| Today on iTWire | This Afternoon Microsoft cracks the code on speech recognition – as good as humans Written by Ray Shaw Microsoft has “cracked the code” achieving computer speech recognition on parity with humans for conversational speech. Read more... Skype issues continue to dog Microsoft Written by Sam Varghese Microsoft's Skype issues have continued this week with the software giant announcing that the Web version of the application is experiencing login issues. Read more... Small cloud hosters and IT suppliers to go the way of the dinosaur Written by Ray Shaw Adrian Di Marco, founder and executive chairman of TechnologyOne, kicked off its Evolve conference this morning with a polite warning to its more than 2200… Read more... Telstra loses another top executive as CISO quits Written by Sam Varghese The top three IT roles at Telstra have now fallen vacant with the resignation of chief information security officer Mike Burgess today. Read more... Google Pixel on sale tomorrow (first looks) Written by Ray Shaw Google’s new Pixel and Pixel XL will be on sale from 8am on 20 October from Telstra, JB Hi-Fi and online at Google Store. What… Read more... Warning that greater ‘user awareness’ not enough to cut cyber fraud risks Written by Peter Dinham Global security company Centrify has warned that organisations need more than just user awareness programmes to cut the risk of “social engineering” and cyber fraud. Read more... NFL coach says no more Surface use during games Written by Sam Varghese The coach of the New England Patriots, Bill Belichick, says he "just can't take it anymore", referring to use of Microsoft Surface tablets during games. Read more... Kogan goes after new customers with enticing ‘first birthday’ deal Written by Peter Dinham Data-hungry mobile users can feast on a new first birthday deal from Kogan Mobile with the launch of a pre-paid mobile plan for $4.90 monthly… Read more... Vodafone denies it is cutting pre-paid phones Written by Sam Varghese Vodafone has denied that it is phasing out its pre-paid phones, saying it is only following its usual practice of launching a new range of… Read more... WikiLeaks accuses Kerry of getting Assange off net Written by Sam Varghese WikiLeaks has said US Secretary of State John Kerry asked Ecuador to cut its leader Julian Assange's Internet connectivity after the organisation had released the… Read more... This Morning Mobile banking users to reach 2 billion by 2020 Written by Alex Zaharov-Reutt Representing more than 1 in 3 of the globe’s population, Juniper Research’s Fintech analysts said "over two billion mobile users would have used their devices… Read more... VIDEO: ‘World’s first gigabit class LTE mobile device and gigabit-ready network’ Written by Alex Zaharov-Reutt Qualcomm, Ericsson, Telstra and NETGEAR's "gigabit class LTE download speeds" represent a "notable milestone on path to 5G while delivering fibre-like wireless connectivity experience to… Read more... VIDEO: Qualcomm’s first ‘commercial 5G modem chipset solution’, retail products in 2018 Written by Alex Zaharov-Reutt Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X50 5G modem supports OEMs "building the next generation of cellular devices, as well as aid operators with early 5G trials and deployments",… Read more... Avaya contracted by dnata in 5-year, multi-million-dollar deal Written by Peter Dinham Unified communications provider Avaya has sealed a five-year, multi-million dollar deal with dnata, one of the world’s largest air services providers and a member of… Read more... Nokia: Fixing the ‘unfixable’ wired networks so 5G can ‘change everything’ Written by Alex Zaharov-Reutt Nokia says fixed networks will play a key role in achieving network transformation and true convergence with 5G mobile and IoT. Read more... Patton restrained on NBN Co planned use of XG.Fast Written by Peter Dinham Internet Australia chief executive Laurie Patton has reacted cautiously to NBN Co’s proposed rollout of XG.Fast technology over copper phone lines after the company announced… Read more... Redflow ZCell batteries perform well for Google man in SA blackout Written by Peter Dinham Battery company Reflow says its advanced ZCell batteries installed at a residential property in South Australia worked uninterrupted during the recent storm-caused power failure that… Read more... SafetyCulture raises $30 million to fund global growth Written by Peter Dinham Australian safety and quality inspections company SafetyCulture has raised $30 million to fund expansion into global markets and to support the hiring of new staff… Read more... Talk to the network, because Alexa's listening Written by Stephen Withers With the aid of Data Solutions Group (DSG), Megaport has put together an interesting demonstration of the way its Elastic Connectivity service can be controlled… Read more... Tibco tasks Churches to lead Written by Ray Shaw Integration and analytics company TIBCO Software has appointed Daniel Churches as regional vice-president for Australia and New Zealand. Read more... Email attacks surging – WSF attachments are the attack vector of choice Written by Ray Shaw Windows Script File (WSF) attacks are on the rise as one of the most popular attack vectors for the spread of ransomware and malware, but… Read more... Bizcaps, Authenticateit team up in counterfeit medicines fight Written by Peter Dinham Sydney-based Bizcaps Software has partnered with Australia’s Authenticateit to use its expertise in healthcare supply chain technology with Authenticateit’s mobile app protection platform in the… Read more... IDC appoints Kikos head of Research Australia Written by Ray Shaw International Data Corporation (IDC) has appointed Annemarie Kikos as research director for Australia. Kikos will govern the overall research agenda to provide actionable support and guidance to… Read more... Twenty and counting: KDE marks another milestone Written by Sam Varghese Twenty years ago, a German software developer named Matthias Ettrich kicked off a project to provide Linux users with all the desktop functionality that Windows… Read more... TomTom touches us all Written by Ray Shaw TomTom can tell us something that we probably don’t want to know – how much body fat and how much lean muscle we have. For… Read more... Cloud Connect – you know you want to Written by Ray Shaw About a century ago there was a new position created – one of “Chief Electrification Officer” to help business and manufacturing take advantage of the… Read more... IT spending declines, but growth to return in 2017: Gartner Written by Peter Dinham Worldwide IT spending has declined over the past two years. Spending this year will total US$3.4 trillion, a 0.3% decline from 2015, but there will… Read more... Naganayagam joins NetLinkz from SAP Written by Stephen Withers SD-WAN provider NetLinkz has appointed Suthan Naganayagam as its managing director and chief executive. Read more... Sponsored Announcements 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... Vodafone’s Iñaki Berroeta to look at the ‘future of mobile’ in TelSoc Charles Todd oration Vodafone Australia chief executive Iñaki Berroeta will be the latest of a long-list of high profile ICT industry and business leaders to give the Telecommunications… Read more... Yellowfin’s Business Analytics Workflow a “welcome development” for BI industry says Devlin Yellowfin’s introduction of a unique Business Analytics Workflow within its Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics software platform – to facilitate superior collaboration between data analysts… Read more... |
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