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EDITOR'S NOTE

Good afternoon,

We start a fresh week with apologies and promises of free credits for customers affected by the Sony Playstation Network data breach and the Amazon cloud outage, both of which occurred over Easter.

Ry Crozier has also filed an exclusive on a big blue between PennyTel and its wholesale provider Optus, whilst IBRS analyst James Turner raises concerns about worker safety in Australian data centres. Got any war stories from your work in a data centre? We're all ears.

-- Brett Winterford

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TODAY ON ITNEWS

Hardware
Sorry Sony admits it held 10m credit cards

By Liam Tung | May 01, 2011

Company to appoint its first chief information security officer.

 
 
Storage
Amazon issues ten days credits for cloud outage

By Brett Winterford , Staff Writer | May 01, 2011

Post-mortem posted.

 
 
Telco/ISP
PennyTel engaged in stoush with Optus

By Ry Crozier | May 02, 2011

Threatens legal action over unauthorised direct SMS to its customers.

 
 
Networking
Report: Time to get serious on data centre safety

By Brett Winterford | May 02, 2011

Analyst warns of lax attitude to OH&S.

 
 
Telco/ISP
Vividwireless turns on Brisbane metro network

By Ry Crozier | May 02, 2011

Delayed by backhaul availability.

 
 

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EVENTS

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Information Sharing and Collaboration for Emergency Services Rydges Melbourne May 12, 2011
IDC's Transformative ICT Conference: Thinking differently amidst the hype Sydney, Melbourne May 12, 2011
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Bootcamp Sydney May 23, 2011
LiDAR Technologies 2011 Rydges Esplanade, Cairns May 30, 2011
CeBIT Australia 2011 Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre May 31, 2011
5th annual Enterprise Risk Management for Government 2011 Quay Grand Hotel, Sydney June 14, 2011
Agile Australia 2011 Hilton, Sydney June 15, 2011
 
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