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Telstra adds 958,000 mobile customers in six months
The telco reports positive results in the first half of its 2012 financial year
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NZ Fauna app fills 'crazy' lack of animal info 09 February, 2012 11:42:00
Ryan Ghisi was surprised there was not already an iPad application about the country's unique wildlife. So he set out to develop oneExploring information about New Zealand fauna with his two-year-old son, Ryan Ghisi was surprised there was not already an iPad application about the country's unique wildlife "I thought it was crazy that no-one had done anything like that," he says. So he set out to develop one. - +
Foxtel subscriber base grows 09 February, 2012 10:47:00
Subscription revenue increased by 5.1 per centFoxtel has announced an increase in subscriber numbers for the second half of 2011 despite a tough consumer market. - +
Capgemini adds new Canberra office 09 February, 2012 11:57:00
New ACT office to better service the public sector and clientsCapgemini adds new Canberra office - +
APP OF THE DAY: Internet Radio 09 February, 2012 11:45:00
If you get bored with listening to music, the app also sources sports and talk stationsIf you get bored with listening to music, the Internet Radio app also sources sports and talk stations - +
Ingram Micro Inc reports second highest quarterly revenues ever in Q4 2011 09 February, 2012 11:16:00
But 2011 full year figures were flatterIngram Micro Inc reports second highest quarterly revenues ever in Q4 2011 - +
Telstra adds 958,000 mobile customers in six months 09 February, 2012 10:25:00
The telco reports positive results in the first half of its 2012 financial yearTelstra reports positive results in the first half of its 2012 financial year
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Buyers lining up for Raspberry Pi's $25 PC 10 February, 2012 02:54:38
Potential buyers hope to use the uncased $25 PC as a home-theater replacement and lightweight PCRaspberry Pi Foundation's US$25 PC will become available by the end of this month, and buyers hope it could fill in as a low-power desktop, while being an alternative to the more expensive open-source hardware. - +
Microsoft mobile CRM clients may mean more productivity 10 February, 2012 02:32:26
The productivity of salespeople could jump with the upcoming release of native Microsoft Dynamics CRM applications for specific mobile platforms and put the software vendor ahead of some of its competitors, an expert says.
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LTE boosts mobile gear by 17% in 2012 10 February, 2012 04:07:24
Mobile communications equipment market to hit half-trillion-dollar market in 2015, IHS saysThanks to 4G LTE technology, the global market for mobile communications gear will grow 17% in 2012, according to research firm IHS, formerly iSuppli. - +
Demand growing for application performance management tools, experts say 09 February, 2012 22:33:27
The growing importance of reliable applications in the enterprise has opened a lucrative market opportunity for application performance management vendors, some of which have taken full advantage lately.
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Ingram Micro Inc reports second highest quarterly revenues ever in Q4 2011 09 February, 2012 11:16:00
But 2011 full year figures were flatterIngram Micro Inc reports second highest quarterly revenues ever in Q4 2011 - +
Growth in Indian IT services exports to slow down, says Nasscom 09 February, 2012 22:57:11
The trade body said growth will drop to 11 to 14 percentGrowth in India's exports of IT services, business process outsourcing and related services is forecast to drop to 11 to 14 percent in the Indian fiscal year to March 31, 2013 from an estimated 16.3 percent in the current fiscal year, the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) said.
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Hands on: HP's Enterprise Database Consolidation Appliance 10 February, 2012 02:23:34
If you're like most enterprises, you have data everywhere. It's in line-of-business applications. It's in directories. It's in various departmental servers. It's in your e-commerce platform. To manage all this, most shops use databases of all sizes running on a variety of operating systems and database applications, often from different vendors and editions. Chances are, they're not consistent. - +
Oracle buying Taleo for US$1.9 billion in direct hit at SAP 10 February, 2012 00:28:26
The move follows SAP's recent move to purchase cloud HCM (human capital management) vendor SuccessFactorsOracle is buying cloud-based talent management and employee recruitment software vendor Taleo for roughly US$1.9 billion, the company announced Thursday. The move comes shortly after SAP's move to acquire SuccessFactors, a close competitor of Taleo, for US$3.4 billion in a deal that has yet to close.
