NZ's broadband pricing plan is fair: IDC
21 August, 2013The NZ government's proposal to regulate lower wholesale broadband prices is an even-handed approach, which could be key to the success of its UFB fibre project.
NBN contractor Syntheo pulls out of South Australia, Western Australia
08 August, 2013 by Andrew CollinsNBN contractor Syntheo will pull out of NBN construction in South Australia and Western Australia in early 2014, after the company and NBN Co “mutually agreed” not to renew existing contracts that will soon expire.
Australia’s fastest supercomputer goes live
01 August, 2013The National Computational Infrastructure (NCI) HPC centre has formally launched the 1.2 Petaflop Raijin supercomputer.
CA Chorus Infrastructure Management for Networks and Systems
23 July, 2013CA Chorus Infrastructure Management for Networks and Systems integrates system, network and DB2 for z/OS performance management applications into a single interface.
Four ways to cut office printing costs
11 July, 2013Office printing can be quite costly for businesses small and large. And while some organisations have implemented basic measures to reduce printing costs, there’s potential to cut these costs even further.
Australia sets world record for e-waste collection
08 July, 2013An Australian technology product recycling program has set a Guinness World Record for the most e-waste collected for recycling in one week.
Print overhaul nets bus company 750% more pages per toner
07 June, 2013ComfortDelgro and Cabcharge (CDC) has replaced its old printer fleet with new print devices and technologies. The company is saving 40% on its total monthly cost per copy fee and getting 15,000 pages per toner, compared to the 2000 of the previous system - an increase of 750%.
The death of the PC; Graph Search big business for Facebook; Dell going private?
21 January, 2013 by Andrew CollinsIn news this week, Facebook revealed its potentially lucrative Graph Search engine, anonymous sources claimed that Dell is going private and news agencies everywhere declared the PC as dead.
Are you ready for 2013?
14 December, 2012 by Anthony CaruanaNow that we know that the Mayans got it wrong and there’s probably not going to be an apocalypse before next year, we can start looking at 2013 and beyond.
BYOD decline? Not quite yet
07 December, 2012 by Anthony CaruanaNucleus Reseach says that BYOD will be in decline next year. We're not so sure.
How to plan for the end of life (EOL) of your IT kit
20 August, 2012 by Stephen WithersDiamonds might be forever, but IT is not. Technologies and products that were once hot are now as dated as Joan Collins’ shoulder pads, Red Symons’ Skyhooks make-up or Warwick Capper’s footy shorts. While the aforementioned treasures may be lost to us forever, it is possible to plan for the end of life (EOL) of your IT kit. Stephen Withers explains.
Hostworks deploys Quest Software infrastructure management tool for Elastic Cloud
10 August, 2012Hostworks, an Australian web hosting company, has implemented a systems monitoring and infrastructure management tool from Quest to help improve delivery of its Elastic (Cloud) Computing Platform (ECP).
Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud Software 2.0 for business applications
09 August, 2012Oracle has announced the release of its Exalogic Elastic Cloud Software 2.0, which has been optimised for running business applications. The product helps to eliminate application and middleware deployment risk with one-click automated deployment of complex, multitier business applications.
VSS monitoring wins infrastructure packet broker market leadership award from Frost & Sullivan
01 August, 2012VSS Monitoring has announced that it has earned the 2012 Global Competitive Strategy Leadership Award in the infrastructure packet broker market from Frost & Sullivan. VSS Monitoring was recognised with this independent, third-party award due to its leading technical innovation, differentiated product offerings, extensive customer base and ROI/cost savings.
Motorway upgrade incorporates monitoring technology to protect comms assets
30 July, 2012The $1.95 billion, federally funded Ipswich motorway upgrade included a requirement to monitor more than 40 communication cabinets for both physical security and environmental changes, such as flooding.
