Australian stories - Page 151

Smartpay will upgrade over 800 Co-Op Taxis in Auckland with its Cadmus EFTPOS terminals, heralding a fully online payment system transformation.

HP's Warwick Grey has been appointed as Marketing Manager for the Personal Systems Group (PSG) for HP South Pacific and will relocate to Sydney.

Wellington boasts the fastest internet speeds in Oceania, topping Akamai's Q3 2009 report with 3488 Kbps, outpacing major cities like Sydney and Canberra.

Facing recent security challenges, Facebook has partnered with McAfee to offer 350 million users six months of free virus protection, followed by discounts.

New Zealand-developed SureMed, designed by Konnect, has swiftly gained traction with over 250 GP practices and six insurers in just two months.

The Australian government has announced that it will introduce its proposed Internet filtering system next year.

Infosys Technologies has opened its first office in Wellington, New Zealand, to be closer to major clients like Telecom.

Toshiba has appointed Robert Wilkinson as General Manager of its Information Systems Division in Australia, effective December 8, 2009.

Plantronics has agreed to sell Altec Lansing to Prophet Equity LP, a Texas-based private equity firm, for US$18 million in cash.

>>> If you were offered premium Internet content for a special price, would you be willing to pay it? Depends on the content, you might say.

IBM study reveals CIO role evolution; no longer just IT chiefs, they're strategic, innovating at the board level, shaping business futures.

Dell Australia joins the Storage Networking Industry Association of Australia and New Zealand, with Justin Boyd of Dell appointed to the Board of Directors.

Lion Nathan adopts Infor SCM Advanced Planning Optimisation for its 7 Australian breweries, streamlining logistics and enhancing operational planning.

The Asia Pacific branch of the Fibre to the Home council is holding its general meeting in Auckland this week.

Virtual Computer, known for its NxTop solution, is expanding into Asia Pacific to meet increasing demand and enhance cost efficiency and security for end users.

They're both in charge of billion-dollar broadband builds which, if they can pull them off, will turn their countries into broadband leaders.

Imperva appoints M.Tech as distributor for Australia and New Zealand, enhancing their SecureSphere and database firewall presence throughout the region.

The Western Roamer, a frequent traveller to Europe, the US, and Australia, faces varied mobile roaming charges but finds data use hotel fees may be costlier.

Software as a Service (SaaS) and cloud computing are taking IT in new directions, and savvy vendors and their channel partners are following.

Despite the tyranny of distance, niche distributor KVM is interested in increasing its presence in the New Zealand market.