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Acronis plans free ransomware protection
Acronis has already incorporated ransomware protection into its backup products, and is now planning to release a standalone version of the technology. Backup specialist Acronis is planning to make its...
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Many premises cannot even attain minimum NBN speeds: claim
The Australian Labor Party has questioned whether the government has referred the problem of some NBN users being unable to obtain the maximum possible speeds currently available from retain service...
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NHS used Linux project to negotiate with Microsoft: claim
Britain's National Health Service appears to have used a project set up to create a Linux alternative for its employees' smartcards — and later, hopefully, a desktop alternative to Windows — to bargain...
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Google Home ogles a tripling of Aussie users over the holidays
Google's Home invasion into the domestic smart speaker market boomed over the holidays, with over a million 'Actions' your Google Assistant can now help you with. Amazon's Alexa home speaker may well...
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Enhanced telco competition main focus for NZ Commerce Commission study
New Zealand’s competition enforcement and regulatory agency The Commerce Commission is resuming a study to consider what, if any, changes are needed to the telecommunications sector to better promote...
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NBN speeds: Mitch Fifield lives in another universe
The old argument over what came first — the chicken or the egg — has been regurgitated in a somewhat different way by Communications Minister Mitch Fifield. Only his arguments revolve around speed and...
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SEEK and ye shall find a job with Amazon Alexa's help
The first Australian employment marketplace to embrace the skill of voice activated job searching with Amazon Alexa is SEEK, with company Reviews, job search skills & weekly employment market...
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CommBank launches chatbot to assist customers
The Commonwealth Bank has launched a chatbot named Ceba to help customers with more than 200 banking tasks. At the moment, it is available to about 20% of NetBank customers and will be rolled out more...
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2018 Telstra Business Awards nominations now open, so nominate!
Want to be 'that' company that wins in the 2018 Telstra Business Awards? Well, to win it, you have to be in it, so nominate your business and others worthy of an award, and help grow your business! As...
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Australian retail websites lag behind other countries: study
The websites of Australian retailers lag behind those in a number of other countries when it comes to the time taken for the website to be ready for use by a prospective consumer. A study of websites...
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Accenture’s Mishra joins Covata
Data protection software solutions company Covata has appointed former Accenture senior executive Satyarth Mishra as VP Sales, with responsibility for the Asia Pacific and Middle East and Africa...
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OnePlus admits 40,000 card details may have been stolen
Four days after it denied that the payment checkout page on its website had been compromised, Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus has completely changed its tune, admitting that it had indeed been...
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VMware NSX for vSphere 6.4 brings greater micro-segmentation and security
Cloud computing and platform virtualisation vendor, VMware, has announced VMware NSX for vSphere 6.4 is now generally available, bringing with it easier operations and context-sensitive application...
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Instyle Solar cops hefty fine over Do Not Call Register infringement
Queensland-based solar power company, Instyle Solar, has been hit with a $10,800 infringement notice for failing to obtain consent to call numbers on the Do Not Call Register. The company was fined...
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Steep rise in SMB concerns raised with ACCC
There has been a significant rise in the number of small businesses raising issues of alleged misleading conduct, false representations and consumer guarantees with the competition watchdog, the ACCC,...
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Samsung faces Italy probe over throttling older models
The consumer watchdog in Italy is investigating both Samsung and Apple over power management features that slowed down older phones. Apple came clean on the practice two days after it was written about...
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VIDEO: Amaysim graces customers with Amazon Alexa voice command skills
If you're set to get an Amazon Alexa digital assistant, and you're an Amaysim customer, then a range of useful voice control Alexa features will soon be at your command. Amaysim customers owning an...
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Vocus claims early customer demand for Australia-Singapore Cable
Australia's fourth biggest telecommunications company Vocus is currently upgrading core domestic infrastructure to support what it says is the early customer demand for the Australia Singapore Cable,...
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Vodafone's lower nbn prices mean new battles now to win consumers
Price wars: a new hope for lower nbn prices, striking back against an empire of expensive telcos to ensure a return of the happy customer - can Vodafone's lower prices awaken consumer interest? It is a...
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Two regional appointments at WatchGuard
Network security vendor WatchGuard Technologies has appointed Mark Sinclair as ANZ regional director, and Kurt Brandon as territory sales manager for New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. “We are...
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