Internode eyes ‘crunch time’ after one-year IPv6 trial
05 November, 2010
As national broadband company Internode this week passes the 12-month milestone for its public trial of Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), the company expects 2011 will be “crunch time” for the internet.
Innovation R&D lab for Melbourne
04 November, 2010
Tellabs will create an innovation solutions research lab in Australia which is expected to generate up to 25 jobs by the end of 2011.
Video comms market grows by 3.5%
02 November, 2010
Frost & Sullivan reports the video communications market reaches $52.6 million as government and professional services firms step up deployments.
Apathetic attitudes to security when using social networking sites
01 November, 2010 by Scott McKinnel*
New research by Check Point and the Ponemon Institute has revealed nearly half of Australian employees rarely or never consider security issues when engaging in social networking sites, downloading internet applications, opening links or video streaming. This apathetic attitude can put organisations at severe risk, particularly as Web 2.0 presents increasingly sophisticated threats. It’s time employees took responsibility for their actions in the workplace.
CommScope enters Into merger agreement with the Carlyle Group
28 October, 2010
CommScope, provider of infrastructure solutions for communication networks, has entered into a merger agreement with the Carlyle Group in a transaction valued at $3.9 billion.
CPS Technology Group acquires Accent
27 October, 2010
CPS Technology Group, a provider of integrated contact centre, unified messaging and hosted cloud and on premise-based solutionst has acquired Accent Business Technology (Accent), a provider of business technology solutions specialising in unified communications, mobility solutions, corporate IT solutions, integrated communication solutions and managed services.
IBM chooses Gold Coast for new software team
25 October, 2010
In a coup for the city, the Gold Coast has ‘outgunned’ rival cities to lure international IT specialist IBM to establish a new software development team.
Will the Australian national e-health network survive the hung parliament?
18 October, 2010 by Andrew Collins*
Australia’s peculiar political predicament - a hung federal parliament - could mean any number of things for the national e-health network. Andrew Collins talks to the experts to find out how the national network is coming along and what the future may hold.
IBM to establish R&D lab at University of Melbourne
14 October, 2010
Under a new agreement with the Victorian Government, IBM will create a new research and development laboratory at the University of Melbourne.
NICTA names new CEO
14 October, 2010
Australian research institute NICTA has announced that its new CEO is Professor Hugh Durrant-Whyte, a robotics expert from the University of Sydney.
Limelight Cinema projects digitally with NEC
12 October, 2010
The ACT’s newest and most technologically advanced cinema complex and one of only three completely digital cinema complexes in Australia, Limelight Cinema is committed to providing customers with the best possible audiovisual experience at a competitive price point.
Boom in wholesale telecoms market is in the cloud
05 October, 2010
Increasing demand for cloud-based services is driving a boom in the wholesale telecoms market, according to Ovum.
AIIA releases key green technology white paper
29 September, 2010The Australian Information Industry Association today released a white paper examining the critical role that technology will play in the reduction of CO2 emissions and the development of a low-carbon economy.
Electronic trading system for medical goods for WA
27 September, 2010
Western Australia has become the first state to implement an electronic trading system for medical goods and services that complies with the latest national e-procurement specifications developed by the National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA).
Australian research delegation heads to Brussels for peak European Commission ICT event
27 September, 2010A delegation of leading Australian ICT research institutions is on its way to Brussels to participate in the European Commission’s biennial ICT research event.
