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Amazon outage the ‘worst in cloud computing history’
Amazon’s Web Services goes down, calling into question the reliability of cloud services… read more...
Australian technology set to revolutionise electric car industry
Electric car technology has received a shot in the arm courtesy of the Federal Government… read more...
Smartphones, tablets defeat netbooks as most popular mobile Internet device
Tablets and social networking services are key revenue growth opportunities for operators in Asia-Pacific according to mobile broadband industry survey… read more...
EFTPOS at the Rugby World Cup? Forget it.
Fans hoping to use their EFTPOS cards at the upcoming Rugby World Cup are headed for disappointment – none will be available… read more...
ERP Vendor consolidation goes another round
The Lawson board is considering Infor’s offer International IT vendor consolidation is continuing as one-stop-shops seen as the future… read more...
Kiwis flocking to the cloud
New Zealand has been named the most cloud savvy country in Asia Pacific, according to a recent business survey… read more...
Mobile operators need to wake up to Facebook threat
An industry expert says mobile operators are helping grow competitor’s market share. read more...
‘Nokiasoft’ partnership sees laggards in catch-up mode
Opinions may be split on the Microsoft and Nokia partnership but most agree the Finnish mobile phone maker did not have much choice… read more...
Payroll provider brings first .Net4 product to market
Australasian HR software provider PayGlobal’s chief executive Hugh Martyn says new product is the first to leverage the latest workflow tools from Microsoft… read more...
Smart reshuffle set to grow merchant services company
NZX listed SmartPay plans to expand in the Australian market with the help of newly appointed chief executive officer Andrew Donaldson… read more...
Fairfax’s tender take on online business
Australian-owned Fairfax Media’s portfolio has just got bigger with the purchase of another New Zealand online company… read more...
Australian FMCG market checking out new CRM system
Global CRM and decisions support solutions provider StayinFront’s new on-demand system aims to pick up the pace in the FMCG sector… read more...
European online FX trader heading down under
Foreign exchange retail broker FXPro Financial Services has got its eye on the Australasian market… read more...
Google ANZ pulls new managing director from News Ltd
Ex-Deputy CEO of News Ltd Australia Nick Leeder has been appointed as the regional manager of Google Australia and New Zealand after a lengthy search… read more...
NZ Post deal aims to improve New Zealand national security
Gaining the public’s confidence in information security management has proved a priority to the New Zealand Government… read more...
Frucor takes SAP system to Fujitsu’s cloud
Australasian beverage supplier Frucor sees benefit in moving ERP infrastructure to the cloud… read more...
Millions of Australians unhappy with their telcos
One in three Australians is unhappy with the way their telco has dealt with a complaint in the last year… read more...
Google and Microsoft meet in the cloud
Business users are testing a new Google Doc plug-in that enables it to sync with Word documents… read more...
New security challenges loom in 2011
Unisys’ predictions for the next 12 months note that the consumerisation of IT trend has created vulnerabilities in organisations’ network perimeters… read more...
Local companies fail to back up virtual systems
A Symantec survey reveals many virtual systems in Australia and New Zealand are not properly protected… read more...
