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Steele Top Lead Adobe A/NZ

Adobe A/NZ has named Suzanne Steele as the No.1 design and production company’s new MD. In November she will replace incumbent Chris Skelton, who has decided to move on. Steele...

Industry, News

WooliesX To Push Digital Biz

Woolworths is reportedly embarking on a major expansion of its new WooliesX digital operation, which combines digital, e-commerce, data and customer services operations. A major task will be setting up...

Industry, News

Canberra Calls For Volunteers For New Cyber Reserve Team

The Australian Government is looking to establish a “Cyber Reserve” of private-sector computing specialists who could pitch in if a  major cyber attack targets Australia’s critical infrastructure, such as airports,...

Industry, News

Netcomm Hit With Patent Claim

Australian-based communications equipment maker Netcomm Wireless has revealed it has been hit with a statement of claim by Corning Australia concerning equipment it is supplying to NBN Co. Corning is...

Industry, News

Government Committee Urges More Fibre

A Federal Government committee looking into the National Broadband Network has recommended that NBN Co connect as many premises as possible with its fibre-to-the-curb (FttC) and fibre-to-the-premises (FttP) networks. A...

Networking, News

MS Oz Lifts Office 365 Pricing

Remember the good old days when – in contrast to older industries – computing services got steadily cheaper, rather than more expensive? No more, it seems. The bottom, perhaps, has...

Content and Downloads, Home Office, News

NBN Dumps Biz Ethernet Plan

NBN Co has reportedly dumped a planned Ethernet offering for Australian businesses in favour of a capped pricing model. According to business marketing chief Ben Salmon, results of a consultation...

Networking, News

Microsoft Left Behind by AWS, What’s New?

Amazon Web Services is totally dominating the global infrastructure-as-a-service market, with 44.2 percent of the action, according to a new Gartner survey. AWS is followed at a long distance behind...

Networking, News

CSIRO Hitches A Ride With Sophisticated New UK Satellite

Australia’s CSIRO research outfit has paid a yet-to-be-revealed amount to be given access to the UK’s NovaSAR satellite, touted as one of the most sophisticated birds ever made. The NovaSAR,...

News, Technology

Bloody Monday: New Tech Stocks Sell-Off Stokes Industry Fear

Technology stocks including Facebook, Microsoft and Alphabet went into free fall on Wall Street, over worries that the top-performing sector is falling out of favour and investors are looking elsewhere...

Industry, News