Optus Business to leverage Cisco’s Intercloud
[1] Optus has announced that it is planning to leverage Cisco’s Intercloud as part of the Optus Business’ broader Cloud and datacenter strategy. [2] Optus will use the Cisco Intercloud technol...
VentureCrowd, Sydney Angels partner on crowdfunding
[1] VentureCrowd, an equity-based crowdfunding platform, has partnered with Sydney Angels to give more Australian startups the opportunity to access venture capital from sophisticated investors at a y...
SAP Powers ICC Cricket World Cup
[1] SAP Business One application has been deployed to deliver the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 tournament to more than one billion fans. [2] According to SAP vice president and general manager for globa...
Telstra to buy Globecast Australia
[1] Telstra is planning to acquire Australasia’s leading media services provider, Globecast Australia. [2] The acquisition, which is subject to ACCC review prior to completion, is part of Telstra’...
Qantas reveals app for new Apple Watch
[1] Australian flagship carrier airline Qantas Airways will soon improve its customer air travel experience by capitalizing on the release of the new Apple Watch with a specialized app. [2] The new ap...
Australian small and medium businesses failing the innovation test
[1] According to Microsoft’s Culturing Success report, almost 70% of Australian SMB’s are not growing as much as they could due to ineffective leadership and the failure to fully embrace i...
The NSW election is heating up, but where are the policies for startups?
[1] Pete Cooper, the founder of SydStart and co-working space iCentral, is apprehensive that startups are not given appropriate attention in the state election campaigns. [2] Murray Hurps, the gener...
Up to the task: Enterprise resourcing platform etaskr closes $1.3 million seed round from Oxygen Ventures
[1] etaskr has revealed that it has just sealed $1.3 million funding from Oxygen Ventures. [2] The company will utilize the funds to boost strategic hires and platform growth in addition to fully d...
Australia plummets in 4G rankings
[1] According to a new report from mobile network crowd-sourcing firm OpenSignal, Australia has gone down from its spot as the fastest 4G country in the world to position 14. [2] The report shows that...
Telstra sets timeline for 4G wholesale service
[1] Telco giant Telstra is set to open its 4G mobile service to wholesale access by June 2016. [2] Telstra Wholesale group executive, Stuart Lee, said that Telstra MVNO customers were looking forward ...