Intel appoints Brian Krzanich next CEO
Posted on 3-May-2013 09:52 News, Computing
Intel Corporation announced today that the board of directors has unanimously elected Brian Krzanich as its next chief executive officer (CEO), succeeding Paul Otellini. Krzanich will assume his new role at the company’s annual stockholders’ meeting on May 16.
Windows XP support ends one year from now
Posted on 8-Apr-2013 09:26 News, Computing
Today marks the 12-month countdown until Microsoft Windows XP is officially retired worldwide. Support for the 11 year old operating system ends on April 8, 2014, leaving businesses still using XP open to potential vulnerabilities and security risks.
Web developer conference WDCNZ 2013 pulls in international stars
Posted on 26-Mar-2013 10:30 News, Computing
WDCNZ “Tech talks for web devs” is a full day conference with multiple streams covering the bleeding edge of web development. The confirmed speaker line-up includes stars of the web developer community such as Julia Grace, Garann Means, Rob Conery and Zach Holman.
Telecom announces Gen-i Australia changes
Posted on 13-Mar-2013 12:47 News, Computing
Total staff numbers at Gen-i Australia will fall from approximately 180 to about 60 employees. In addition to redundancy costs, it is anticipated there will be other restructuring costs associated with this action.
EMC introduces flash-optimised server and storage products
Posted on 6-Mar-2013 10:18 News, Computing
EMC Corporation has announced the EMC Xtrem Family of Flash-optimised server and storage products and introduced a new line of EMC XtremSF PCIe-based Flash cards that accelerate application performance.
EMC introduces new Hadoop distribution Pivotal HD
Posted on 27-Feb-2013 08:38 News, Computing
EMC’s new Pivotal HD is an Apache Hadoop distribution that natively integrates the EMC Greenplum massively parallel processing (MPP) database technology with the Apache Hadoop framework.
QNAP Turbo NAS TS-1269U-RP
Posted on 25-Feb-2013 17:59 News, Computing
Featuring fast performance to ensure system reliability and rich business applications, the TS-1269U-RP is designed to fulfill mission-critical storage needs of small and medium businesses with maximum system uptime.
Fijians Gaining Access To Internet
Posted on 16-Feb-2013 17:28 News, Computing
Approximately 60,000 Fijians will gain access to the internet for the first time as the Fijian Government opens "Telecentres" in schools across the country.
50 Christchurch NGOs to benefit from technology initiative
Posted on 14-Feb-2013 10:19 News, Computing
The Ministry of Social Development (MSD) and Microsoft New Zealand today announced a joint project in Christchurch to strengthen the technology capability of 50 not-for-profit organisations – some badly affected by the Canterbury earthquakes.
Opera gears up to 300 million users, replace web engine
Posted on 14-Feb-2013 08:24 News, Computing
The company also announced this year Opera will make a gradual transition to the WebKit engine, as well as Chromium, for most of its upcoming versions of browsers for smartphones and computers.
