| Today on iTWire | This Morning Vocus shares plunge by nearly a quarter Written by Sam Varghese Vocus Communications lost nearly a quarter of its value on Tuesday with shares plunging to $4.35 down from a high of $9.19 in May. Read more... Ex-White House tech leader Cochran joins Acquia Written by Peter Dinham US-based global provider of cloud-based, digital experience management solutions, Acquia, has appointed former White House and US State Department technology leader, Tom Cochran, as vice-president… Read more... George Fischer takes on top job at Verizon Enterprise Solutions Written by Peter Dinham US telco and global communications giant Verizon has elevated former sales chief George Fischer to president of Verizon Enterprise Solutions (VES). Read more... Cloudera, Contexti, AWS deliver advanced big data solution to Seven West Media Written by Peter Dinham Global data management and analytics provider Cloudera, in partnership with Australian analytics company Contexti and Amazon Web Services, has deployed an advanced big data solution… Read more... MyStateBank launches new Internet banking platform, mobile banking apps Written by Peter Dinham Tasmanian banking group, MyState Bank, has launched a new Internet banking platform and mobile banking apps in another step in the bank’s ongoing digital transformation. Read more... 'We must crack hard-to-solve security challenges' Written by Ray Shaw Intel Security says cyberattacks are now on three fronts – on-premise, in the cloud, and through the Internet of Things. It identifies many hard-to-solve challenges. Read more... ‘We were first to market’: Unlockd retort to Optus Xtra ads for mobile launch Written by Peter Dinham Melbourne-based telecommunications service provider Unlockd is claiming Australian first-mover rights on advertising on mobile phones in return for giving users extra data, after Optus announced… Read more... BAE launches free cyber risk assessment tool Written by Ray Shaw BAE Systems has launched its free cyber risk assessment tool specifically aimed at Australian small business to help them prepare for “when, not if, they… Read more... Veriluma turns chaos into order Written by Ray Shaw Australian company Veriluma is pioneering a new branch of advanced analytics – prescriptive analytics is dedicated to finding the best course of action for any… Read more... Tuesday Afternoon Xero completes massive, two-year transition to AWS Written by Peter Dinham Accounting software provider Xero has completed a two-year transition of its entire platform to Amazon Web Services (AWS), with more than 59 billion records, 3000… Read more... HPE's The Machine takes a giant step with memory-driven computing demo Written by Stephen Withers Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) says it has successfully demonstrated memory-driven computing, which promises significant performance and efficiency gains. Read more... ACCC leans towards denying banks' Apple Pay request Written by Sam Varghese The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is leaning towards denying a request from a number of banks to collectively bargain with Apple over Apple Pay. Read more... Spark, Chorus combine to spread fibre further in NZ Written by Peter Dinham New Zealand’s largest telco Spark and telecommunications infrastructure provider Chorus are to pilot a process aimed at making it easier for homeowners to install fibre… Read more... Silver Chain goes real-time 'Health as a Service' Written by Ray Shaw Australia-wide, not-for-profit, community health and aged care provider Silver Chain has deployed a Microsoft Dynamics 365 cloud solution to implement a more mobile workforce that… Read more... Optus offers extra data for watching ads on mobile Written by Peter Dinham Optus has launched a new solution — Xtra — for data-hungry mobile customers, enabling Android users to earn extra data or credit by viewing ads… Read more... Cyanogen Inc set to shut headquarters, report claims Written by Sam Varghese Cyanogen Inc, the company set up to commercialise the CyanogenMod mobile operating system, may be about to close its headquarters in Seattle, a report claims. Read more... Don’t contribute to e-waste – Waste Not, Want Not Day 8 December Written by Ray Shaw As technology consumption continues to rise, it is critical that businesses become more active participants in sustainability and promote awareness of responsible e-waste recycling throughout… Read more... Chinese firm in deal to use CSIRO solar technology Written by Sam Varghese Chinese firm Thermal Focus has cut a deal with the CSIRO to use the latter's solar heliostat technology for concentrating solar thermal (CST) electricity generation. Read more... Samsung Gear S3 is a lot smarter than a smartwatch (review) Written by Ray Shaw Smartwatches, particularly those with good health and fitness underpinnings, are still a niche, but growing market. Samsung may well have made its new Gear S3… Read more... Panel says NBN raid papers covered by privilege Written by Sam Varghese Documents seized by the AFP from the parliamentary office of Labor MP Jason Clare during a raid on 24 August should be returned, a bipartisan… Read more... Kensington Dock solves single USB-C port connectivity problems (review) Written by Ray Shaw USB-C is the new generation of connector combining charge and data in one cable, but it brings with it special issues, with external connectivity while… Read more... Sponsored Announcements 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... Which JavaScript Framework is Best for You? A JavaScript framework has become one of the preferred backbones in building a website. As it would be nigh on impossible to evaluate all of… Read more... Influential Futurist H.B. Siegel (Pixar/ILM/Amazon) Comes to Sydney H.B. Siegel’s current job title of Principal Investigator might sound rather mundane, like some kind of local school inspector. However, once you learn his employer… Read more... Analytics vendor Yellowfin to enable infographics and beautiful dashboards with 7.3 launch Global Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics software vendor, Yellowfin, has positioned itself as the leading modern BI platform for creating code-free analytical applications, purpose-built analytic… Read more... |
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