Stories by Sandra Rossi

WA launches blueprint for Australia's biggest ICT precinct

The Western Australian government today launched the blueprint for the country's biggest technology precinct exclusively dedicated to the ICT industry.

Telstra deploys world's first mobile switching solution on blade technology

Telstra is simplifying its mobile network by deploying the world's first Mobile Softswitch Solution based on blade technology.

Inmedius sets up shop in Australia, appoints local MD

A provider of software for documentation strategies, Inmedius, today announced the opening of a new office in Queensland, Australia.

Grammar school replaces point solutions with UTM appliance

Following a review of its infrastructure, the Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore) is replacing a mix of point solutions with two unified threat management network security appliances.

Internode moves ahead with WiMax despite OPEL cancellation

Despite the federal government's decision to cancel the OPEL regional broadband agreement, local ISP Internode will continue to extend its WiMax rollouts.

Data Management Edition #7: Who are the saviours of the storage revolution?

This week we talk about the creation of data saviours emerging from the storage revolution taking place as a result of rapid data growth. On the business front, HP acquires e-discovery vendor Tower Software and EMC rolls out data products to support security videos.

IT Security Edition #7: Hackers, spy programs and trash

Ethical hackers warn corporates - bury security breaches and we bury you!
New spying programs target mobile phones and new research estimates what percentage of Internet traffic is trash. And finally, we take a look at Hewlett Packard's first year since relaunching in the IT security market.

Opposition demands answers on OPEL cancellation

The Federal Opposition yesterday accused the Rudd government of showing total contempt toward the people of rural Australia by cancelling the OPEL project.

Adoption of deduplication technology triples in four months

Network Applicance (NetApp) yesterday announced that the deduplication adoption rate among its customers has tripled since November 2007, reaching more than 3,500 systems and 100 petabytes (PB) of raw storage capacity.

Telechoice extends retail partnership with Optus another five years

TeleChoice announced today that its retail partnership with Optus has been extended for another five years.

Home grown tools to support emergency services agencies

Australia's Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Research Centre of Excellence (NICTA) has teamed with the Queensland Department of Emergency Services and a Brisbane ICT company to develop tools which will help emergency services agencies obtain timely information as a crisis unfolds.

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