| Today on iTWire | This 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 Microsoft Dynamics 365 cloud solution to implement a more mobile workforce that could… 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 – external connectivity while… Read more... This Morning NetComm chief Stewart to step down in December Written by Sam Varghese After 20 years with NetComm Wireless, David Stewart is to step down as chief executive and managing director on 23 December. Read more... SMBs using data, technology to manage their way through Xmas, says Xero Written by Peter Dinham Australian small businesses are using data and technology to prepare for the Christmas rush “in ways they never could before”, according to cloud accounting provider… Read more... ‘Ground-breaking’ broadband solution for airlines tested for European Aviation Network Written by Peter Dinham Inmarsat and Deutsche Telekom, together with Nokia and Thales, have successfully conducted a programme of test flights for the European Aviation Network (EAN) to test… Read more... Telstra links up with Fon to offer free Wi-Fi for overseas travellers Written by Peter Dinham Telstra is offering its mobile customers free Wi-Fi data at hotspots around the world with its Telstra Air service, claiming a first for a major… Read more... Impressions: Watch Dogs 2 – L337 Hax0rz GTA Written by Mike Bantick Watch Dogs 2 is a good game. Its much maligned predecessor suffered from a significant investment of Ubisoft marketing dollars leading to a pre-release hype… Read more... Avaya bid to sell call-centre unit, may file for bankruptcy Written by Sam Varghese California-based telco Avaya is pondering a chapter 11 filing for bankruptcy as it gets close to a deal for selling its call-centre software unit, the… Read more... PC shipments 'better than expected', but still not good Written by Ray Shaw Australian PC shipments grew 3.2% year-on-year (YoY) beating estimates of a negative 3.5%, according to IDC. This includes desktops, notebooks, PCs and Macs but not hybrids. Read more... iOS 10.1.1 bug alert for iPhone Written by Ray Shaw A recent iOS update to 10.1.1 fix Apple’s Health application has had unintended consequences for many users with shutdown occurring with 30% battery remaining and… Read more... Microsoft Surface Phone surfaces Written by Ray Shaw Rumours of a new Microsoft Surface, Windows 10 Mobile phone have hotted up with Nokia Power User (NPU) revealing leaks from what it calls a… 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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