| Today on iTWire | This Morning Block AT&T takeover of Time Warner: call rings out Written by Stan Beer Opponents of the US$85.4 billion AT&T acquisition of Time Warner from both ends of the political spectrum in the US have publicly called for the… Read more... Sydney PC User Group – Tuesday 25 October main meeting, Asus and Jabra Written by Alex Zaharov-Reutt ASUS is generously donating a Windows 10 2-in-1 Tablet to the raffle at the Sydney PC User Group's main meeting, following a special presentation, preceded… Read more... Personalisation sees digital coupons growing 60% by 2021 Written by Alex Zaharov-Reutt Digital coupons will take advantage of personalisation to grow by 60% to more than 360 billion by 2021, while social media and use of bots… Read more... Apple Watch Nike+ arrives Friday 28 October in Oz and 40 other countries Written by Alex Zaharov-Reutt Apple’s special Nike+ edition of the Apple Watch Series 2 arrives this Friday, adding the new Nike+ Run Club and more to the mix for… Read more... Less control for CIOs in face of digital transformation challenges: Logicalis Written by Peter Dinham The digital transformation of business is gathering pace, with 73% of firms worldwide now digitally enabled to some extent. But, newly published research shows that… Read more... Inmarsat inks MOU with distributors for new aviation safety comms service Written by Peter Dinham Global mobile satellite communications company Inmarsat has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with two new distribution partners for its next generation SwiftBroadband-Safety aviation services. Read more... Alcatel-Lucent secures contract for submarine cable link between Samoa and Fiji Written by Peter Dinham The Samoa Submarine Cable Company has inked a turnkey contract with Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks (ASN) to roll out a new submarine cable system connecting Samoa… Read more... Accenture wins $19m ABS digital transformation contract Written by Peter Dinham The Australian Bureau of Statistics has engaged global management consultancy Accenture to enhance its digital data collection systems as it implements a $257 million transformation… Read more... Arrow Electronics shoots straight with Tenable Written by Ray Shaw Tenable has signed its first Australian distribution agreement with Arrow ECS (Enterprise Computing Solutions) ANZ. Read more... How AWS helps sports data companies Written by Stephen Withers Several companies in Australia are taking advantage of AWS for processing sport-related data. Read more... Hyland announces, well, Hyland Cloud Written by Ray Shaw There is a lot of talk about public, private, on-premise, and hybrid clouds but Hyland says the best type is its secure, privately managed, multi-instance… Read more... Australian SMEs not big adopters of tech Written by Ray Shaw More than 95% of all Australian businesses are small to medium enterprises (SME) – the backbone of the Australian economy. IT-related issues are affecting their… Read more... How will history regard hard disk storage? Written by Ray Shaw There is a lot of activity in the flash NAND camp (SSD) at present, all predicting the imminent demise of spinning hard disks (HDD) as… Read more... CommBank, Wells Fargo claim banking ‘world first’ blockchain trade transaction Written by Peter Dinham The Commonwealth Bank and Wells Fargo are claiming a world-first inter-bank open account transaction between two independent banks combining blockchain technology, smart contracts and the… Read more... Monday Afternoon Tech start-ups bring innovation and risk to insurance industry: Gartner Written by Peter Dinham The global insurance industry is investing heavily in insurance technology start-ups with Gartner predicting that 80% of life, property and casualty insurers worldwide will partner… Read more... Mixed reality takes off – virtually and literally Written by Ray Shaw Since the recent release of Microsoft’s HoloLens, it seems every second story is about Mixed Reality and how it is going to change the world. Read more... Fraud probe delays Western Union India money transfers Written by Sam Varghese Western Union money transfers to India, made by people in Australia, are likely to be delayed due to the fact that the company is investigating… Read more... Wi-Fi stuff-up: ABC mum on Catalyst review outcome Written by Sam Varghese The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has concluded a review of its main science programme, Catalyst, and is considering the recommendations that have been put forward. Read more... NSW Department of Industry picks Expense8 Written by Stephen Withers The NSW Department of Industry has chosen Business Information Services' Expense8 travel and expense management system. Read more... Pixel XL teardown – a lot of phone Written by Ray Shaw Pixel is designed and made by Google (HTC assembled it) so what is Google’s first smartphone hardware foray like under the skin? Read more... Wrong diagnosis of Note7 problem doomed device Written by Sam Varghese After the first reports of Samsung Galaxy Note7 smartphones catching fire came in, company executives decided, based on lab reports that showed a bulge in… Read more... Google drops ban on personally identifiable Web tracking Written by Sam Varghese Google has quietly dropped the longstanding wall between anonymous tracking of online ads and user's names, according to a report published by ProPublica. Read more... Sponsored Announcements Yellowfin top ranked for Usability in Ventana Research’s 2016 Mobile BI Value Index Yellowfin ranked first for product Usability and customer Validation, and third overall, in the 2016 Ventana Research Mobile BI Value Index Global Business Intelligence (BI)… Read more... Yellowfin named a Leader in fourth consecutive Nucleus Research Value Matrix for Business Intelligence & Analytics Global Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics software vendor, Yellowfin, has been identified as a ‘Leader’ in Nucleus Research’s 2016 Technology Value Matrix for Business Intelligence… Read more... Yellowfin “consistently top-ranked” for Innovation, Collaborative BI and ease-of-use: BARC’s The BI Survey 16 Yellowfin’s Business Intelligence solution has ranked first – in its assigned Peer Groups – for ‘Innovation’ five years in a row, ‘Collaboration’ four years in… Read more... BI vendor Yellowfin ramps momentum in Asia Pacific with seven additional channel partners Singapore and Australia, Friday 7th, October, 2016 – Yellowfin, a global Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics software vendor, today announced it has signed agreements with… Read more... MGTS appointed to distribute NX Witness in Australia Network Optix, America’s fastest growing software company, has appointed MGTS as a distributor for Nx Witness in the Australian market. Read more... Focused alliance pays customer loyalty dividends for ICT Networks and Juniper Networks A highly focused, long-term alliance between Sydney-based ICT Networks and Juniper Networks continues to yield dividends in terms of customer loyalty driving business expansion. Read more... |
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