Simon Sharwood
Recent articles by Simon Sharwood
NetComm Wireless plans sale to US company Casa Systems
$161m all-cash offer is 50 percent premium.
Feb 22 2019 9:32AM
Apple makes 2FA mandatory for boss developers
Better late than never, and you’ve got a week to make this happen.
Feb 21 2019 12:12PM
Google makes hybrid cloud play with on-prem K8s Engine
Hardware, schmardware says advertising giant.
Feb 21 2019 4:01AM
Big four banks back high school security 'challenges'
Opt-in program seen as breeding future workforce and less-easily-scammed customers.
Feb 19 2019 1:46PM
Boring disk drives on the way to being twice as interesting
Imagine a needle on each side of a record, with a different track playing from each side.
Feb 19 2019 7:04AM
IBM plans Asian rollout for POWER-powered cloud
AIX users score a cloudy upgrade path as Big Blue takes on AWS and pals with AI-tuned services.
Feb 18 2019 11:50AM
Vodafone plans ‘brand new e-commerce platform’
Wants recommendation engine for new plans, may not want Oracle, SAS, Salesforce …
Feb 18 2019 7:25AM
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Universities prepare to deliver lifetime learning, lifetime engagement
But in new ways that go way beyond the ancient regime of showing up to hear a lecture.
Feb 14 2019 6:03AM
Microsoft expands Azure discounts for committed relationships
Reserved Instances deals extended to kinda-almost-legacy bits of Microsoft's cloud.
Feb 12 2019 10:44AM
iTnews Benchmark Awards 2019: Meet the rising stars of Australian IT
Student-led product design, connected community services and more!
Feb 6 2019 12:00PM
Federal finalists fly in iTnews Benchmark Awards 2019
Helping disadvantaged workers, improving blood flow and conducting a colossal cloud migration.
Feb 6 2019 10:15AM
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USB stick survives being eaten by seal, pooped out and frozen for a year
If it's your USB stick and you want it back, send more poop, say crack seal scientists.
Feb 5 2019 9:47PM
iTnews Benchmark Awards 2019: Consumer finalists revealed
Juice, data centre consolidations and selling insurance with AI.
Feb 4 2019 6:55AM
Brumby quits Huawei Australia board, slams China trade war
Becomes chancellor of La Trobe University. Chair John Lord stays.
Feb 1 2019 11:50AM
Blow up the pokies? NSW wants an app for that
$2.5 million up for grabs for innovation like VR used to promote responsible gambling.
Jan 31 2019 7:00AM
Benchmark Awards 2019 Finalists: Melanoma Institute creates secure workspace
Researchers share patient records between hospitals and offshore researchers.
Jan 31 2019 7:00AM
VMware cloud storage scales with mysterious new AWS instance type
It’s like network storage all over again, with added cloud.
Jan 30 2019 12:00PM
iTnews Benchmark Awards 2019: Education finalists revealed
Social robots, cheat-stoppers and CRM consolidation top the charts
Jan 30 2019 11:57AM
iTnews Benchmark Awards 2019: Health finalists revealed
Telemedecine, procurement reform and digital workspaces take the top three slots.
Jan 30 2019 7:10AM
Procurement departments can't play chicken in a minefield of risks
Supply chains can ground aircraft or force police to handle irate fried chicken fanciers.
Jan 29 2019 6:55AM
