Zerto opens new support centre in Shanghai
Disaster recovery software provider Zerto has opened a new support centre in Shanghai to provide services to its Asia-Pacific and Japan customers. The company said more than 5000 customers were using...
View ArticleCognizant partners with University of Newcastle on Virtual Reality project
Global IT and business process services provider Cognizant has partnered with the University of Newcastle (UON) to develop a virtual reality (VR) solution to transform the way students learn key...
View ArticleNZ’s 920 hits a high note with contractor business
New Zealand recruitment firm 920 has boosted business in the contractor market on the back of increasing demand for project tech specialists, two years after its acquisition by Australia’s Finite...
View ArticleGenome.One secures US deal with Sanford Health
Sydney-based health information company Genome.One has secured a new partnership for its health information technology with Sanford Health, one of the biggest health systems in the US. The deal, backed...
View ArticleACCAN’s future assured to 2022 with Government funding decision
A cloud over the immediate future and very existence of the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) has been lifted with the Federal Government’s announcement of a new agreement to...
View ArticleIntel warns Microsoft, Qualcomm over Windows 10 ARM emulation
Chipmaker Intel has issued a veiled warning to Microsoft and Qualcomm over the plan by the two to run Windows 10 on the ARM platform, using the approaching 40th anniversary of the x86 processor to say...
View ArticleVIDEOS: Microsoft’s uncanny Xbox One X – most powerful console, also a...
Microsoft has launched what it claims is the ‘world’s most powerful console’, and seeing as it runs on AMD processors, will it finally also be a Windows 10 PC? The Xbox is Microsoft’s games console...
View ArticleVocus bid to hike sale price begins
Vocus chief executive Geoff Horth and chairman David Spence will host an investors day tomorrow, looking to persuade US private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts to raise its $2.2 billion bid, or...
View ArticleBrandis and encryption: it's the metadata mess all over again
Attorney-General George Brandis has created a tremendous amount of confusion over what the government plans to do about encryption in the wake of the London attacks – but, given his famous bid to...
View ArticleNew malware can attack power grids, says ESET
Researchers at security company ESET have discovered malware that could have done exactly what happened to Ukraine's power grid in December 2016, when the capital Kiev was deprived of power for an...
View ArticleSprint fined by ACCC over misleading conduct
A false and misleading statement has cost Sprint Telco $10,800 after the competition watchdog issued it an infringement notice. The notice was issued because the ACCC says it had sufficient grounds to...
View ArticleWestpac mobile, online banking on the blink
Westpac mobile and online banking services are offline, having been hit by outages since 10 June and customers have struggled to cope over the long weekend, judging by their reactions. The bank said in...
View ArticleAdColony adds new mobile video offering
Mobile advertising platform AdColony has launched a suite of interactive mobile video creative products named Aurora HD Video. The new offering is powered by AdColony’s Instant-Play technology and...
View ArticleGoldman Sachs, Citigroup get taken in by email prankster
An email prankster masquerading as a top executive of Goldman Sachs and Citigroup managed to get the chief executives of the two firms to respond to him as though his communications were genuine. Lloyd...
View Article4DS claims breakthrough in ReRAM development
Semiconductor development company 4DS Memory claims to have developed ReRAM that has a speed approaching that of DRAM and that does not require error correction. The company, which is listed on the...
View ArticleReview: Blu-ray: Logan
This is no superhero movie. One of Marvel’s most beloved characters is framed in a less-than-superhero way in the Blu-ray release of Logan. Breaking the fourth-wall somewhat and set in the near future,...
View ArticleUE Wonderboom, boom, boom (review)
For its size and affordability, UE’s Wonderboom stands out in a very crowded portable Bluetooth market. It provides loud, clear, almost full-range sound in a pint-sized, water and shock resistant...
View ArticleSage releases new cloud-based employee self-service application
Accounting software provider Sage has released in to the Australian market a new cloud-based employee self-service application that integrates with its MicrOpay payroll solution. The...
View ArticleTelstra set to sack 1400 staff
Telstra is set to lay off about 1400 workers as part of an ongoing plan to reduce its operating costs by about $1 billion over five years. iTWire understands that the telco is in the process of...
View ArticleFoxtel integrates LivePerson instant messaging app
Foxtel has integrated a native in-app mobile messaging service from LivePerson into its MyFoxtel app. The integration of LivePerson will allow Foxtel customers to connect directly to customer service...
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