Stories by James Hutchinson

Google's NFC-based Wallet a no go for Australia

Google has refused to outline plans to extend its contactless payment trials outside of the United States, but has not ruled out the possibility of its move to Australia in future.

By James Hutchinson | 27 May, 2011 10:46

Tags: smartphones, Near Field Communications (NFC), mobile phones, Google Wallet, Google

Health shortlists infrastructure tenders

The national infrastructure partner, one of four such partners sought by the Department of Health and Ageing for the e-health rollout, would deliver, integrate and provide continued maintenance for enabling systems including core system infrastructure; operations and call centres; reporting and template servicing; and separated portals for use by both consumers and healthcare providers.

By James Hutchinson | 24 May, 2011 12:23

Tags: Telstra, oracle, Microsoft, Fujitsu, e-health, Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA), csc

Health increases telehealth bounty for specialists

The federal Department of Health and Ageing has poured an additional $216.3 million to fund its telehealth consultations scheme until 2015, with expectations around ten per cent of the nation’s practitioner workforce would take part in the scheme within five years.

By James Hutchinson | 20 May, 2011 12:39

Tags: telehealth, Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA)

Exclusive: SKA bid looks to SkyNet for computing

Key players behind the Australian-New Zealand joint bid to host the $2.1 billion Square Kilometre Array radio telescope will launch a grid Cloud computing initiative by September with the aim of potentially harvesting the computing and storage power of desktops worldwide.

By James Hutchinson | 19 May, 2011 12:05

Tags: Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope, cloud computing

Ausgrid explores customer incentives in smartgrid push

New South Wales energy utility Ausgrid is exploring customer rebates and reduced tariffs based on the differing energy saving technologies deployed at 50,000 homes slated for the Federal Government’s $100 million Smart Grid, Smart City project.

By James Hutchinson | 18 May, 2011 17:49

Tags: Smart Grid Smart City project, smart grids, Ausgrid

FetchTV adopts WebKit, goes open source

Australian internet protocol television (IPTV) offering FetchTV is set to adopt YouTube and ABC iView streaming in coming months as part of the startup’s switch to open source protocols.

By James Hutchinson | 18 May, 2011 08:30

Tags: Scott Lorson, IPTV, FetchTV, ABC iView

Marc bails out Macquarie Uni on business intelligence

Marc Bailey wants to kill the spreadsheet. At least, that’s what the research fellows at Macquarie University asked for when he first stepped on board as CIO in late 2009.

By James Hutchinson | 16 May, 2011 10:51

Tags: Marc Bailey, Macquarie University, business intelligence

BUDGET 2011: Government scraps ISP filter grants

The Federal Government has scrapped plans to subsidise filtering methods implemented by internet service providers under its proposed mandatory internet filtering scheme.

By James Hutchinson | 10 May, 2011 20:58

Tags: Senator Stephen Conroy, Mandatory Internet filter, Federal Budget 2011

Leighton spins off submarine project, signs Alcatel-Lucent

Leighton Contractors (ASX:LEI) has pushed forward with plans to build a new submarine cable link between Perth and Singapore, with plans to have the cable operational and feeding up to 16 terabits per second (Tbps) of capacity by 2013.

By James Hutchinson | 10 May, 2011 11:26

Tags: submarine cables, Leighton Contractors, Leighton, broadband, alcatel-lucent

Defence to trial next gen desktops

The Department of Defence will pilot its next-generation desktop projects in coming months, after receiving “first pass approval” from the Government for the project, six months after initial plans to go to tender.

By James Hutchinson | 09 May, 2011 11:25

Tags: security, government, department of defence, defence

NT makes first e-health contributions

The Northern Territory has allocated $6.6 million toward telehealth services at 17 remote towns in the territory, marking its first financial contribution since the initiative was announced a year ago.

By James Hutchinson | 06 May, 2011 12:44

Tags: telehealth, Northern Territory Government, e-health, Digital Regions Initiative National Partnership Agreement

NBN Co confirms Optus, IPSTAR satellite contracts

National Broadband Network (NBN) wholesaler NBN Co has awarded satellite operators Optus and IPSTAR contracts worth a total $300 million for managed satellite services to three per cent of Australian premises, confirming industry speculation surrounding the service.

By James Hutchinson | 06 May, 2011 12:22

Tags: telcos, satellite, optus, networking, nbn co, NBN, National Broadband Network (NBN), ipstar

Ninefold reports hundreds of Cloud customers

Macquarie Telecom’s move into self-managed Cloud computing services has paid off, with Ninefold reporting hundreds of customers signing up to the service in the first four months.

By James Hutchinson | 04 May, 2011 15:58

Tags: customer growth, storage, Virtualization, virtualisation, Ninefold, macquarie telecom, cloud

Myki remains as Vic Govt spares IT

The Victorian Government will retain the myki public transport smart card system, despite cost blowouts and failure to satisfy commuters.

By James Hutchinson | 04 May, 2011 08:41

Tags: victorian government, Myki

Satellite in crosshairs for 10 year spectrum goal

The communications regulator is gearing up for discussions with C-band satellite operators in an attempt to migrate a portion of the spectrum required for the television broadcast services to meet growing demand for mobile broadband.

By James Hutchinson | 04 May, 2011 00:01

Tags: wireless spectrum, satellite communication, satellite, radio spectrum, Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)

 
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