Sydney, 18 2011: Cara Brackstone, a second year cadet with the Salvation Army, has been selected to receive Dimension Data’s Steve Ross Scholarship.

AD2ONE has signed an exclusive* agreement to represent Skype for their display advertising sales in New Zealand.

Primus Telecommunications Group, Incorporated (“PTGi”), a global facilities-based integrated provider of advanced telecommunications products and services, announced today that it has named Richard Baumfield acting head of its Australian operations[1] (“Primus Australia”) effective July 13.

iPrimus has launched its ‘iPrimus Help Centre’ mobile app for both the iPhone® and Android® operating systems, enabling customers to keep a close eye on their fixed broadband usage.

AD2ONE has signed an exclusive* agreement to represent Skype for their display advertising sales in Australia. The partnership significantly expands the reach of the digital sales agency, providing brands with access to Skype's huge customer base.

Brand marketing digital distribution platform Joost has delivered a high kicking, hard staring, photo snapping level of awesomeness in its latest digital campaign for Kung Fu Panda 2 and Paramount through MEC Sydney.

News Digital Media’s Commercial Director Tony Prentice has been appointed Chairman of the IAB Australia. Unanimously voted to the role by the IAB Australia Board, Mr Prentice will work closely with CEO Paul Fisher to promote the continued growth and success of the local interactive advertising industry.

The winners of the prestigious 2011 Communications Alliance & CommsDay Awards were announced tonight at the Annual ACOMM Awards Dinner in Sydney.

SAY Media today announced the appointment of Siri Andersen as Business Development Manager to build and strengthen its network of publishers and independent content creators across Australia and New Zealand.

Mobile Advertising Research from MediaMind Shows iOS Devices Deliver highest CTR, while BlackBerry Delivers the Lowest

Increase in number of upgrades being planned across contact centres

Consumers around the globe engaging with contact centres can look forward to better self-service options and highly trained agents who will resolve their complex enquiries faster.

Adconion Media Group’s brand marketing platform, Joost™ has introduced the iRoll® interactive pre-roll unit from Innovid to its product portfolio, offering brands a powerful way to integrate and combine numerous digital assets and applications for online campaigns.

Brocade® (NASDAQ GS: BRCD) announced today that Richard Deranleau, Brocade Chief Financial Officer, has left the company effective as of June 20, 2011 to pursue other interests and that Dan Fairfax has been appointed Brocade’s new Chief Financial Officer.

Research agency Millward Brown has been chosen as one of Australia and New Zealand’s best employers, receiving one of eleven accolades from a field of more than 200 companies shortlisted by consultancy Aon Hewitt.

Seagate (NASDAQ: STX) is delivering hard disk drive storage for the world’s first handheld tablet computers with hard drives. The ARCHOS G9 8- and 10-inch tablets, announced today in Paris, feature the Seagate Momentus® Thin hard drive, a speedy notebook drive with a super-slim 7mm profile.

Adam Ross of Mindshare is seeing red after attending a presentation from Adconion Media Group’s branded entertainment division, RedLever last month.

With intense competition and more than 130,000 attendees at Interop Tokyo 2011, Brocade (Nasdaq: BRCD) won top distinction for its industry leading Brocade MLXe core router and Brocade VDX Data Center Switch. The Brocade MLXe Series router was selected from more than 300 highly competitive networking solutions for the Special Prize: Infrastructure Building Products and Grand Prix: ShowNet Product Section. Additionally, the Brocade VDX Ethernet fabric switch also won the Grand Prix: People’s Choice for the show.

Each year at the Cannes Lion Awards the advertising industry judges its own craft, but what does the average Australian think?

DDB Sydney and Nomad have dominated the finalist list for the 2011 IAB Australia Awards which was announced today with both agencies snaring four finalist spots each across the 12 categories. Droga5 has secured three finalist spots and a further 22 agencies have also been named by IAB Australia as contenders in the Awards which reward the most innovative and effective online advertising and marketing campaigns run in Australia over the last twelve months.