| Today on iTWire | This Morning ICT veteran Pali Bhat appointed Reddit first chief product officer By Staff Writer Social news website and forum Reddit has appointed former Google Cloud executive Pali Bhat as its first ever chief product officer. Read more... Will telcos operate at the edge? By David Heath We asked our panel of industry players if they thought telcos would make a move for a dominant role in edge computing. Most were not… Read more... US$14.1 million capital raising to fund LeapXpert growth, international expansion By Staff Writer Communications and messaging platform provider LeapXpert has successfully closed its Series A funding round, raising a total of US$14.1 million to date. Read more... LAUNCH VIDEO: Jabra launches Evolve2 75 headset to re-energise hybrid working By Alex Zaharov-Reutt Specifically engineered for productive hybrid working, the new Jabra Evolve2 75 headset is the first of Jabra’s Evolve range to offer fully adjustable Jabra Advanced… Read more... Samsung launches trial of Vital Monitoring System on Galaxy Watch4 for safe COVID health screening solution By Alex Zaharov-Reutt The Vital Monitoring System or VMS, co-developed by Deakin University, the National Trauma Research Institute, and SaniteX Global, is working with Samsung’s Galaxy Watch4… Read more... Fake news: News Corp claims Huawei pulling out of Australia By Sam Varghese One hates to be the bearer of bad news to News Corp's Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson, but her bombastic report on 10 October, which claimed Chinese telecommunications… Read more... Vodafone, TPG join ranks of those offering 5G home Internet By Sam Varghese TPG Telecom and Vodafone, two firms that merged last year, have both started offering 5G home Internet plans, in what is a welcome development for… Read more... Fitbit's Will Smith workouts arrive By Stephen Withers When Fitbit announced its association with Will Smith, exclusive content was promised for Fitbit Premium, starting in late September. The first routines are now here. Read more... Forcepoint to acquire Bitglass By Stephen Withers Forcepoint has signed a definitive agreement to acquire fellow security vendor Bitglass. Read more... Rubrik offers $5M ransomware recovery warranty By Stephen Withers Security vendor Rubrik is offering a $5 million warranty that Rubrik Zero Trust Data Security will, if correctly implemented, be able to recover data affected… Read more... FrankieOne closes $20M Series A round By Stephen Withers Identity and fraud prevention platform provider FrankieOne has closed its $20 million Series A funding round, led by AirTree Ventures and Greycroft. Read more... iOS 15.0.2, iPadOS 15.0.2 patch serious vulnerability By Stephen Withers Apple has pushed out a second update to iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 less than two weeks after the first, which in turn arrived less… Read more... IBM unveils environmental intelligence suite for AI-driven sustainability By David M Williams IBM today announced the launch of its new Environmental Intelligence Suite to help companies anticipate and respond to climate risks such as flooding and wildfires… Read more... New chief executive for Certis Security By Stephen Withers Security provider Certis Security Australia has appointed Kang Song Lim to the role of chief executive. Read more... BlueAnt launches X4 portable speakers for everyday use By Kenn Anthony Mendoza Audio product company BlueAnt launches the portable X4 speakers, an update to the X series. Read more... CT4 acquires Queensland’s NewBase By Staff Writer Australian based data company CT4 - formerly Canopy Tools - has acquired Queensland private cloud solutions provider NewBase Computer Services. Read more... The importance of effective business processes in a hybrid-working world By Christian Lucarelli, Nintex GUEST OPINION by Christian Lucarelli, Vice President of Sales Asia Pacific for Nintex: With a high proportion of staff likely to remain in work-from-home mode… Read more... iTWireTV interview: eftpos announces eQR code payments platform with support of big Aussie banks, supermarkets and fintechs By Alex Zaharov-Reutt GUEST INTERVIEW: Eftpos has announced that some of Australia's most iconic banks, retailers and FinTechs – CommBank, NAB, Coles, Woolworths, Azupay, Beem It and Merchant… Read more... Upcoming Webinars Juniper to show how you can have the best network experience during Oct 19 webinar WEBINAR INVITE: Juniper says you can deliver the best IT and user experiences, and the key is visibility of every user, device, and application, on… Read more... Dialog to host Google Workspace webinar on Oct 28 WEBINAR INVITE: Dialog's Cloud and Emerging Technologies practice is hosting a webinar on October 28 where leading Google Australia executives will discuss and explain the… Read more... Future Crunch and Troy Hunt keynote upcoming annual ISACA Conference Oceania 2021 EVENT INVITATION: Explore the ever-changing technology trends in cybersecurity and IT risk through the three-day virtual conference. Read more... EVENT INVITE: Should TV move: 600 MHz, the long tail, and the government’s media reform green paper Telsoc is inviting viewers to watch and listen media and communications consultant Giles Tanner’s discuss a government proposal in light of the hybrid view of… Read more... ConnectWise Announces 2021 IT Nation Conference Schedule Company unveils conference dates and locations for the year; In-person events to follow COVID-19 protocols COMPANY NEWS by ConnectWise: ConnectWise, the leading provider of intelligent… Read more... Watch Now: Flexible IT Innovation: Taking A Data-Driven Approach To Scale And Complexity Watch Now: Hitachi Vantara and Innovatus Media invite you to watch a replay of the digital discussion on "Building the Right Channel Ecosystem" Read more... Reimagining Midrange Storage for Business Resilience and Success in the Digital-era WEBINAR WATCH NOW: IDC & Hitachi Vantara Reimagining Midrange Storage Read more... Vendor News Instaclustr adds PostgreSQL to managed platform in public preview PostgreSQL joining Cassandra, Kafka, Redis, and other open source data technologies as a fully- and expertly-managed service part of Instaclustr’s growing platform COMPANY NEWS by Instaclustr: … Read more... Wham, bam, SolarWinds SAM keeps you ahead of server and application downtime REVIEW PROMOTION Any business network with more than a handful of devices needs a good systems and applications monitoring tool. It will proactively alert you… Read more... Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Indonesia Taps 8x8 CPaaS to Enhance Mobile Experience for Business-to-Business (B2B) Customers in Indonesia Deploys 8x8 SMS API to Ensure Mobile App Security with One-Time Password (OTP) Multi-Factor Authentication COMPANY NEWS: Cloud communications platform provider 8x8 (NYSE: EGHT) has… Read more... Tecala Ranked on Channel Futures MSP 501—Tech Industry’s Most Prestigious List of Global Managed Service Providers COMPANY NEWS: Tecala, Australia’s award-winning technology services and IT consulting provider, has announced that it has been named as one of the world’s premier Managed… Read more... ExtraHop Experts Contribute Network Detection and Response Expertise to MITRE ATT&CK Framework Cybersecurity knowledge base expands to support evolving security landscape COMPANY NEWS: ExtraHop, the leader in cloud-native network detection and response (NDR), today announced that ExtraHop… Read more... Talend extends APAC presence with cloud data infrastructure in Australia to serve customer growth Helps customers maintain data sovereignty requirements and improve organisation's data health COMPANY NEWS: Talend (NASDAQ: TLND), a global leader in data integration and data integrity,… Read more... |
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