Wednesday, April 1, 2009

IT News HeadLines (iTNews Australia) 01/04/2009



ACCC takes issue with Voda-Hutch merger
Australia’s telecommunications regulator has tabled some initial reservations to the proposed merger of Vodafone Australia and Hutchison, concerned the merger will remove the industry’s most aggressive price competition.
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Microsoft Office absent from Telstra T-Suite launch
Telstra shone the spotlight on local software makers selling applications through its T-Suite, leaving Microsoft's Office conspicuous by its absence.
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New IBM Nehalem servers feature altimeters
IBM's Nehalem-based servers are likely to use less power in low-lying Sydney than in cities with higher elevation.
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Microsoft unveils partners for applications store
Microsoft has signed up multiple software partners for its upcoming cellphone software marketplace, including Web music service Pandora, game publisher Electronic Arts and social site Facebook.
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IT spending down for the first time since 2001
Analyst firm Gartner has painted a bleak picture of the IT industry in the months and years to come.
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HP gets into enterprise cloud game
HP has announced a new cloud computing service for enterprises.
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Final chapter nearing for Encarta
Microsoft has revealed that it will be shutting down the Encarta online encyclopedia.
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Long-Term Evolution mobile broadband set to soar
The adoption of Long-Term Evolution (LTE) mobile broadband technology will generate revenues of over US$70bn by 2014, according to predictions from analyst firm Juniper Research.
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NSW school students spared Vista netbooks
Over 200,000 NSW students in Years 9-12 could skip a generation of the Windows architecture, with the Department of Education to roll out Lenovo netbooks running XP “initiallyâ€‌ with a view to upgrading them to Windows 7 under the Federal Government's digital education revolution scheme.
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Telstra brings regional exchanges up to speed
Telstra is one week into an upgrade of 421 regional exchanges to ADSL2+ and has also announced a $42 million investment in Next G base stations to be rolled out before the end of June.
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CIO's lessons learnt on Telstra's OSS overhaul
Telstra’s CIO John McInerney has admitted he would spend less time replicating legacy systems into the new operational support systems (OSS) environment and give partners “a bit more timeâ€‌ for the project if he could do it over again.
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Internode to run Basslink backup on Telstra backhaul
Telstra could be an unlikely beneficiary of the Basslink cable after it emerged the new fibre operator will run out-of-band network management over a back-up network supplied by ISP Internode.
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As IBM-Sun Micro talks drag on, analysts eye risks
As IBM's negotiations to buy Sun Microsystems Inc enter another week, some analysts are weighing the risks in what could be the biggest U.S. technology deal this year.
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China rejects computer spy claims as "ghost of Cold War"
China on Tuesday rejected a report suggesting it may be involved in using computer networks to spy on exiled Tibetans and foreign governments, accusing its authors of being possessed by "the ghost of the Cold War".
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Google announces funding arm
Google has announced a new arm of its business, Google Ventures, a technology investment fund.
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Microsoft rolls out Windows Embedded Server
Microsoft has unveiled a new version of its Windows Server platform for embedded devices.
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Open Cloud Manifesto member companies revealed
The initial roster for the Open Cloud Manifesto was released on Monday, and many of the biggest names in the web services industry are conspicuously absent.
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IBM wins a slice of Energy Australia's smart grid
IBM has won a $3.2 million systems integration deal to help Energy Australia capture and make use of the data drawn from its world-leading $170 million Intelligent Network or "smart grid".
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CSC wins $36.4m contract extension with Kmart Australia
CSC has won a $36.4m five-year IT contract extension with Kmart Australia.
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Intel launches Xeon Processor 5500 series
Intel has introduced 17 enterprise-class processors led by the Intel Xeon processor 5500 series.
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