Date: 14/10/2016
Adelaide wants to build CBD-wide fibre network for business
ITNEWS, 14 October, 2016 – Adelaide City Council wants to lay up to 100km of fibre optic cable through its CBD in the hope that a dedicated high-speed network for businesses will lure big organisations back to its streets. The council has resolved to go ahead with a full business case into the viability of […]
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Date: 22/09/2016
Internet Of Things By The Numbers: IDC Survey Finds It’s All About The Data
FORBES, 22 September, 2016 – IDC just released the results of its 3rd annual survey of IoT decision-makers. The IoT market is maturing, says IDC, going beyond its initial focus on connecting more and more things. Data management is fast becoming the overarching theme, with Analytics and the IoT Platform emerging as the main requirements […]
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Date: 04/08/2016
The ecosystem of Internet of Things / Machine-to-Machine (IoT/M2M) is poised for explosive growth in the near future
In its initial phase, all of the internet’s IP addresses were assigned to computers of one sort or another. Some of these were servers, and a growing number were clients that mostly consumed (but could sometimes modify) content on those servers. As the internet — and in due course the worldwide web — developed, more […]
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Date: 04/08/2016
Fortinet recognises Melbourne-based consulting firm Acurus as ‘Top 2015 Enhanced Technology Partner’ at global conference
SYDNEY, 18 January, 2016 – Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT) – a global leader in high-performance cybersecurity solutions – today announced that Melbourne-based Acurus was named its ‘Top 2105 Enhanced Technology Partner’ of the year for the Asia Pacific region. This year’s award ceremony was held last week at the company’s Global Partner Conference in Cancun, Mexico. […]
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Date: 29/07/2016
ACCC makes telcos open ‘superfast’ broadband networks to competitors
COMPUTERWORLD, July, 2016 – The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has pushed ahead with opening up so-called ‘superfast’ broadband (25 megabits per second or faster) networks, forcing network operators to allow other telcos to sell services over their infrastructure. Both TPG’s fibre to the basement (FTTB) network and Telstra’s residential fibre networks in South Brisbane are […]
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Date: 20/07/2016
Industry group aims to help Australia realise IoT’s benefits
COMPUTERWORLD, 20 July, 2016 – A group that brings together Australian businesses, researchers and government agencies with the aim of helping the country realise the benefits of the Internet of Things has formally launched as an independent not-for-profit organisation. The Internet of Things Alliance Australia brings together more than 100 organisations and will be hosted […]
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