Articles
Melbourne IT buys Netregistry for $50m
Domain registrar Melbourne IT has entered into an agreement to purchase Netregistry Group in a deal worth $50.4 million. [ + ]
Nominations open for ACOMM Awards
Nominations are open for the 2014 ACOMMS Australian telecom industry awards. [ + ]
Pace of malware attacks doubled in 2013
A malware attack on enterprises occurred once every 1.5 seconds in 2013, and there were command and control servers in nearly every country worldwide, according to FireEye. [ + ]
Huawei Australia gets new CEO
Huawei has named James Zhao as the new CEO of Huawei Australia. [ + ]
CEPU slams plans for overhead NBN trial
The Communications Electrical Plumbing Union has accused the Coalition of wasting time and money with a planned trial of using overhead electricity infrastructure for the NBN rollout in Tasmania. [ + ]
Telecoms ombudsman reshuffles board structure
The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) yesterday voted to move from a separate board and council structure to having only a single board of directors. [ + ]
Android dominates mobile threat landscape
Android appears to have emerged as the platform of choice for mobile malware authors, accounting for more than 96% of all infections traced by FortiGuard Labs during 2013. [ + ]
RMIT student takes on world hunger with mobile app
Former RMIT student James Downing has developed Pocket Rice, a mobile app designed to tackle world hunger through trivia. [ + ]
The changing face of business intelligence
As business intelligence tools are becoming more popular, vendors are offering them in different forms, on different devices and through different models. [ + ]
AAPT CEO Yuile to resign this week
AAPT CEO David Yuile will leave the company this Friday, the same day that the sale of AAPT to TPG is finalised. [ + ]
Telecom NZ rebrands as Spark
Telecom New Zealand will change its name to Spark in a rebranding exercise that will also cover the company's Gen-i and Telecom Digital Ventures units. [ + ]
Capgemini names new A/NZ CEO
Technology and outsourcing services company Capgemini has appointed Depak Nangia to the post of CEO for Australia and New Zealand. [ + ]
Huawei, Griffith University sign R&D pact
Huawei and Griffith University have signed an agreement to collaborate on R&D projects and to allow the university's students to participate in Huawei's work experience programs. [ + ]
NBN Co to adopt multitechnology mix by 2015
NBN Co has taken the first steps towards transitioning to a multitechnology model for the NBN, including preparing for trials of FTTB and FTTN technologies. [ + ]
IBM, Theiss use big data to predict mining gear failure
IBM Research and contract miner Theiss have announced a collaboration aimed at developing big data tools to improve the efficiency of mining equipment maintenance. [ + ]
