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McKinnon crosses from Keystone to Soapbox.ai
Artificial intelligence provider Soapbox.ai has appointed 30-year ICT industry veteran Neil McKinnon as chief product officer. Based in Melbourne, McKinnon will be responsible for ongoing development...
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Southern Cross Cables deploys Ciena GeoMesh Extreme
Southern Cross Cables Network has significantly enhanced the scale, programmability and intelligence of its network by deploying Ciena’s WaveLogic Ai tunable coherent optics and the 6500 T-series...
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ACCC teams up in global campaign on online products safety
Australia’s competition watchdog, the ACCC, has joined the European Commission and 24 other countries in a new global campaign focused on reducing the number of unsafe consumer products being sold...
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Five trends led by 5G to dominate the digital future: report
Evolving technology like 5G, artificial intelligence, blockchain, data privacy and cloud will usher in and pave the way for significant IT and network architecture changes in 2019, according to...
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NextDC, Superloop say cable to offer ‘fastest route’ between Australia,...
Data centre operator NextDC has sealed a deal for APAC network provider Superloop to connect the new Indigo subsea cable system to its data centres in Perth and Sydney. NextDC says its Sydney customers...
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Tech sector executive demand falls along with wider market decline: report
Employment demand for executives fell 3% in October, prompting one major recruitment firm to question whether Australia’s employment market has peaked. Information Technology along with Management and...
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Qld Treasury rolls out Nuance’s virtual assistant ‘Sam’
Queensland’s Office of State Revenue (OSR), part of Queensland Treasury, has launched Nuance Communications’ virtual assistant ‘Sam’ across all OSR revenue lines, marking the first Australian state...
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TechnologyOne selected by UK Science Museum Group
Australian-listed ICT services company TechnologyOne has been selected by the UK’s group of science museums, The Science Museum Group (SMG) to modernise and transform its existing financial business...
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NAB Ventures throws support behind Poynt US$100 million capital raise
One of Australia’s big four banks, the National Australia Bank, is backing a US$100 million capital raising by US-based ecommerce platform Poynt. Under the deal the bank's corporate venture capital...
View ArticleTelcos drag the chain on meeting new compliance standard
Australia’s telcos are dragging the chain in meeting a new compliance standard requiring them to clearly set out minimum complaints-handling requirements and processes. The Standard, which came into...
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Optus boosts investment in SA network by another $23.6 million
Australia’s second largest telco Optus is investing a further $23.6 million into its South Australian network, building more than 40 new sites by the end of March next year in a move aimed at improving...
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Singtel chief Chua elected GSMA deputy chair
The GSM Association, the lobby group for mobile carriers worldwide, has announced the appointment of Singtel Group chief executive Chua Sock Koong as deputy chair of its Board. Chua’s appointment comes...
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Recycling old mobile phones efforts continue apace
Australia’s national Mobile Muster mobile phone recycling program has recycled 90 tonnes of mobiles and accessories, and the country’s second largest telco Optus says it has already contributed over...
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Competition watchdog greenlights Punters’ acquisition of Racenet
Australia’s competition watchdog, the ACCC, is not opposing the proposed acquisition of Racing Internet Services (Racenet) by Punters Paradise, a subsidiary of News Corp Australia Investments. The...
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NEC seals deal with Spirit Telecom
NEC Australia has been selected to supply 10Gbps E-band radio equipment and professional services for telecommunications and Internet services provider Spirit Telecom. As part of an existing contract,...
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Government looks to further boost telco consumer protections
The Australian Government has made recommendations for further protections for telco consumers, including a strengthening of role of the Telecommunications Ombudsman. The Government’s move on...
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CA welcomes telco safeguards review but sounds note of caution on TIO
Telecommunications industry lobby group, Communications Alliance, has welcomed the Australian Government’s decision to “retain” the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) as part of the...
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‘Vaporworms’ among new security threats in coming year: report
The emergence of Vaporworms — a new breed of fileless malware with wormlike properties that allow it to self-propagate through vulnerable systems — global Internet disruption and rogue AI chatbots are...
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Digital Realty ramps up data centre investment in Australia
Global data centre provider Digital Realty continues to expand its investment in Australia with the opening of a new data centre at Erskine Park in Sydney and plans for further land acquisitions and a...
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Ilic heading up Australia, NZ business for Zscaler
Cloud security vendor Zscaler has appointed former Actifo executive Budd Ilic as country manager for the Australia and New Zealand region. Based in Sydney, Zscaler says Ilic will support and manage...
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