Following a competitive tender, Dimension Data and McAfee have been appointed by CenITex to provide an integrated threat and vulnerability management solution to improve end-to-end information security efficiency and optimise information security management across the organisation. The value of the contract has not been disclosed.

AD2ONE has significantly expanded its advertising inventory in New Zealand, with the global digital agency signing exclusive partnership agreements with Findata, Bookabach and Grooveshark.

Soap Creative has been crowned the latest Creative Showcase winner for its work on “The World’s Biggest Pac-Man” campaign it developed for Microsoft IE9 and PAC-MAN. Creative agency, The FARM, picked up second place for its work on Moccona Romantics, while Tequila Digital scooped third place for its work on “Micra Lane” campaign for Nissan Australia.

Brocade (Nasdaq: BRCD) today announced that Micron21 Pty Ltd, provider of geographically redundant, fault-tolerant IP networking services designed for the most mission-critical hosting environments, has dramatically expanded network capacity at its two Melbourne data centres to pave the way for a new generation of high-availability services.

Today Seagate (NASDAQ: STX) introduced the GoFlexAccess™ mobile device app for its GoFlex® Home network storage system. Now available for download from the iTunes Store® and Android Market, this easy-to-use application can be found by searching for "Seagate" or "GoFlex" in either storefront using your computer or the app store on your iPad®, iPhone®, iPod touch® or Android compatible mobile device. The new GoFlexAccess App delivers a fast and easy way to retrieve photos, movies, music and documents from anywhere while on-the-go with network access.

Communications Alliance and Communications Day are proud to announce the finalists in the communications industry’s premier awards, the ACOMMS.

Communications Alliance today welcomed the release of the draft report of the ACMA Reconnecting the Customer inquiry, which signals clearly the ACMA’s continued willingness to work with industry to achieve the common objective of improved customer service, complaint handling and customer satisfaction in the Australian telecommunications sector.

Communications Alliance today welcomed the Government’s Digital Economy Strategy as a constructive step toward ensuring Australians derive the benefit they deserve from their investment in the creation of a National Broadband Network.

Global digital group AD2ONE today announced two significant new partnerships, representing advertising opportunities on the MumZone and PGA Australia websites. Together they extend the reach of the Ad2One advertising network by more than 200,000 unique visitors per month.

Communications Alliance today welcomed the announcement by Telstra of a range of new tools to enable its mobile data customers to better manage their monthly spend.

IAB Australia today announced that The Nielsen Company has been appointed the sole and exclusive preferred supplier for the provision of online audience measurement services in Australia. The appointment which is for an initial two-year term, follows an eight month tender and review process which was strongly supported by the MFA and AANA and overseen by TressCox Lawyers

The total percentage of network devices which have passed last-day-of-support (LDoS) has dropped dramatically from 31% in 2009 to 9% in 2010. However, the total amount of technology late in the obsolescence phase remains high, with the percentage of devices in late stage end-of-life sitting at a substantial 47%. This could be evidence that more organisations are choosing to sweat assets up to, but not beyond, the highest risk lifecycle stage.

Dimension Data has released the findings from its Network Barometer Report 2011, now in its third year.

IAB Australia today announced a record 218 entries in the 2011 IAB Awards, an increase of 19% from the number of entries in 2010’s Awards. Judging is now open until mid June and finalists will be announced shortly after then. Tickets are already selling fast for the IAB Awards ceremony on 28th July, 2011 when the winners will be announced.

Dimension Data, the US$4.7 billion global IT services and solutions provider today unveiled its refreshed brand identity, and at the same time announced that its Asian subsidiary, Datacraft, has been rebranded to Dimension Data.

When multi-billion dollar IT group, Dimension Data, wanted to educate its 12,500 employees around the world about why it had refreshed its corporate brand identity, the South African based company called on its founder, and longtime CTO to demonstrate why it was important for not only people, but also companies to keep up with the times.

Dimension Data Learning Solutions will now officially be known as DDLS following a refresh of its corporate brand. The change, which was announced today, has been made to reflect the company’s expanded portfolio and positioning as a full learning solutions provider.

IPL Communications today announced that the LifeSize® Team 220 video product is now qualified to interoperate with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2. IPL will be showcasing the entire LifeSize high definition video lineup and its interoperability at its Thought Leadership Conference in Sydney on 26th May, 2011. At the conference LifeSize will also be demonstrating the product’s seamless integration with Microsoft Lync.

Registering a staggering 84 percent increase in value over the past year, Apple has emerged as the most valuable brand in the world, ending the four-year reign of Google at the top of the table in the sixth annual BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands study.

The Australian online advertising market has continued its strong upward trend, with online advertising expenditure for the March quarter 2011 growing 17 percent year-on-year. The data, which was released today by IAB Australia in its Online Advertising Expenditure Report (OAER) compiled by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), showed online expenditure for the first three months of 2011 totalled $601 million - the largest ever Q1 recorded.