| Today on iTWire | This Morning VIDEOS: Two iPhone 7 vs Pixel tests show iOS faster than Android Written by Alex Zaharov-Reutt Whether you’re testing the iPhone 7 Plus vs the Pixel, or the iPhone 7 Plus vs the Pixel XL, two tests show iPhones outperform Pixels. Read more... Vodafone makes first month free for Australian seniors Written by Alex Zaharov-Reutt Aimed at seniors across the country to help them save money and learn more about smartphones, Vodafone’s new deals offer the first month free as… Read more... Late payments a significant burden for small business Written by Peter Dinham Late customer payments are weighing heavily on many of Australia’s small business operators with the effects of the problem impacting their personal finances and the… Read more... One year on, CompTIA going from ‘strength to strength’ Written by Peter Dinham More solutions providers are joining the non-profit trade association CompTIA, with the organisation saying it is broadening its reach across the ICT industry and going… Read more... LogRhythm seals reseller agreement with Dell EMC Written by Peter Dinham Global security intelligence company LogRhythm has inked a worldwide resale agreement with long-time collaboration partner Dell EMC. Read more... Aussie companies rank amongst world’s leading fintech innovators Written by Peter Dinham Nine Australian companies have made the list of the world’s leading fintech innovators, the 2016 Fintech 100, with three, including payments provider Tyro, among the… Read more... BrainChip capital raising brings in $5.4m Written by Peter Dinham Artificial intelligence and machine-learning applications provider BrainChip has raised almost $5.4 million through an oversubscribed placement to investors, and institutional and sophisticated investors. Read more... Data#3 wins Qld education sector long-term contract Written by Peter Dinham IT services provider Data#3 has snared a multi-year contract with the Queensland Department of Education and Training (DET) to provide the state’s teachers with technology… Read more... Encryption no bar to giving govt data, Apple told Democrats Written by Sam Varghese A senior Apple official reassured the chairman of the Clinton presidential campaign that the tech giant would co-operate with the US government when it came… Read more... Bose reinvents the sound bar (review) Written by Ray Shaw Bose is a high-end audio, aspirational brand – its noise cancelling headphones, Bluetooth and wired speakers, and home cinema are all class leaders. Today it… Read more... Oracle's 'Amazon killer' IaaS goes live Written by Stephen Withers Customers can now use the Oracle Bare Metal Cloud Services that Larry Ellison announced last month. Read more... Take time out to smell the roses – good mental health is 'appiness' Written by Ray Shaw Close your eyes, open your mind, and come on down to Martin Place (Sydney), Federation Square (Melbourne) and Queen Street Mall (Brisbane) for three days,… Read more... Dataphobia – the fear of using your mobile data cap on Halloween Written by Ray Shaw You have used 50% of your cap. You have used 75% of your cap, and it is not yet the witching hour. Bad luck –… Read more... Optus, La Trobe Uni to co-invest $8m in Victorian tech initiatives Written by Peter Dinham Optus and La Trobe University will co-invest up to $8 million in Victoria to support the establishment of a “digital university of the future”, a… Read more... Wednesday Afternoon Apple annual sales, profits fall for first time since 2001 Written by Sam Varghese Falling iPhone sales have resulted in Apple recording its first drop in sales and profits since 2001. Read more... ACCC seeks feedback on proposed mobile roaming regulation Written by Peter Dinham The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has released a discussion paper on wholesale domestic roaming services as it considers whether regulation of mobile roaming in… Read more... Warner Bros sues talent agency over alleged piracy Written by Sam Varghese In what is a rare occurrence, a film industry insider has been taken to court and accused of piracy by a major American studio. Read more... DDoS attacks against Dyn the work of 'script kiddies' Written by Sam Varghese Last week's distributed denial of service attack in the US against domain name services provider Dynamic Network Services are more likely to have been the… Read more... Big Data moves beyond IT to benefit wider business operations Written by Peter Dinham Non-IT business leaders are still yet to fully understand the benefits of Big Data and the wider impact on their organisation, despite new research showing… Read more... Neto, Sendle partner to deliver integrated services Written by Peter Dinham E-commerce platform Neto and parcel delivery service, Sendle, are partnering to deliver what they say is a seamless e-commerce experience from store set-up to sending… Read more... Hitachi Data System all-flash storage increases operational efficiency Written by Ray Shaw Hitachi Data Systems (HDS), has announced the next generation of its Storage Virtualisation Operating System, SVOS 7.0, featuring enhanced QoS, new adaptive data reduction and support… Read more... Australian govt finds first-name initials a problem Written by Sam Varghese Australian banks appear to be holding up international digital money transfers to people who have an initial as the first part of their name, due… Read more... 15K – that’s a fast hard disk Written by Ray Shaw It seems spinning hard disk drives are alive and well with Seagate upping the ante with a new 15,000 RPM, 2.5” form factor hard disk… Read more... Wet or Dry? Signature that is. Written by Ray Shaw Make no mistake – eSignatures (digital – dry) have been recognised by the Electronic Transactions Act 1999. They are generally admissible in court. Read more... Webcams used in US DDoS attack being recalled Written by Sam Varghese Home security cameras, that were part of the botnet used to launch a distributed denial of service attack in the US last week, are being… Read more... Blu-ray review: Independence Day: Resurgence Written by Mike Bantick We have had 20 years to come up with a sequel to Independence Day, to take the alien-invasion genre and add some modern angle to… Read more... Sponsored Announcements ZETTAGRID CLOUD CONNECT REPLICATION POWERED BY VEEAM IS A FIRST FOR AUSTRALIA SYDNEY, 25 October 2016 – Zettagrid today announces the launch of Cloud Connect Replication, a disaster recovery replication solution built on the award-winning Veeam platform. Read more... Yellowfin to launch 7.3 Business Intelligence platform in global Webinar series Global Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics software vendor, Yellowfin, is set to launch the latest version of its BI platform, Yellowfin 7.3, in a series… Read more... Yellowfin top ranked for Usability in Ventana Research’s 2016 Mobile BI Value Index Yellowfin ranked first for product Usability and customer Validation, and third overall, in the 2016 Ventana Research Mobile BI Value Index Global Business Intelligence (BI)… Read more... Yellowfin named a Leader in fourth consecutive Nucleus Research Value Matrix for Business Intelligence & Analytics Global Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics software vendor, Yellowfin, has been identified as a ‘Leader’ in Nucleus Research’s 2016 Technology Value Matrix for Business Intelligence… Read more... Yellowfin “consistently top-ranked” for Innovation, Collaborative BI and ease-of-use: BARC’s The BI Survey 16 Yellowfin’s Business Intelligence solution has ranked first – in its assigned Peer Groups – for ‘Innovation’ five years in a row, ‘Collaboration’ four years in… Read more... BI vendor Yellowfin ramps momentum in Asia Pacific with seven additional channel partners Singapore and Australia, Friday 7th, October, 2016 – Yellowfin, a global Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics software vendor, today announced it has signed agreements with… Read more... |
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