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Latest Australian News

  • European mobile expert heads to Optus

    Optus has appointed Günther Ottendorfer as its new managing director for Optus Networks, effective immediately.

  • Sportsbet gambles DDoS attack, wins

    Australians love to place bets online but little do some punters know of the dangers lurking in cyberspace. Melbourne-based internet betting and entertainment website Sportsbet.com.au found out about these dangers the hard way when in 2009 the company was the target of a distributed denial of service attack (DDoS).

  • International bandwidth demand grows as Japan stays online

    The latest report from international bandwidth market analyst firm TeleGeography has found a spike in investment into international submarine cable systems this year, but building redundancy into the networks remains the biggest challenge to cable operators.

  • New KDE project aims at tablets, mixed UIs

    New open source projects have been launched by KDE developers aimed at bringing a consistent user interface across a varied of touch screen interfaces like tablets and entertainment devices and take data integration to a new level.

  • Apple retains firm grip on tablet market through 2015

    iOS - the operating system used in Apple's iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch - will dominate the worldwide tablet market through 2015, according to analyst firm Gartner.

  • Careers spotlight: Hires and Fires

    Executive movements in the local IT industry.

  • Huawei opens Adelaide office

    Huawei has continued its assault on the local telecoms market, setting up shop in Adelaide.

  • The Missing Link buys Artis Group infrastructure division

    NSW IT outsourcer The Missing Link has plans to grow its enterprise business with the acquisition of the infrastructure division of Artis Group.

  • Optus femtocell ploy "passing the buck": Telsyte

    Optus has kicked off an Australian-first commercial trial of wireless femtocell technology but one analyst has fired back at the telco for “passing the buck” on to consumers to fix holes in its network.

  • Birks steps down as AIIA chief

    Updated: Ian Birks will step down as chief executive of peak industry body the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) after three years in the role.

  • Prepare security networks for IPv6: Internode

    With the death rattle of internet protocol version 4 (IPv4) getting louder, a key proponent of the protocol's successor has warned IT managers not to take a "lock down" approach to migration.

  • UNSW extends smart grid course

    The University of New South Wales (UNSW) has added an extra session of its newly introduced smart grid short course in an effort to build as skills base of engineers in an area of increasing demand.

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