Recent articles by Simon Sharwood

iTnews Benchmark Awards 2019: Consumer finalists revealed

iTnews Benchmark Awards 2019: Consumer finalists revealed

Juice, data centre consolidations and selling insurance with AI.
Simon Sharwood Feb 4 2019 6:55AM Projects
Brumby quits Huawei Australia board, slams China trade war

Brumby quits Huawei Australia board, slams China trade war

Becomes chancellor of La Trobe University. Chair John Lord stays.
Simon Sharwood , Julian Bajkowski Feb 1 2019 11:50AM Strategy
Benchmark Awards 2019 Finalists: Melanoma Institute creates secure workspace

Benchmark Awards 2019 Finalists: Melanoma Institute creates secure workspace

Researchers share patient records between hospitals and offshore researchers.
Simon Sharwood Jan 31 2019 7:00AM Projects
Blow up the pokies? NSW wants an app for that

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.
Simon Sharwood Jan 31 2019 7:00AM Training & Development
VMware cloud storage scales with mysterious new AWS instance type

VMware cloud storage scales with mysterious new AWS instance type

It’s like network storage all over again, with added cloud.
Simon Sharwood Jan 30 2019 12:00PM Cloud
iTnews Benchmark Awards 2019: Education finalists revealed

iTnews Benchmark Awards 2019: Education finalists revealed

Social robots, cheat-stoppers and CRM consolidation top the charts
Simon Sharwood Jan 30 2019 11:57AM Projects
iTnews Benchmark Awards 2019: Health finalists revealed

iTnews Benchmark Awards 2019: Health finalists revealed

Telemedecine, procurement reform and digital workspaces take the top three slots.
Simon Sharwood Jan 30 2019 7:10AM Projects
Procurement departments can't play chicken in a minefield of risks

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.
William Maher , Simon Sharwood Jan 29 2019 6:55AM Benchmarking Change
Nutanix accuses VMware of bullying

Nutanix accuses VMware of bullying

CEO blog paints VMware as arrogant imperialist, but if that's so why are sales going up?
Simon Sharwood Jan 24 2019 7:01AM Hardware
Benchmark Awards 2019 Finalists: CBA infrastructure-as-code

Benchmark Awards 2019 Finalists: CBA infrastructure-as-code

Dual use for Azure and AWS on same workloads.
Simon Sharwood Jan 23 2019 7:00AM Benchmarking Change
‘Ripper beauty’ quarter sees Atlassian crack $1bn annual revenue

‘Ripper beauty’ quarter sees Atlassian crack $1bn annual revenue

Thanks to some ‘pull forward’, but there’s plenty of growth to come.
Simon Sharwood Jan 18 2019 2:51PM Financial Services
Intel runs auction for new super-fast finance-centric CPU

Intel runs auction for new super-fast finance-centric CPU

5.0 GHz desktop chip will be in short supply, so Intel’s letting the market set the price.
Simon Sharwood Jan 18 2019 11:41AM Hardware
Australian Centre for Innovation winds itself up

Australian Centre for Innovation winds itself up

Says governments have built their own advisory capabilities so it's not needed.
Simon Sharwood Jan 16 2019 6:55AM Strategy
NBN Co joins Open Networking Foundation

NBN Co joins Open Networking Foundation

Joins a club in which AT&T and Comcast are figuring out how to build better heterogeneous networks.
Simon Sharwood Jan 15 2019 9:07AM Networking
As 2018 ends, there are three epochal tech shifts

As 2018 ends, there are three epochal tech shifts

The ascendency of open source is now and broadcast's fate is sealed, but the winner of China vs USA is uncertain.
Simon Sharwood Dec 21 2018 7:28AM Strategy
NBN Co to re-launch fixed wireless at up to 75 Mbps

NBN Co to re-launch fixed wireless at up to 75 Mbps

Spectrum management tricks turn fixed wireless into Fixed Wireless Plus.
Simon Sharwood Dec 18 2018 12:03AM Networking
Education Minister Tehan blames tech teaching for curriculum crowding

Education Minister Tehan blames tech teaching for curriculum crowding

And wants teachers to have smartphone ban powers.
Simon Sharwood Dec 12 2018 11:06AM Training & Development
The world’s geekiest advent calendar returns, geekier than ever!

The world’s geekiest advent calendar returns, geekier than ever!

A marvelously obscure VM each day from now until Christmas, from the crew at QEMU
Simon Sharwood Dec 5 2018 11:59AM Software
Chunk of Aussie Broadband goes on sale ahead of IPO

Chunk of Aussie Broadband goes on sale ahead of IPO

Four to ten percent dangled by capital-raising firm.
Simon Sharwood Nov 30 2018 10:44AM Telco/ISP
IBM's cloud wobbles for the second time in a week

IBM's cloud wobbles for the second time in a week

Server provisioning has been a bit hit-and-miss lately.
Simon Sharwood Nov 30 2018 7:10AM Cloud

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