Little financial reprieve for Australia’s mobile operators
13 February, 2012The government has given Australia’s mobile operators little financial reprieve after handing down its final pricing for licence renewal, calling on mobile operators to find in excess of $3 billion.
Capgemini Australia opens new Canberra office
10 February, 2012Consultancy and technology service provider Capgemini has opened a new office in Canberra. According to Capgemini ANZ CEO Paul Thorley, the new office reflects the company’s commitment to its public sector and ACT-based clients.
Enable Services partners with Huawei for Christchurch UFB build
09 February, 2012Enable Services has announced a partnership with Huawei New Zealand to supply the fibre equipment required for Christchurch’s NBN-equivalent, Ultra-Fast Broadband (UFB) network and for services to manage operations and maintenance.
Alcatel-Lucent sells Genesys to private equity firm
02 February, 2012Telecommunications company Alcatel-Lucent has sold Genesys, a subsidiary that provides contact centre software and services, to a company owned by the Permira Funds and Technology Crossover Ventures, for a cash sum of US$1.5 billion.
Telecoms growth will slow, despite 2011’s industry rebound
30 January, 2012Telecoms service provider revenues will slow between 2011 and 2017, despite a healthy industry rebound in 2011, according to analyst firm Ovum.
Ultrabook growth to explode over next five years
25 January, 2012Shipments of ultrabooks will grow at three times the rate of tablets over the next five years, according to a report from analyst firm Juniper Research.
Telstra to provide open access wholesale service on some new fibre networks
23 January, 2012Telstra will provide an open access wholesale service on fibre networks that it’s currently deploying in South Brisbane and some new real estate projects, according to Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy.
Huawei, Global Marine and ASSC-1 team up for submarine 6.4 Tbps Perth to Singapore link
20 January, 2012Australian submarine cable developer ASSC-1 Communications Group has announced the development of a new Perth to Singapore submarine cable system. The project is a result of a partnership involving Huawei Technologies, Global Marine Systems and ASSC-1 Communications.
ispONE signs revised NBN wholesale broadband agreement
16 January, 2012Telecommunications wholesaler ispONE has signed NBN Co’s Wholesale Broadband Agreement (WBA), following revisions made by NBN Co. This revised WBA includes amendments relating to liability of NBN customers.
Avanade ERP for Wholesale Distribution
14 January, 2012Avanade has expanded its enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions for finance, business intelligence, human resources and customer relationship management (CRM) with a solution for wholesale distribution, enabling wholesale distributors to become more agile, improve collaboration, streamline operations and focus more on their customers.
EMC big data Greenplum Unified Analytics Platform
12 January, 2012
The Greenplum Unified Analytics Platform (UAP) offers analytics of big data stores. The UAP is a fusion of three Greenplum products: the Greenplum database for structured and semi-structured data; Greenplum HD, for the analysis and processing of unstructured data; and Greenplum Chorus 2.0, which acts as a productivity engine with virtual databases for exploration, innovation and social collaboration.
Kontron KTQM/67FLEX, KTQM/67ATXP and KTQ67/ATXE embedded motherboards
11 January, 2012Kontron has launched three embedded motherboards in the ATX and Flex-ATX form factors with the 2nd generation Intel Core i3/i5/i7 desktop and mobile processors.
IBM to acquire cloud-based software tester Green Hat
05 January, 2012Under a new agreement announced overnight, IBM will purchase Green Hat, a vendor of cloud-based software quality and testing services. Green Hat uses cloud computing technologies to allow customers to conduct testing on a software application prior to its delivery.
Seagate completes Samsung HDD business takeover
21 December, 2011Storage vendor Seagate Technology has completed its acquisition of Samsung Electronics’ hard disk drive (HDD) business, which was first announced in April 2011.
Business intelligence: buy or build?
20 December, 2011 by Adam Hawkins, Co-founder and Managing Director, MercurialTen years ago, business intelligence (BI) solutions were only available to large organisations that could afford to spend time and money developing them in-house. With the advent of the cloud, this scenario is changing. Adam Hawkins, Co-founder and Managing Director, Mercurial, discusses the limitations of in-house business intelligence solutions, and looks at cloud-based solutions as an alternative.
