Stories by Rodney Gedda

All touched up: Nokia unveils first MeeGo smartphone in N9

Nokia has finally got around to releasing a handset capable of competing with the iPhone and Android juggernaut with the announcement of the MeeGo-powered N9 touch screen smartphone set to be available early Q3.

Written by Rodney Gedda21 June 11 15:42

Huawei in Aussie telco talks for Android tablet

Chinese telecommunications equipment maker Huawei has announced its first Android-powered tablet, the MediaPad, at a conference in Singapore, but won’t say when it’s coming to Australia or which telcos will offer the device.

Written by Rodney Gedda21 June 11 11:30

Telstra switches on Foxtel for T-Box

Delivering on an announcement earlier this year, Telstra T-Box owners will be able to subscribe to Foxtel pay TV from the end of the month without the need for a separate device.

Written by Rodney Gedda20 June 11 10:39

Optus starts selling Motorola Xoom Android tablet

Optus has announced it is now offering the Motorola Xoom Android ‘Honeycomb’ tablet little more than a month after Telstra launched the device in Australia.

Written by Rodney Gedda17 June 11 16:08

Google taking up Telstra’s network: Thodey

Search and Cloud services giant Google is responsible for nearly half of all Telstra’s traffic and mobile is data is doubling every year, according to Telstra chief executive David Thodey.

Written by Rodney Gedda17 June 11 15:20

Fibre cable free to the door: NBN Co

The federal government business responsible for the National Broadband Network, NBN Co, today fended off claims that first release site residents will be charged for fibre optic cable-laying to their houses if they don’t sign up before the trial ends.

Written by Rodney Gedda17 June 11 14:09

IBM at 100: Will cannibalise for Cloud

IBM turned 100 today. Since its humble beginnings as Computing Tabulating Recording Corporation in June 16, 1911, IBM has survived through many ups and downs in the economy and paradigm shifts within the IT industry. One of the biggest shifts is happening right now in the form of Cloud services, and the company is poised to sacrifice its own business to the tune of $7 billion to be part of the revolution.

Written by Rodney Gedda16 June 11 16:18

Prime to digitise media archives

Television and radio broadcaster Prime Media has embarked on a digitisation project for its content over the next seven years.

Written by Rodney Gedda15 June 11 14:01

Federal govt gets new telecomms supply panel

The Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) has announced a new group of seven companies in its whole-of-government Telecommunications Management Panel.

Written by Rodney Gedda15 June 11 11:04

Startup tames open source for enterprise mobility

The ability to support the myriad of mobile devices in a coherent way is a bugbear for mobilising enterprise applications, but one local start up has leveraged open source components to make it all happen without the need for an on-premise server or native app.

Written by Rodney Gedda14 June 11 15:29

New local Cloud built with Linux-based KVM hypervisor

A Sydney-based IT services provider has built a public Cloud with the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) virtualisation hypervisor instead of one of the better-known commercial or open source products making it one of the first of its kind in Australia.

Written by Rodney Gedda14 June 11 11:23

Green IT winning favour with CIOs: Survey

Organisations using 'Green' IT has increased 5 per cent during the second half of last year with nearly three-quarters of CIOs having deployed more environmentally sustainable products and services, according to a new survey.

Written by Rodney Gedda09 June 11 10:05

Aus a blip on real-time IPv6 Internet radar

Application scaling provider Akamai Technologies has developed a real-time graph of IPv6 traffic across its network for World IPv6 Day today, but unfortunately Australia hardly rates a mention.

Written by Rodney Gedda08 June 11 11:41
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