Seagate (NASDAQ:STX) today announced channel and OEM shipments of the Momentus® XT drive, the world’s fastest 2.5-inch laptop PC hard drive, combining SSD-like performance with the massive capacity and much lower cost of HDDs. The Momentus XT drive also features Adaptive Memory™ – a groundbreaking new technology from Seagate that learns and optimises the drive’s performance to each user by moving frequently used information into the flash memory for faster access. The Momentus XT solid state hybrid drive boots up to 100 percent faster than traditional 5400RPM drives, the mainstream spin speed for laptop PCs, and sets new benchmarks for real-world system performance for laptops and gaming systems.
Australian mobile internet solutions provider, MIA International has launched Device Digital, a new division which will partner with advertising and media agencies to help them deliver effective mobile solutions for their clients.
Primus Telecom today announced the launch of it services on the National Broadband Network (NBN) in selected regional towns in Tasmania. Primus Telecom is one of only a few Retail Service Providers to offer Fibre to the Home (FTTH) services to the regional towns that are part of NBN Tasmania’s initial roll-out. They include Smithton, Scottsdale and Midway Point.
Brocade® (Nasdaq:BRCD) today announced that the Brocade Encryption Switch has won the 2009 EMC Partner Solution Award for Best New Offering for achieving the highest RSA platform utilisation. The EMC Partner Solution Awards recognise top offerings from the EMC Solution Gallery and are based upon business impact, commitment to EMC technology, market presence and revenue contribution.
Online video advertising has an exceptionally positive impact on brand metrics when combined with standard display advertising according to research released today by IAB Australia and Dynamic Logic. The research, which was conducted for Weight Watchers, found that the combination of online video with standard display resulted in unaided brand awareness rising by 38 per cent, compared with a 10 per cent increase for those exposed to standard display only and 20 per cent increase for online video advertising only.
Seagate (NASDAQ: STX), the worldwide leader in hard drives and storage solutions, today introduced the next evolution of the company’s award-winning FreeAgent® external hard drives—its new GoFlex™ storage solutions. This new family of external drives and accessories introduces a new level of flexibility to traditional USB 2.0 storage that will change the way people store, access, enjoy and share their digital content. The FreeAgent® GoFlex™ storage family includes easy, plug-and-play portable and desktop drives, with an array of interchangeable cables and desktop adapters that allow each drive to adapt to the interface or device being used. GoFlex hard disk drives are also specially designed to provide interoperability between operating systems in order to work with both Microsoft® Windows® and Mac® OS X computers.
Brocade® (Nasdaq: BRCD) today reasserted its commitment to its growing list of channel partners by unveiling a multitude of innovative programs designed to maximise profitability. Addressing evolving networking requirements, the first initiative is a 10 GbE migration rebate program to help channel partners provide end-user customers with a high performance, cost-effective solution to future-proof their networks. The Brocade FCX Series Switches, as well as all current Brocade 10 GbE products, are included in this migration program.
Brocade® (Nasdaq: BRCD) and Dell™ today announced that the new range of open, standards-based networking solutions under Dell’s PowerConnect B-Series is now ready to ship and immediately available in Asia, enabling organisations of all sizes to build efficient data centres and drive down costs, while preserving choice of architectures.
The Australian online advertising market continues to record strong growth with online advertising expenditure for the March quarter 2010 growing by an impressive 17 per cent year on year, according to data released today by IAB Australia in its Online Advertising Expenditure Report (OAER) compiled by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Online expenditure for the first three months of 2010 totalled $512.5 million, unchanged from the fourth quarter 2009.
Communications Alliance, the peak body for the Australian communications industry, today released for comment three draft papers addressing the National Broadband Network’s rollout to End User Premises and greenfields estates.
Brocade® (Nasdaq: BRCD) today announced that its best-in-class 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) Converged Network Adapters (CNAs) have been successfully qualified and are available from EMC, Hitachi Data Systems, IBM and NetApp. This distinction serves to further validate Brocade’s market position as a leader in high-performance CNA solutions that help enable network convergence.
Strong brands prove their resilience to economic downturn in the fifth annual Millward Brown Optimor BrandZ Top100 Most Valuable Global Brands ranking released today. When most key financial indicators plummeted, the value of the top 100 brands rose by four percent in the last year to more than US$2 trillion. The BrandZ Top 100, commissioned by WPP, is the only valuation in the world that takes into account customers’ opinions on brands and demonstrates this with a dollar value.
Australian mobile solutions provider, MIA International has been selected to provide technology and content solutions for Motorola’s new Android devices in Australia & New Zealand. Motorola’s range of 3G Android-powered devices include the Motorola DEXT™ and Motorola BACKFLIP™, which have been launched exclusively to Optus customers.
AD2ONE’s recently opened New Zealand office has won a raft of new business deals and will now be providing exclusive advertising access to Sporting Pulse, Shopping.com and Holidayhomes.co.nz. The global digital group has seen extremely strong demand for its digital advertising sales services in New Zealand since opening its office in Auckland this January. AD2ONE New Zealand already works with premium sites like Lonely Planet, LinkedIn and Expedia.
IPL Communications today announced that NETGEAR® has joined its impressive portfolio of vendor partners. NETGEAR’s high-performance business-class products will complement IPL’s existing product suite and help it deliver total Unified Communications solutions to resellers.
Brocade® (Nasdaq: BRCD) today announced that its leading-edge storage networking solutions support and optimise Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 to provide customers with comprehensive solutions for reliable access to mission-critical data. As a powerful and cost-effective database solution, SQL Server is deployed by enterprise customers to meet a variety of organisational and departmental needs. The latest iteration - SQL Server 2008 R2 - builds upon this momentum to deliver new features and functionalities, including more efficient IT capabilities and expanded reporting and analytics.
Seagate Technology (NASDAQ: STX) today reported financial results for the quarter ended April 2, 2010 of 50.3 million disk drive unit shipments, revenue of $3.05 billion, gross margin of 29.6%, net income of $518 million and diluted earnings per share of $1.00. The financial results for the quarter include $9 million of purchased intangibles amortisation expense and $4 million of restructuring charges. The aggregate impact of these expense items is $13 million or approximately $0.03 per diluted share.
Responding to this morning’s announcement by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) that it will conduct an inquiry into customer service and complaints handling in the telecommunications industry, Mr Ravi Bhatia, CEO of Primus Telecom, expressed his support for the ACMA led inquiry.
Communications Alliance today committed to work closely with the Federal Government and ACMA to ensure that telecommunications customers enjoy adequate protection in the evolving and converging service environment.
