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Telstra sees continued revenue growth in network services

Telstra's Network Applications and Services (NAS) business is continuing to experience double digit revenue growth, the telco's deputy CFO, Mark Hall, said today in a presentation at the Macquarie Australia Equities Conference.

By Rohan Pearce | 01 May, 2013 15:25

Tags: Telstra

Trisquel GNU/Linux flies the flag for software freedom

Trisquel is a 100 per cent 'free as in free speech' GNU/Linux distribution started by Rubén Rodríguez Pérez nine years ago.

By Rohan Pearce | 26 April, 2013 16:02

Tags: gnu, open source, Linux, software freedom

Google: Jump in government requests for content removal

Google's latest Transparency Report has revealed a jump in requests by government agencies to remove content from its services. Requests covering 24,179 pieces of content were filed with the search leviathan in the last half of 2012, up from 18,070 pieces of content in the first half of the year.

By Rohan Pearce | 26 April, 2013 11:16

Tags: Google

Google, Cisco lauded for green IT efforts

Cisco and Google have shared the top spot in Greenpeace's latest Cool IT Leadership rankings. The leaderboard from the advocacy organisation tracks IT companies' efforts to implement environmentally sustainable technologies as well as businesses' political advocacy for eco-friendly policies.

By Rohan Pearce | 26 April, 2013 10:41

Tags: green, green IT

Amazon launches local cloud support operation

Amazon Web Services today launched its Sydney-based technical support centre. AWS flagged the opening of a technical support operation last year, when it launched the Sydney infrastructure region for its cloud computing services.

By Rohan Pearce | 24 April, 2013 13:20

Tags: Amazon Web Services, amazon, cloud computing

Using open source to build sustainable communities

A forthcoming documentary from Filament Features will feature the work of the Open Source Ecology project, which aims to produce a set of open source tools capable of building environmentally sustainable communities.

By Rohan Pearce | 23 April, 2013 11:17

Tags: open source, green

RedBalloon eyes cloud-based data warehouse

Online gift voucher retailer RedBalloon plans to employ cloud-based data warehousing to store and analyse data generated by its customers.

By Rohan Pearce | 22 April, 2013 16:48

Tags: amazon, data warehouse, cloud computing

Tas education department prepares for TAFE merger

Tasmania's Department of Education is preparing for the launch of the new TasTAFE organisation later this year, and has begun seeking options for a new student management system for public vocational training organisations in the state.

ACCC takes ISP to court over 'unfair' contract terms

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has announced it is taking Internet service provider Netspeed to court for alleged breaches of Australian Consumer Law.

By Rohan Pearce | 22 April, 2013 10:04

Tags: accc, NetSpeed

Victoria Legal aid taps Drupal for website redesign

Victoria Legal Aid has gone live with a new Web presence based on Drupal. Previously the organisation, which provides legal aid to disadvantaged Victorians, used the proprietary RedDot content management system.

By Rohan Pearce | 22 April, 2013 09:48

Tags: open source, drupal

Taking the pain out of debugging with live programming

"Everyone knows that debugging is twice as hard as writing a program in the first place," Brian Kernighan once wrote (adding: "So if you're as clever as you can be when you write it, how will you ever debug it?")

By Rohan Pearce | 15 April, 2013 17:13

Tags: programming

ACCC head backs Telstra on tiered broadband debate

In a speech delivered today to the Australian-Israel Chamber of Commerce, Rod Sims, the chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission endorsed Telstra's Kate McKenzie's call for a debate on tiered pricing for broadband customers based on the quality of service they desired.

By Rohan Pearce | 11 April, 2013 13:25

Tags: accc, national broadband network, National Broadband Network (NBN), Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Telstra

Local Drupal shops to host Commerce training for devs

Drupal development shops Realityloop and Cross(Functional) have partnered with US-based Commerce Guys to deliver Australian training for Drupal Commerce.

By Rohan Pearce | 11 April, 2013 11:58

Tags: open source, drupal