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How to provide IT support to a dispersed workforce

It's hard enough providing IT support to the business when it's easy enough to walk from one end of the office to another. But if you're the IT manager of small- or medium-sized organisation with a workforce that isn't in the same city, let alone the same state, it can be test to deliver the kind of technical support the business expects.

By Rohan Pearce | 21 May, 2013 14:03

Tags: Citrix, Case Study

16.5k malware infections reported daily in Australia

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has launched a webpage which reveals that 16,500 cases of malware have been reported to internet service providers on a daily basis in 2013.

By Hamish Barwick | 21 May, 2013 13:47

Tags: zeus, security, ACMA, malware, Australian Internet Security Initiative

Cyber safety awareness is not enough: AISA

Cyber safety awareness may still be lacking amongst the wider community, but so is information on how people can protect themselves from attacks, according to research from the Australian Information Security Association (AISA).

By Hamish Barwick | 21 May, 2013 12:34

Tags: cyber safety, James Turner, security, National Cyber Safety Awareness Week, AISA

Amazon Web Services gets FedRAMP certification for US government cloud use

Amazon Web Services has finally received certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, which the company said will lower the cost of implementing its cloud services among government organizations and agencies in the U.S.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 21 May, 2013 11:55

Tags: Amazon Web Services, Government use of IT, cloud computing, government, internet

Vodafone revenue and profit drop as European troubles continue

Vodafone's revenue dropped 4.2 percent for its fiscal year to March 31, because of tough economic conditions, particularly in Southern Europe.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 21 May, 2013 11:12

Tags: business issues, Carriers, telecommunication, Vodafone Group, financial results

Microsoft launches local region for Azure cloud

Microsoft is in the process of rolling out a new Australian region for its Windows Azure family of cloud services.

By Rohan Pearce | 21 May, 2013 11:10

Tags: Windows Azure, azure, Microsoft

Coming to a shopping centre near you: 3D body scanners

Improving on the old coin-operated scale, a new Australian startup is placing walk-in 3D body scanners in malls to take people’s measurements.

By Adam Bender | 21 May, 2013 10:36

Tags: Westfield, health, mPort, fashion, 3D body scanner, fitness, Startup, Warringah, Microsoft Kinect, measurements

Western Digital releases its first 1.5TB mobile drive

HGST has announced its highest capacity 9.5mm-high mobile drive, a 1.5TB, three-platter model that is being targeted at the "prosumer" market.

By Lucas Mearian | 21 May, 2013 10:15

Tags: storage, storage hardware, hardware systems, laptops, western digital

Toshiba shrinks 64Gbit flash chips, but still lags Samsung

Toshiba said it will soon begin mass producing a new type of 64Gbit NAND flash that is the smallest and fastest in its class, though it still lags rival Samsung Electronics in the development of an even denser flash technology.

By Jay Alabaster | 21 May, 2013 09:57

Tags: Samsung Electronics, Components, toshiba, memory

What’s life really like on the NBN? (Part II)

Kiama is perhaps best known for its ocean views and a blowhole that spouts water up to 25m in the air.

By Stephanie McDonald | 21 May, 2013 09:44

Tags: National Broadband Network (NBN), Kiama, Telstra

Video: Low cost autonomous car technology aims to reduce deaths, pollution

A 19-year old from Romania won top honors and $75,000 at the Intel Science and Engineering Fair in Phoenix last week.

In Pictures: 8 new features in Chrome (desktop or mobile)

Here are several significant features that have been added recently to the various versions of Chrome

In Pictures: 15 killer apps for Google Chrome

These browser-based apps can compete with their desktop counterparts

Opinion: Private data centre relevance in a cloud-centric world

There’s no doubt cloud computing is a very real trend. While many organisations keep their core IT assets in-house and under direct control, nowadays you would struggle to find an enterprise that didn’t make use of any third-party cloud service.

By Rodney Gedda | 21 May, 2013 08:50

Tags: data centres, cloud computing

In Pictures: 20 milestones in Ethernet's first 40 years

Reviewing the highlights of Ethernet's first four decades

By Jim Duffy | 21 May, 2013 08:47

Tags: componenets, Ethernet, PC, slideshow, internet