NetSuite to open Australian data centre
NetSuite announced today it has the budget and the green light to open a data centre in Australia, as soon as the operations team can implement it. At today's opening keynote of Oracle+NetSuite...
View ArticleOracle's 10-year plan based on NetSuite
Oracle spent US$9.3 billion to acquire NetSuite. Today it explained its 10-year SaaS suite plan. NetSuite's annual SuiteWorld conference kicked off this morning in Las Vegas. As well as the change in...
View ArticleNetSuite announces new HR functionality, SuitePeople
NetSuite today announced a fully-featured, fully-integrated HR add-on for NetSuite titled SuitePeople. The product uses the same financial, customer, product, services and people data already stored in...
View ArticleIt’s a privilege to improve healthcare IT security
The increased use of electronic medical records, rapid advances in healthcare technology and connection of wildly disparate IoT devices to physical networks have made hospitals target-rich environments...
View ArticleUbuntu phone updates till June, app store till end-2017
Security updates for the Ubuntu phone will end in June, and the app store that caters to the users of this device will shut its doors by the end of the year. Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu,...
View ArticleTelstra partners with Ericsson on delivery of MediaFirst video processing
Telstra will deploy Ericsson's fully virtualised MediaFirst Video Processing solution suite to power its new video processing data centre. Both Ericsson and Telstra say the deployment is a significant...
View ArticleGovernments lag in spending on digital: survey
Organisations in the private and public sectors spend a greater proportion of their IT budgets on digital initiatives than governments, according to a global survey. The survey by Gartner also reveals...
View ArticleInmarsat introduces new pricing structure for irregular users
Satellite communications provider Inmarsat has introduced a new pricing structure for its Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) satellite terminals — BGAN Standard+ — designed to address the needs of...
View ArticleSamsung S8 ‘red tint’, Wi-Fi, DQA and S8/+ wireless charging issues
Samsung is reportedly issuing patches to fix "red tint", Wi-Fi and "DQA" issues, while an S8/+ wireless fast charging issue appears to be caused by the "wrong" charger. It seems whenever any company...
View ArticleCognizant, Mizuho team to develop distributed ledger solution
Global IT and business process services provider Cognizant has been selected by the Japan-headquartered Mizuho Financial Group to develop a distributed ledger solution to make trade finance more...
View ArticleACCAN warning on mobile porting fraud
Consumer telecommunications advocate the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network has published a warning on its site about the increasing incidence of identity theft resulting from fraudulent...
View ArticleOptus upgrading mobile infrastructure in Western Queensland
Optus will invest $8.2 million of its own funds and $1.8 million from the federal government to set up 22 new mobile sites in Western Queensland. Eighteen of these sites will be covered by the...
View ArticleIT workers' lobby group pledges to expose visa rorters
An IT workers' lobby group says its promise to name and shame companies that quietly bring in workers on low salaries in order to keep local graduates out will not be influenced by big multinationals...
View ArticleIBM tech detects diabetic retinopathy with 86% accuracy
A team of researchers at IBM has used deep learning and visual analytics technology to detect diabetic retinopathy, with 86% accuracy as to the severity of the condition. The results of the research...
View ArticleDon’t rush for Windows 10 Creators update
Users manually downloading the W10 Creators update may face incompatibility issues. The best advice is to wait for the automatic download instead of forcing a manual download. Microsoft has started...
View ArticleVerizon data breach report turns 10
The 10th edition of the Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report has been published, and familiar issues are still raising their ugly heads. People are still clicking on malicious links in emails and...
View ArticleIs the next business buzzword metabolism?
What is organisational metabolism? In business, it translates to the system that converts assets, including money, people, and time into customer value, ideally while minimising senseless waste or cost...
View ArticleCyber attackers reveal new levels of ambition
Symantec’s Internet Security Report Volume 22 reveals new levels of ambition and sophistication displayed by cyber attackers. The 77-page report covers information gained from Symantec’s Global...
View ArticleSamsung launching refurbished Galaxy Note7 ‘R’ in South Korea from June 2017
Samsung is refurbishing its Note7 smartphone for sale in South Korea from June, at approx US$266 less than when it launched – and with a smaller battery. Once destined for the scrap heap, Samsung is...
View ArticleCompliance breaches mar Telstra structural separation
Breaches of compliance obligations for separation of its wholesale and retail business caused mainly by staff errors continued to plague Telstra throughout the 2015-2016 financial year, according to a...
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