EDITOR'S NOTE
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Good afternoon,
What price would you pay for local support?
That's the question we are asking ourselves today after calculating that buying Microsoft Office 365 as-a-service via exclusive Australian reseller Telstra costs 40 to 75 percent more than US customers connecting directly to Microsoft.
And if the service is hosted by Microsoft in Singapore, what level of support can Telstra really provide small businesses in Australia? Would you pay a 40 percent premium to have your telecommunications and office/messaging on one bill?
-- Brett Winterford
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TODAY ON ITNEWS
Software
Aussies to pay huge premium for Office 365
By
Brett Winterford
| June 29, 2011
Telstra charges 40-75 percent premium as sole reseller of Singapore-hosted service.
Finance
Vic Government slashes IT service provider panel
By
John Hilvert
| June 29, 2011
Complaints lodged, investigation launched.
Telco/ISP
Stanhope announces Telstra retirement
By
Staff Writer
| June 29, 2011
CFO to step down once NBN deal is sealed.
Security
Microsoft settles with Queensland pirate
By
Liz Tay
| June 29, 2011
EBay seller fined $90,000.
Storage
Queensland Uni launches biotech data mirror
By
Liz Tay
| June 29, 2011
Imports half a petabyte of data by tape.
Software
Twitter founder leaves for Obvious reason
By
Liam Tung
| June 29, 2011
Back to the future.
Hardware
Review: Acer Iconia A500 tablet
By
Nic Healey
| June 29, 2011
A fast, sleek Android 3.0 tablet with an array of connectivity options.
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EVENTS
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Location |
Date |
| NICTA Big Picture Seminar - "Interoperability: Primary Need of Emergency Services" presented by Craig Lapsley, Fire Commissioner of Victoria |
University of Melbourne, Parkville VIC |
July 07, 2011 |
| Interactive Intelligence Customer Experience Events 2011 |
Sydney, Melbourne |
July 12, 2011 |
| Oracle+Sun Open Dialogue Event & Meet the Experts - Across 4 cities |
Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Wellington |
July 12, 2011 |
| AWS Cloud Tour 2011 |
Melbourne, Sydney |
July 12, 2011 |
| Oracle Customer Showcase Forum |
Sydney, Melbourne |
July 19, 2011 |
| Inaugural Cyber Security Summit |
Hotel Realm Canberra |
July 25, 2011 |
| CA World Expo '11 - The Era of Now |
Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra |
July 25, 2011 |
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