Providing a fully sovereign ecosystem in terms of supply chain, staff, and data access and storage. Macquarie Data Centres and Macquarie Government, part of Macquarie Telecom Group has launched its latest facility in the company’s highly secure data centre portfolio – Intellicentre 5 (IC5) – in Canberra, purpose-built to house the most…
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Optus suffers mobile network outage in Australian states
Mobile call, text and data services affect telco provider’s business and residential customers. Singtel’s Australian telecommunication service provider, Optus has suffered a mobile outage on the 18th of February, with customers experiencing intermittent disruptions to their mobile call, text and data services. According to the telecommunication provider its technical teams…
Read MoreAustralian Federal Government offered soveriegn hosted cloud services
Provided services to the government by Australian providers to assure both the security and reliability of the supply chain. Australian Data Centres (ADC) has selected Oracle Dedicated Region Cloud@Customer to provide sovereign hosted cloud services to the Australian Federal Government. Hosted within  Australian Data Centres’ secure data centre facility in Canberra, the…
Read MoreAustralian independent grocer automates with RPA
Enables key staff to focus on growing the business as well as managing day-to-day finance operations. Independent fresh food chain Harris Farm Markets has rolled out its first RPA (robotic process automation) projects in conjunction with Sherpa Works and UiPath. With 26 stores already and 3000 staff across New South…
Read MoreDigital services spurs telematics solutions in construction and mining equipment
Digital solution providers to leverage from the current evolution in technologies in both mature and nascent markets. Research and Analyst firm, Frost & Sullivan finds that growth in infrastructure development and urbanisation projects, alternate powertrains, and the need for modern, compact, and rental equipment are top industry trends driving the…
Read MoreFoot Locker appoints SVP CIO
Will streamline processes as well as evaluate and implement new and integrated systems and tools. Global athletic foot and clothing wear company Foot Locker has appointed Himanshu Parikh as senior VP, CIO. Parikh will oversee the execution of the next generation of Foot Locker’s strategic technology agenda in support of…
Read MoreDriving into modern vehicle data with AI
IVY addresses data access, collection, and management problem in the automotive industry. Amazon Web Services and BlackBerry Limited will work together to develop and market BlackBerry’s Intelligent Vehicle Data Platform, IVY. BlackBerry IVY is a scalable, cloud-connected software platform that will allow automakers to provide a consistent and secure way…
Read MoreAPeJ presents attractive market for tech
Investments made in enterprise software, IT services and communication services in 2020. Analyst firm IDC, has identitified several key technology companies that represent as “leaders” in the datacentre space. According to IDC MarketScape: Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Datacenter Operations and Management 2020 Vendor Assessment, China Telecom Global, Equinix, Keppel Data Centres,…
Read MoreUS Cybersecurity agency head fired
No reason given despite securing the 2020 elections. Media outlets have reported US President Donald Trump has fired one of the most senior cybersecurity officials in the U.S. government, Chris Krebs. He served as the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) since its November 2018. It’s unclear…
Read MoreMacquarie Telecom signs new customer
Digital tool to record accurately the date and time for checking into and leaving different venues. Macquarie Telecom has announced that its Macquarie Data Centres business has entered a contract for the provision of approximately 10MW of capacity (IT Load) at the Macquarie Park Data Centre Campus. As a result…
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