Voice&Data News

Ericsson puts a stake in the IPTV ground

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:26:07 +0000

Ericsson's APAC IPTV centre was opened this week by the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, together with the Victorian Innovation Minister, Gavin Jennings. IPTV will provide users with high levels of personalisation, control and interactivity, and offer lucrative new revenue streams for operators and ISPs all facilitated by the National Broadband Network.

Voice biometrics can stop fraud

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:49:32 +0000

Simptel has suggested that the way to stop fraud is for people to demand banks and large companies install the latest voice technology because biometric voice recognition eliminates the need to use account numbers, pins and passwords to perform daily tasks such as banking.

Recession has not killed IT spending

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:47:36 +0000

A survey has revealed that CFOs will still spend on IT systems to reduce costs and increase efficiencies.

Security company AVG (AU/NZ) in the top ten of fastest-growing companies

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:13:51 +0000

An Aussie security company has been ranked eighth in the 2009 BRW Fast 100 list.

Remote Australia gets 3G phones

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:23:03 +0000

First 3G phone systems for remote areas of Australia.

PM's prize goes to Dr John O’Sullivan for wireless technology

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:28:00 +0000

CSIRO’s Dr John O’Sullivan has been recognised with the nation's pre-eminent science award - the Prime Minister’s Prize for Science.

Business as usual for Telstra despite the NBN overhang

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:32:38 +0000

Telstra has updated its strategy and confirmed its financial guidance for 2009/10.

The Green IT Readiness Index

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:41:17 +0000

Datacom remains an exception to the general rule when it comes to green IT.

Broadband innovator takes the green challenge on the road

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:30:18 +0000

Global Green Challenge journey tests electric car over 3000 km.

More UC services offered in the cloud

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:43:39 +0000

Hosted telephony/unified communication services are becoming more prevalent.

Survey finds 67% of Australian businesses considering deploying Windows 7 in next 12 months

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:48:06 +0000

Data#3's survey of CIOs and IT managers reveals three top issues on the impact of Windows 7.

Tata Communications extends connectivity into Australia via PPC1 cable system

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:20:37 +0000

Tata Communications, a leading provider of communications, will start delivering capacity into Australia via the privately owned PIPE Pacific 1 (PPC-1) cable system.

The Optus D3 satellite is operational and open for business

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:28:51 +0000

Australia’s newest satellite, Optus D3, is fully operational.

Creation of oversighting system proposed by ACS to address cybercrime

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:50:16 +0000

The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has released a report, by leading cyber-safety experts, which recommends the creation of an independent, oversighting system and an annual auditing process for black lists if compulsory ISP filtering is introduced.

Moneydirect is first hosted managed services customer at Polaris Data Centre

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:42:45 +0000

The Polaris data centre facility will host the entire Moneydirect suite of applications for all international markets on behalf of NEC Australia.

Futurist describes the extraordinary social technologies of 2016

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:26:04 +0000

Futurist Ross Dawson accurately described the networked world of today, anticipating social networks, twitter, corporate blogging, crowdsourcing, personalised advertising and virtual personal assistants. Dawson has now predicted what the technology world will deliver in 2016.

SA government extends managed network services contract

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:58:30 +0000

Dimension Data has demonstrated cost savings, innovation and long-term commitment to managing the South Australian government’s network.

IT infrastructure affected by economic climate

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:46:05 +0000

IT managers lose out in decision making for new projects in current economic climate.

Coca-Cola Amatil and Telstra bottle up 10-year contract

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:20:07 +0000

Coca-Cola has signed up for a 10-year telecommunications contract with Telstra.

Virtualisation and analytics top priorities for Australian and New Zealand (A/NZ) CIOs

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:22:32 +0000

Global IBM CIO Study - ‘The New Voice of the CIO’ - reveals A/NZ CIOs enjoy a closer relationship with the CEO than their global counterparts.