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Streaming VOD, whether free or subscription, is a hit
Good God, VOD is a hit in the way General Zod never was, with “subscribers” to free and paid services up 30%, and nearly half of those subscribers claiming to “rarely watch Free to Air TV”. With Free...
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Xero strengthens financial web team
Xero has promoted Ben Styles to the role of general manager financial web APAC, and appointed Ian Boyd as head of financial web in Australia. "Ben has worked tirelessly over the past three years to...
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Macquarie Telecom brings ‘first-of-kind’ SD-WAN to Australia
Macquarie Telecom has launched what it says is its first-of-kind SD-WAN service to provide Australian business with new technology enabling intelligent network services, control and visibility. Luke...
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Big Switch joins HPE Open Networking
Software-defined networking vendor Big Switch Networks has joined the HPE Open Networking ecosystem. The arrangement between Big Switch Networks and HPE means the latter will resell Big Monitoring...
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PlanPlus merges with Australia’s FinaMetrica
Canadian investment and financial planning software company PlanPlus has merged with Australia’s financial risk profiling firm FinaMetrica, with the merged entity branded as PlanPlus Global. The...
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NZ’s Orion Health secures 5-year Victorian contract
New Zealand healthcare provider Orion Health has inked a five-year contract with the Department of Health and Human Services in Victoria to deploy its flagship interoperability solution, Rhapsody...
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Wireless VR to grow over 650% by 2021, massively straining data networks
Wireless VR via smartphone-based and standalone headsets will leave data networks strained, generating 21,000 petabytes of traffic by 2021, said to be equivalent to a massive three billion hours of 4K...
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Australia ranks 55th in broadband download speed tests
A test of broadband speeds across 189 countries has found that Australia ranks 55th, well behind New Zealand (30th) and miles behind table-topper Singapore. The table was compiled by British broadband...
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NZ firm uses storage and wind power for energy solution
New Zealand company Vector Energy Solutions is set to integrate a Tesla Powerpack with wind generation to meet the energy needs of salt manufacturer Dominion Salt located at the top of the South...
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Small ISPs needed to shake up congealed market
One word that cannot be used to describe Nicholas Demos is bashful. The head of the small ISP MyRepublic has made a splash after his arrival in Australia last November, with media tactics that tend to...
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Code Camp: 200,000 Australian tech student super heroes by 2020
It's billed as one of “Australia’s fastest growing social impact businesses” by inspiring and empowering tens of thousands of Australian school students with the skills of tomorrow. Will you set your...
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Equinix brings worldwide direct, private access to SAP’s Cloud portfolio
Working with SAP to deliver dedicated access via Equinix Cloud Exchange, its customers can achieve high-performance connectivity to SAP’s suite of cloud services. Global interconnection and data centre...
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Netgear’s ReadyNAS RR2304 readies ‘enterprise level network storage’ at...
Netgear’s ReadyNAS RR2304 promises “full data protection, disaster recovery, and seamless file sharing with 1.5 times the processing power of existing 4-bay rackmount storage” with 50% performance...
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Finite again wins IT recruitment award
National IT recruitment firm Finite has been named Best Technology Recruitment Firm 2017 – Australia by the UK's CV Magazine for the second year in a row. The awards recognise the best within the...
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iPhone strong in Australia, Samsung #1 in US, yet Apple up 4.7%
In the three months ending May 2017, iOS performance proved strong in the US, Australia, and Japan, with Android making strong gains in the UK, Germany, and France, with little year-on-year movement in...
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In context, Aussie telco complaints are up to 9 per 10,000, Apr-June 2017
Rising from 8.4 in the first quarter of calendar 2017 to 9.0 per 10,000 in the second quarter, telco complaints are up. If you made a complaint during the second quarter of 2017 to a telco, you weren’t...
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VIDEO interview: Ooyala CEO Jonathan Huberman and Steve Davis, Ooyala GM APJ
iTWire talks to the new Ooyala chief executive Jonathan Huberman and Ooyala’s GM of the APJ region Steve Davis about the company’s plans going forward and how it is helping business stream — and...
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Teenagers charged over allegedly running huge DDoS operation
Two Israeli teenagers, who have been alleged to have co-founded and run a company used for launching distributed denial of service attacks, have been arrested and indicted on conspiracy and hacking...
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Claims that Ethernet switch market decimated by cloud contested
The ANZ head of a company that sells networking equipment has contested claims made by IDC that the business market for Ethernet switches is being affected by the spread of cloud computing. Graeme...
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NEC recognised for support of Aussie defence reservists
NEC Australia has been awarded a special employer support award for its support of Australia’s Defence Force Reservists. NEC’s support for the reservists was recognised by the Victoria Defence Reserves...
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