash extends Google Apps capabilities to staff
Monash, Australia’s largest university, is set to expand the presence of Google technology on campus.
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LTE will not reach critical mass until 2014
According to analyst company Ovum, significant impact from long term evolution (LTE) will not occur in Australia until 2014, as networks are deployed nationally in digital dividend spectrum. [ + ]
Google sponsors innovation award for computer science
Google Australia sponsors new innovation award for computer science. [ + ]
IT industry set to benefit from global life science solution spending
The global life science industry is forecast to spend nearly $17 billion on commercial IT solutions this year (2010) as it seeks to address issues blighting the sector, according to independent technology analyst Ovum. This presents a massive opportunity for IT providers to move into a sector far behind other industries in the adoption of commercial IT solutions. [ + ]
