Cloud
Big data
Corporate giants expand Industrial Internet
General Electric has announced partnerships with AT&T;, Cisco and Intel to expand the industrial internet.
Cloud computing
Verizon to scout Australian cloud
Nate Cochrane US telco Verizon is considering data centres in Sydney and Canberra to take on Amazon in the burgeoning Australian cloud market.
Procurement
NSW to take to the cloud, develop digital strategy
Sylvia Pennington Increasing government use of cloud computing and improving the skills of government IT workers are next on the NSW technology reform agenda.
Cloud
Cash Converters convert to cloud
Stuart Corner Retail chain Cash Converters claims to have converted technology problems into significant savings by moving its worldwide store system into the cloud.
Cloud
Canon Australia taps cloud to give consumers one photo bucket
Stuart Corner Canon Australia will soon launch a cloud image storage service to give consumers a definitive home for all the photographs they might have spread across multiple websites and computers.
Data sovereignty
Cloud providers urged to collaborate, consider 'country of storage' labelling
Stuart Corner Australian cloud computing providers are under pressure to collaborate more and even consider "country of storage" labelling.
Jobs
Victoria wants a tech-led future
Lia Timson Victoria will overtake NSW as Australia's tech capital if its Minister for Technology, Gordon Rich-Phillips has anything to do with it.
Data sovereignty
US cloud providers to lose clients over surveillance fears
Stuart Corner The US cloud industry could lose up to $38.7 billion over three years as government surveillance frightens customers away.
Cyber security
IBM buys Trusteer to add cloud security
IBM, the world's biggest technology services company, is buying Israeli security firm Trusteer, in an effort to strengthen its security offerings.
Industry
Long technology wishlists for federal election
The technology industry is adamant it needs more support from the federal government, writes Sylvia Pennington.
Insurance
Demand for cloud insurance tipped to surge
Stuart Corner Revelations about the US PRISM surveillance regime and the possible introduction of mandatory data breach disclosure laws in Australia are set to drive demand for insurance against the risks created by storage of sensitive data in the cloud.
Cloud
Mining company looks to tech horizon
Trevor Clarke After substantially consolidating its data centre and IT infrastructure, copper miner OZ Minerals has now set out a five-year technology plan to drive its core mining processes.
Machine-to-machine
Nissan Leaf gives mainframe a new kick along
Trevor Clarke Nissan is revisiting an old technology to cater for a brand new one.
Cloud risks
Insurers lag on cloud cover
Stuart Corner Cloud computing presents businesses with a new set of risks the insurance sector is finding hard to comprehend.
Cloud
Bitter rivals Oracle, Salesforce team up on cloud
Jim Finkle Oracle, the technology giant losing market share to younger firms that sell software via the Web, has signed a long-term partnership with archrival and cloud computing pioneer Salesforce.com.
The Cloud
Oracle, Microsoft forge cloud-computing deal
Oracle announces a partnership that will let business customers access some of its key products on cloud services provided by its longtime software rival Microsoft.
The Cloud
In search of the elusive private cloud
Stuart Corner A mythical beast or just a good old server farm? Stuart Corner seeks the definition of private cloud.
Cloud
CIA faulted for choosing Amazon cloud over IBM
The CIA selected Amazon over IBM to build a cloud computing service for the spy agency even though IBM's proposal carried a lower price tag, according to a government report.
Cloud
Adobe profit jumps as cloud subscriptions soar
Sruthi Ramakrishnan Adobe has reported a higher-than-expected adjusted quarterly profit as demand rose for Creative Cloud.
Public Cloud
Kogan first with open cloud
Stuart Corner Rackspace opens Australian OpenStack public cloud, local customers likely to move back from the US.