Stories by Adam Bender

Metronode has emphasised the energy efficiency of its new centre, opened today in Derrimut, Victoria.

A new government telehealth program aims to “close the healthcare and education gap experienced by remote communities in the Northern Territory,” said Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Minister Stephen Conroy.

Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC), operator and developer of Brisbane Airport, chose virtualisation technology by Cisco, EMC and VMware to improve operational efficiency and reduce its carbon footprint, the airport’s technology manger, Stephen Tukavkin, said at a lunch in Sydney.

New apps from Telstra allow customers to manage their accounts on an iPhone or Android device.

Australian licensing fees are not the reason for high music download prices compared to other nations, according to the Australasian Performing Rights Association (APRA) and Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS).

It’s not only mobile devices that employees want to bring to work, it's also applications where staff seek to use Dropbox, Skype, Evernote and a variety of other apps, according to Telsyte.

IT service management (ITSM) should be intuitive and easy for users to navigate, as well as simple and cost effective to configure enhance and upgrade, according to Applaud IT managed services practice manager Mark Richards.

Enterprises face increasing pressure to adopt policies for bring your own device (BYOD) and remote working, but reluctance still remains, said Citrix director of strategic services, Adam Jaques.

Good Technology has reported a growing number of Android activations among its enterprise customers in the second quarter this year.

The Australian Synchrotron aims to speed data analysis through a project funded with $641,387 from the federal government’s National eResearch Collaboration Tools and Resources (NeCTAR) project.

Australia has reduced its spam, according to the quarterly international spam rankings Sophos Q2 2012 spam report released by Sophos.

Australian electricity distributors CitiPower and Powercor Australia have rapidly expanded use of HP Quality Centre for testing business applications used to deliver energy supplies to customers across Victoria, according to the companies’ CSA assurance team leader, Fiona Hocking.

Enterprises may see little need to buy a touchscreen enhanced OS like Windows 8 just yet, analysts told Computerworld Australia.

Coles will roll out Microsoft Office 365 to its 100,000 employees throughout Australia, the grocery store said.

Queensland and Victoria must immediately appoint new privacy commissioners, urged the Australian Privacy Foundation. Each state has an acting commissioner, but the privacy group said that’s unacceptable in letters to each state's attorney general.