| Today on iTWire | This Afternoon Octet seals deal with Mastercard on global supplier payments Written by Peter Dinham Supply chain finance industry provider Octet Finance has forged an alliance with Mastercard to enable businesses to pay global suppliers. Read more... Cognizant acquiring Australia’s Adaptra Written by Peter Dinham Global IT and business process services provider Cognizant is acquiring Adaptra, a Sydney-based consulting, business transformation and IT services provider. Read more... NZ telecoms levy continues to rake in NZ$50m from industry Written by Peter Dinham The New Zealand Commerce Commission has now released its final decision on how much the country’s 15 telecommumnications providers will pay towards the NZ$50 million… Read more... NZ number portability continues for mobile users Written by Peter Dinham New Zealand's competition enforcement and regulatory agency, The Commerce Commission, will continue the regulation of number portability for both local and mobile telephone numbers for… Read more... What’s your story – what kids think of the Internet Written by Ray Shaw Security company Trend Micro has announced the winners of its “What’s your story” poster competition where children get to draw “what the Internet means to… Read more... Veriluma brings predictive analytics to DoD Written by Ray Shaw The Australian Department of Defence (DoD) has contracted with Veriluma to build a prototype "Indicators and Warnings" model for climate and disaster preparedness using its… Read more... Journalist suffers epilepsy attack due to Twitter image Written by Sam Varghese Newsweek senior writer Kurt Eichenwald has suffered an epilepsy attack after a image, aimed at triggering precisely such an attack, was sent to him on… Read more... Panasonic Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, AllPlay speaker (SC-ALL05 review) Written by Ray Shaw Panasonic has released a range of Wi-Fi, AllPlay, Bluetooth, speakers and devices that provide streaming, multiroom music. Read more... Google agrees to delay snooping on Gmail Written by Sam Varghese Google has agreed to change the way it scans emails destined for a Gmail user's inbox, following a class action lawsuit in California. Read more... Pronto targets BI services market with Pronto iQ Written by Stephen Withers Business software company Pronto has formed a new BI services division called Pronto iQ. Read more... Oracle blends big data, machine learning and SaaS Written by Stephen Withers Full-stack vendor Oracle's Adaptive Intelligent Applications draw on information from the Oracle Data Cloud to deliver intelligent outcomes via the company's business suites. Read more... Panasonic’s Wi-Fi/Bluetooth speaker plays CDs (SC-ALL7CD review) Written by Ray Shaw Panasonic’s new wireless speaker system, unimaginatively named SC-ALL7CD, instead of CDZilla, is so much more. It is easy to overlook what might be one of… Read more... This Morning Vodafone in joint bid to build cyber defence centre Written by Sam Varghese Vodafone Hutchison Australia has teamed up with Dimension Data and FireEye to build a Cyber Defence and Response Centre which will be done over five… Read more... Aussie cybersecurity mission to RSA Written by Ray Shaw Australia’s cyber security capabilities and researchers will be showcased to global players attending the RSA Conference in San Francisco from 13 to 17 February 2017. Read more... How to build a taller wall around Apple’s iOS walled garden Written by Ray Shaw NordVPN, a provider of secure and anonymous virtual private networks, has a list of apps that iOS device users may want to utilise to strengthen… Read more... Mobile devices are the new attack vector Written by Ray Shaw While Android phones and tablets are the primary mobile attack vector, iOS is more than ever a target – Symantec found nine new iOS threat… Read more... Jabra’s Elite Sport earbuds (review) Written by Ray Shaw These are earbuds on steroids – they are for athletes who want rugged use, an in-ear heart rate monitor, and superior sound. Read more... eWeek, Slashdot spread fake news about ransomware Written by Sam Varghese At a time when fake news is very much in the news, the technology website eWeek, aided by the American news aggregation site Slashdot, has… Read more... Global competitors ‘outplay’ Australia on NBN choice of technology, claims IA Written by Peter Dinham Internet Australia chief executive Laurie Patton, a long-time critic of the NBN and the network’s mix of technology, much of it to be delivered on… Read more... Sponsored Announcements Ballistix improves CPU and GPU performance with top gaming memory Proves fast, easy, and affordable way to up your game SYDNEY, 24 November 2016 – For more than a decade, Ballistix has injected speed and… Read more... If storage were invented today, here’s what it would look like Let us picture the ideal storage platform if the technology were invented today, without limitations, pre-conceived ideas or restrictions. Read more... 2017: SD-WAN advances towards mainstream David Hughes, Founder and CEO of Silver Peak, takes a look at what next year holds for networking technology. Hughes has been awarded more than… Read more... A Bumper Christmas eClub Event Celebrates 20 Years of Offis Multi-Cloud Services Sydney cloud services company Offis is celebrating its twentieth birthday in the only way it knows how: filling a room with some of the smartest… Read more... Yellowfin, La Trobe University launch partnership with analytics challenge award Australian-based global business intelligence (BI) and analytics software vendor, Yellowfin, has officially launched its industry partnership with La Trobe University with the presentation of the… Read more... The Secrets to True Innovation - Amazon Futurist HB Siegel to Visit Australia Amazon may once have been ‘just’ an online bookseller, but how should anyone describe the company today? Its ever-growing retail operation aside, Amazon has also… Read more... |
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