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Telstra at the PossABLE Ideas Expo on the Hunter

Bert-Ciavarra — Tue, 21 May 2013 06:56:15 +0000

Author: Bert Ciavarra. On 3-4 May, Michael Bale, Telstra CountryWide Customer Service Consultant for Newcastle/Hunter Valley and myself were privileged to host - with deafblind support worker for Able Australia, Claire Tellefson - a Telstra display at the PossABLE Ideas Expo at the Newcastle Exhibition Centre.

The statistics don’t lie – you can’t ignore social media

kelly-brough — Tue, 21 May 2013 01:57:51 +0000

Author: Kelly Brough. The 2013 Yellow Social Media Report reveals more online Australians are using social media, and they’re using it more frequently. Compared to 2012, the proportion of online Australians who use social media has increased 3 per cent to 65 per cent, while the number of online Aussies who use social media daily has increased 9 per cent to 45 per cent.

Balancing screen time for toddlers and preschoolers

shelly-gorr — Mon, 20 May 2013 23:15:33 +0000

Author: Shelly Gorr. As Cyber Safety Manager at Telstra, Shelly Gorr practises what she preaches and ‘lives’ her advice every day. Here, she shares her personal and professional suggestions on balancing screen time for toddlers and pre-schoolers.

Talking Trends – Telstra CTO Dr Hugh Bradlow

Dr. Hugh Bradlow — Mon, 20 May 2013 02:01:13 +0000

Author: Dr Hugh Bradlow. In the latest in his regular series of video blogs looking at technology trends, Chief Technology Officer Dr Hugh Bradlow says Intelligent Transport Systems could be the answer to easing congested roads and public transport woes.

We will stand up against homophobia. Always.

paul-geason — Thu, 16 May 2013 22:00:41 +0000

Author: Paul Geason. Today we are proud to be recognising the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. This day raises awareness of unacceptable behaviour against the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex (GLBTI) community, and celebrates the diversity of sexual and gender identities. It also commemorates the day the World Health Organisation stopped referring to homosexuality as a mental disorder – on 17 May 1990.

Supporting vibrant Indigenous small businesses

Kate McKenzie — Thu, 16 May 2013 07:26:30 +0000

Author: Kate McKenzie. Last night I was lucky enough to attend the Supply Nation’s Gala Dinner in Melbourne to celebrate achievements of their certified Indigenous suppliers. A highlight of the night was meeting the Supplier Diversity Award recipients – so many inspiring businesses doing great things.

Customer information and the importance of privacy

Peter Jamieson — Thu, 16 May 2013 01:33:52 +0000

Author: Peter Jamieson. Like any customer of any company I have the expectation that my personal details are securely stored and not publicly accessible. No doubt you all have the same expectations. So when we learnt some of our customers’ details were publicly available we immediately convened a team to have access to the data removed and commence an investigation.

Banding together to get devices for 700MHz

Mike Wright — Wed, 15 May 2013 00:45:29 +0000

Author: Mike Wright. I posted last week that Telstra had been successful in winning the amount of spectrum we wanted in the recent Government mobile spectrum auction and that this additional bandwidth will help us provide the next generation of services for our customers across Australia, now and into the future.

Celebrating Telstra’s volunteers

tim-oleary — Tue, 14 May 2013 21:00:26 +0000

Author: Tim O'Leary. At Telstra our staff are encouraged to get involved and volunteer with local charity, community and Not-For-Profit organisations. Whether it is skilled or unskilled, personal, group or team volunteering, staff are given a day of paid volunteer leave so that they can help out the local community.

The ‘human’ impact of cloud computing

Ayala Domani — Tue, 14 May 2013 06:52:14 +0000

Author: Ayala Domani. A lot has been said and written about the business and economical benefits of cloud computing- agility, flexibility, speed, innovation, and efficiency just to name few. But what about the ‘human’ impact of cloud computing? How will cloud impact people and their jobs as more organisations adopt cloud services?