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Citadel banking malware is evolving and spreading rapidly, researchers warn 10 February, 2012 02:42:36
The open-source development model is helping Citadel's creators patch bugs and add features fasterA computer Trojan that targets online banking users is evolving and spreading rapidly because its creators have adopted an open-source development model, according to researchers from cyberthreat management firm Seculert. - +
Researchers crack satellite encryption 09 February, 2012 09:27:00
Researchers at a university in Bochum, Germany claim to have cracked encryption algorithms of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) that are used to secure certain civilian satellite phone communications.
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IN SHORT: The latest from Interactive Intelligence, Seagate, and Kaseya 08 February, 2012 10:57:00
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Symantec expects Anonymous to publish more stolen source code 08 February, 2012 06:12:00
Confirms that BitTorrent file is pcAnywhere's source code after sting operation failsSymantec today confirmed that the pcAnywhere source code published on the Web Monday by hackers who tried to extort $50,000 from the company was legitimate.
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Telstra adds 958,000 mobile customers in six months 09 February, 2012 10:25:00
The telco reports positive results in the first half of its 2012 financial yearTelstra reports positive results in the first half of its 2012 financial year - +
LTE boosts mobile gear by 17% in 2012 10 February, 2012 04:07:24
Mobile communications equipment market to hit half-trillion-dollar market in 2015, IHS saysThanks to 4G LTE technology, the global market for mobile communications gear will grow 17% in 2012, according to research firm IHS, formerly iSuppli.
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Vodafone to sell PlayStation Vita for $55 per month 09 February, 2012 16:32:00
Sony's upcoming handheld gaming device arrives on February 23 and Vodafone is offering the device on a 12-month contract.Sony's upcoming handheld gaming device arrives on February 23 and Vodafone is offering the device on a 12-month contract. - +
Apple to sell 60m iPads in 2012 - analyst 07 February, 2012 19:16:00
But Jeffries' Peter Misek reduces overall tablet market projectionsApple will sell 60 million iPads in 2012, according to Peter Misek of Jeffries, though the analyst has revised his prediction of 150 million sales for the whole of the tablet market next year.
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Growth 2012: From backyard to boom 09 February, 2012 14:18:00
iiNet: The fourth in a series of 10 interviews with channel-relevant technology companies that have achieved significant growth over the last three yearsiiNet: The third in a series of 10 interviews with channel-relevant technology companies that have achieved significant growth over the last three years - +
Telstra adds 958,000 mobile customers in six months 09 February, 2012 10:25:00
Telstra reports positive results in the first half of its 2012 financial year - +
Telstra-NBN Co wholesale broadband agreement “imminent” 09 February, 2012 11:28:00
Other ISPs have already signed their WBA's with NBN Co but Telstra is still sorting through the finer details
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Oracle buying Taleo for US$1.9 billion in direct hit at SAP 10 February, 2012 00:28:26
The move follows SAP's recent move to purchase cloud HCM (human capital management) vendor SuccessFactorsOracle is buying cloud-based talent management and employee recruitment software vendor Taleo for roughly US$1.9 billion, the company announced Thursday. The move comes shortly after SAP's move to acquire SuccessFactors, a close competitor of Taleo, for US$3.4 billion in a deal that has yet to close. - +
Salesforce.com shakes up Standard support plan features 09 February, 2012 08:37:34
But an improved self-service experience is on the way, Salesforce.com pledgesSalesforce.com has made a series of changes to its support services that include the removal of certain features from the Standard tier, but which the company says overall will provide a better experience for customers. - +
Why one insurance company ditched its own hardware- for a cloud -based SAN 09 February, 2012 01:29:24
Why do some enterprise managers decide to brave their way into the new and unknown of cloud-based services? Sometimes it's simply because the old technology just isn't working out that well anymore.
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