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Cyber Storm II offers proactive IT security

Cyber Storm II offers proactive IT security

Telstra has been working closely with government and the IT industry to ensure it is ready and resilient to possible cyber attacks as part of its involvement in the international simulated Cyber Storm II exercise being held 11-14 March, 2008.
a Staff Writer Mar 7 2008 12:53PM Security
ACCC ensures Commoditel corrects misleading call rate pricing

ACCC ensures Commoditel corrects misleading call rate pricing

Australian provider of pre-paid mobile telecommunication services, Commoditel has corrected call rates misrepresentation following intervention by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
a Staff Writer Mar 5 2008 3:44PM Telco/ISP
LogicaCMG shortens its name to Logica

LogicaCMG shortens its name to Logica

Global IT and business services company, LogicaCMG group is unifying its existing brands under one new name – Logica. The LogicaCMG brand, along with the brands of Edinfor, Unilog and WM-data, will transition to the new global brand name from 28 February.
a Staff Writer Feb 28 2008 4:01PM Strategy
AVG: Google take the block off the St Kilda Football Club’s Website

AVG: Google take the block off the St Kilda Football Club’s Website

Roger Thompson, Chief Research Officer at AVG Technologies, has just posted an item about the problems with the St Kilda Football Club website and it seems Google is to blame.
a Staff Writer Feb 27 2008 5:00PM Security
Australia’s communications industry agrees on broadband policy principles

Australia’s communications industry agrees on broadband policy principles

Australia’s communications industry has agreed on a series of “fundamental principles” that should be the basis for development of policy governing the broadband environment.
a Staff Writer Feb 26 2008 3:37PM Telco/ISP
Skills shortages threatens Australia's ICT growth

Skills shortages threatens Australia's ICT growth

The Australian ICT industry is in danger of stagnating according to a report released today by the Australian Computer Society (ACS).
a Staff Writer Feb 25 2008 3:14PM Training & Development
Liberal party claims Labor has raided communications fund for the bush

Liberal party claims Labor has raided communications fund for the bush

Shadow Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Bruce Billson, has come out all guns blazing at the Government, claiming it has made its first moves to raid rural Australia’s 'future proofing' Communications Fund.
a Staff Writer Feb 18 2008 2:17PM Telco/ISP
IDC: Mobile data services to grow at a rate of more than 50 percent

IDC: Mobile data services to grow at a rate of more than 50 percent

New mobile data services will grow at a rate of more than 50 percent in 2008, according to an IDC review of the performance of Australian Telecom Service Providers in the third quarter of 2007.
a Staff Writer Feb 15 2008 3:15PM Telco/ISP
Telco giant formed after SOUL merges with TPG

Telco giant formed after SOUL merges with TPG

SP Telemedia, the telecommunications company known as SOUL, is to merge with internet service provider TPG.
a Staff Writer Feb 8 2008 10:22AM Telco/ISP
Senator Billson says cease and desist to telemarketers

Senator Billson says cease and desist to telemarketers

Shadow Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Bruce Billson is urging telemarketing and research groups to desist from making nuisance calls to Australians registered on the Do Not Call Register.
a Staff Writer Feb 6 2008 3:45PM Telco/ISP
Senator Gillard calls for participation in Labor’s $1B Digital Education revolution

Senator Gillard calls for participation in Labor’s $1B Digital Education revolution

The Minister for Education, Julia Gillard, has called for all Australian secondary school principals to participate in the Rudd Government’s $1 billion Digital Education Revolution.
a Staff Writer Feb 6 2008 3:41PM Strategy
Liberal: Conroy’s fibre-to-the-home network delivery is confusing

Liberal: Conroy’s fibre-to-the-home network delivery is confusing

The Shadow Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Bruce Bilson, has come out and slammed Communications Minister Stephen Conroy’s broadband delivery plans.
a Staff Writer Feb 5 2008 1:55PM Telco/ISP
Optus sees revenue growth in third quarter financial results

Optus sees revenue growth in third quarter financial results

SingTel Group, parent company of Optus, has delivered a third consecutive quarter of double-digit revenue growth. The Group recorded revenue growth of 11 percent to S$3.83 billion, driven by an 11 percent revenue growth in the Singapore business and the appreciation of the Australian dollar.
a Staff Writer Feb 5 2008 12:28PM Telco/ISP
Nokia has another cracking quarter

Nokia has another cracking quarter

Nokia racked up sales of €15.7bn in the fourth quarter of 2007, taking it to €51.1bn for the full year.
a Staff Writer Jan 29 2008 2:20PM Financial Services
SaaS education provider gets 600 IT courses CPA Australia approved

SaaS education provider gets 600 IT courses CPA Australia approved

SkillSoft partners with CPA Australia to provide its 112,000 members with learning alternatives designed to make an impact in their continued development.
a Staff Writer Jan 29 2008 2:11PM Training & Development
Lenovo to sell some IBM servers

Lenovo to sell some IBM servers

IBM and Lenovo have inked a licensing deal allowing Lenovo to manufacture and sell some Big Blue x86 servers.
a Staff Writer Jan 29 2008 2:09PM Hardware
Ovum says Motorola's mobile phone division is struggling

Ovum says Motorola's mobile phone division is struggling

Even David "Goldenballs" Beckham's promotional activity of Motorola products can't help the mobile phone vendor's Quarter 4 and full year 2007 results gloom in the handset division.
a Staff Writer Jan 25 2008 11:24AM Hardware
Phishing attacks to rise in January/February

Phishing attacks to rise in January/February

The holiday buying season is likely to generate a wave of phishing attacks in January 2008, according to seasonal data collected by security software vendor, SonicWall.
a Staff Writer Jan 17 2008 3:36PM Security
Sony Ericsson improves profitability but its not good enough, says Ovum

Sony Ericsson improves profitability but its not good enough, says Ovum

Big name vendor, Sony Ericsson, has reported its handset shipments were 30.8 million for the quarter, a rise of 19 percent on Quarter 3 of 2007 and 18 percent over the full year in 2007. However these results may not be good enough says independent US research company, Ovum
a Staff Writer Jan 17 2008 3:35PM Hardware
ComputerCorp gives Telstra help with clients

ComputerCorp gives Telstra help with clients

National ICT integrator ComputerCORP (Operations) has signed a three year managed service contract with Telstra Corporation to provide hardware solutions and associated services across Australia and overseas for some of the telco's clients.
a Staff Writer Jan 14 2008 4:00PM Telco/ISP

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