| Today on iTWire | This Afternoon Licence optimisation: $2 billion could be saved Written by Stephen Withers Australia has a $2 billion shelfware problem, according to Flexera Software CEO Jim Ryan. Read more... Consumers storm Alibaba with US$7 billion in purchases in 2 hours Written by Peter Dinham Giant Chinese online retailer, Alibaba, says consumers in China purchased goods to the value of US$7 billion in the first two hours of this year’s… Read more... Panasonic gives 20” to celebrate 20 Toughbook years Written by Ray Shaw One must ask is a Toughbook year like a dog year? These devices are made to withstand the rigours of use far after consumer devices… Read more... Optus inks NAS Australia deal on SatSleeve distribution Written by Peter Dinham Optus has sealed a deal with wholesale television and satellite equipment distributor, NAS Australia, which it says will expand the distribution of its SatSleeve product… Read more... Belkin Valet Charger – power bank for iPhone and Apple Watch Written by Ray Shaw We all know the Achilles heel of iPhones and Apple Watch is their need to be fed. Belkin has a 6700mAh battery power bank that… Read more... Windows 10 Build 14965 coming soon Written by Ray Shaw Perhaps the most interesting feature of Windows as a Service is how new features keep being added – for free. Read more... Feakin to represent Australian cyber interests globally Written by Ray Shaw Dr. Tobias Feakin has been appointed Australia’s first ambassador for Cyber Affairs. Read more... Wacom flat out making great design tablets Written by Ray Shaw Take that Apple iPad Pro or Microsoft Surface Pro with 1024 level of pressure sensitivity. Wacom, best known for its digitisers and tablets in the… Read more... Optus profit takes a hit in second quarter Written by Sam Varghese Optus has seen a big increase in mobile customers but its profits have taken a hit in the second quarter of the financial year. Read more... This Morning Optus profit takes a hit in second quarter Written by Sam Varghese Optus has seen a big increase in mobile customers but its profits have taken a hit in the second quarter of the financial year. Read more... Service is now the thing Written by Graeme Philipson Here’s a new one for you. “Service as a service”. I thought I just made it up, but of course when I googled it someone… Read more... Dyson Institute of Technology sucking up top engineering students from September 2017 Written by Alex Zaharov-Reutt Not having enough solid engineers sucks, so to foster the next generation of engineers, James Dyson plans to open the Dyson Institute of Technology by… Read more... The ‘real situation’ on the Internet of Things 2017-2027 Written by Alex Zaharov-Reutt Security is but one aspect of the Internet of Things revolution, even if ‘very little IoT was deployed’ in 2016 according to IDTechEx, with IoT… Read more... Red Hat 'spy' makes appearance at SUSECon Written by Sam Varghese The attendees at SUSECon 2016, the annual conference of the Germany-based SUSE Linux being held in Washington DC this week, fall into the usual well-known… Read more... From Windows to Linux: yes, that is still a thing Written by Sam Varghese A request from a bank to look at a switch from Windows to Linux has led to UK-based IT specialist Patrick Fitzgerald and his colleagues… Read more... SUSE plans container as a service platform Written by Sam Varghese Germany-based SUSE Linux has announced a container as a service platform that it hopes to release as a public beta in April next year, before… Read more... Aerohive WiFi deployed in ‘next generation’ Auckland shopping centre Written by Peter Dinham New Zealand property investment firm, Stride Property, has deployed a retail Wi-Fi solution from global networking equipment company Aerohive Networks, in the NorthWest Shopping Centre… Read more... AppDynamics Business iQ: helping tech help business Written by Stephen Withers There's been a lot of talk about how an IT department can become the "trusted partner" of the organisation's business units rather than just being… Read more... ‘Age of the customer’ victory by Trump: Forrester Written by Peter Dinham United States headquartered global research firm Forrester has described billionaire businessman and President-elect Donald Trump’s election as a victory in the “Age of the Customer”,… Read more... 831.5MB – a humongous update for Google Pixel/XL Written by Ray Shaw Google Pixel/XL users would be well advised to check for updates manually as the November update was released on 5 November but does not necessarily… Read more... Dropsuite $8 million capital raising to drive Australia, APAC market expansion Written by Peter Dinham Singapore-based Dropsuite’s Australian $8 million capital raising will close this Friday and the company expects to debut on the ASX and begin trading as a… Read more... Shopping apps should be renamed snooping apps Written by Ray Shaw Online retailers want you to use their app instead of the traditional website – sure it may give a more personalised experience but it could… Read more... How direct mail became direct marketing, became data-driven ... Written by Ray Shaw Marketing has changed much over the past few years. New digital channels, new technology, mobility, new marketing and advertising technologies, and new consumer expectations have… Read more... Sponsored Announcements 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... Mobileum acquired by Audax Private Equity Leading telco and big data analytics company Mobileum has been acquired by Boston Massachusetts-based private equity firm Audax in a deal which Mobileium says will… Read more... Yellowfin to reveal advanced data visualization capabilities during Yellowfin 7.3 launch Global Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics software vendor, Yellowfin, is set to unveil a number of new advanced data visualization capabilities during the launch of… Read more... How SD-WAN segmentation cuts network complexity By Graham Schultz, Sales Director Australia and New Zealand, Silver Peak There are multiple reasons why the IT industry is so excited about software-defined wide… Read more... Simplifying Disaster Recovery in a Complex World By Nicki Pereira, CTO Zettagrid In a digital world where everyone and everything is always online, the importance of a disaster recovery (DR) plan serves… Read more... Business Intelligence vendor Yellowfin to unveil Data Preparation Module Global Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics software vendor, Yellowfin, is set to launch a new Data Preparation Module in a series of Webinars throughout Thursday… Read more... |
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