Service NSW dumps Windows for Chrome OS
Service NSW is planning to roll out Chromebooks and Google’s G Suite to all of its staff over the next 12 months.
Service NSW is planning to roll out Chromebooks and Google’s G Suite to all of its staff over the next 12 months.
Fujitsu has launched a managed Chromebook service targeting enterprises in Australia and NZ.
A new CIO has led MTC Australia through a strategic review of its not-for-profit educational organisation.
A wave of inexpensive Windows laptops meant to compete with the Google Chromebook is coming, but analysts say enterprises should carefully consider their requirements before choosing a low-cost device from either company.
Virtualization is helping make Google Chrome OS a potential alternative for enterprises that have traditionally been Windows shops.
Google has reported heightened interest in Chrome OS from Australian organisations since winning a major device contract with Woolworths.
Australian enterprises are expected to take a closer look at Chrome OS as Google makes moves to peel customers away from Microsoft, according to analysts.
It cost Fire and Rescue NSW half the price of a Microsoft Windows desktop to buy a Google Chromebox for each of its 339 stations across New South Wales, according to Richard Host, IT director of Fire and Rescue NSW.
Google Chrome OS devices will account for 85 per cent of business devices at Woolworths at the completion of the supermarket’s technology transformation, according to Woolworths acting CIO, Damon Rees.
Seeking to manage applications and information rather than devices, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has gone to market for an enterprise mobility management (EMM) system.
Google is adding a feature to its Chrome mobile browser that can reduce data usage by up to 50 percent, which could avoid extra data charges from carriers.
Chromebooks, the stripped down "laptops" running Google's web-focused Chrome OS, have almost no presence in the market, after two years. But a new report from Forrester Research says these "post-PC" devices could fill a niche, or more than one, in the enterprise.
Low-priced notebooks running Google's Chrome OS are from todayavailable in Australian retail outlets, but may struggle to find traction in the local market.
Hackers at the CanSecWest event in Vancouver couldn't break Google's latest version of Chrome OS in the company's Pwnium 3 contest, leaving the $3.14159 million (yes, that's Pi, for those keeping track at home) in prize money untouched.
Google's Chromebook Pixel went up for sale on the Play store on Thursday, to the surprise of some industry observers who had expressed doubts over earlier rumors that the device was on the way.