Hi John, The longstanding rift in the boardroom of number four telco Vocus appears to be over. Vocus chief executive Geoff Horth has left the company "by mutual agreement", according to an announcement made to the ASX on Monday.
Global sales of smartphones to end users fell by 5.6% in the final quarter of 2017 compared to the corresponding quarter in the previous calendar year, the technology research firm Gartner says. Number three Australian mobile player Vodafone is rapidly closing the gap on its rivals Telstra and Optus. Vodafone Hutchison Australia has boosted its customer base to 5.81 million to the end of last December, adding 246,000 customers over 12 months in 2017. Cloud endpoint protection provider CrowdStrike has released research revealing a threat spends an average of 86 days in a corporate network before it is detected, despite needing under two hours to move laterally to other systems on the network. Optus has launched a suite of “simplified” ICT solutions dubbed GO which it claims provide powerful connectivity, collaboration and cloud solutions without the complexity and cost of traditional ICT services. And of course, there's plenty more so for all the news visit www.itwire.com. Have a great day! Stan Beer, Editor in Chief, iTWire ADVERTISE IN THIS NEWSLETTER & iTWire.com Contact: andrew.matler@itwire.com 0412 390 000
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