Dimension Data has launched its eWaste Management Service, a program that offers environmentally-responsible removal, disposal and recycling of electronics materials ranging from the packaging materials for new products when they are delivered, to equipment at end-of-life. The eWaste Management Service also offers the physical or data destruction of electronic data storage equipment.

Global digital group, AD2ONE has won the exclusive online advertising rights for the International Business Times Australia financial news site (www.ibtimes.com.au). Online advertising for IBTimes was previously handled by Postclick and AD2ONE won the work in a competitive pitch. IBTimes joins AD2ONE’S successful Business and Finance category, which already features some of the world’s leading providers of online business and market related intelligence. The Australian IBTimes site achieves 380,000 unique visitors per month and its international network of sites attracts four million unique visitors per month.

Dimension Data Learning Solutions (DDLS) announced today that students affected by the closure of Excom, will have the opportunity to complete their courses at no charge. The offer applies to those students that are mid way through their course who can provide their Excom course confirmation and courseware.

Australian journalist John Westwood has won third place in the video category of the 2010 Seagate Precious Memories regional competition for journalists and bloggers. Westwood’s video “I guess it’s up to us” is a poignant composition about the future sustainability of Australia’s environment. Westwood had previously won second place in the video category of the 2008 Seagate Precious Memories regional competition.

Global digital group, AD2ONE has won the contract to exclusively sell online advertising for Pharmacy Online’s two pharmacy retail websites; www.pharmacyonline.com.au and www.chemistdirect.com. The sites will both join AD2ONE’S successful consumer category, which includes grocery shopping related sites Coles Online, Gourmet Ads and JamieOliver.com.

Communications Alliance today paid tribute to the more than 200 industry professionals who have worked to create the framework for the National Broadband Network.

IAB Australia has boosted its team, announcing the appointment of Michael Taylor as Programs Manager. Michael will work closely with IAB Councils and Working Groups to deliver core programs to support the continued growth of the online industry.

Primus Telecom today announced its new QUAD-1 Broadband Plans offering consumer customers the biggest download quotas in Australia on ADSL2+. This comes after an encouraging take up of Primus National Broadband Network (NBN) services in Tasmania and ahead of further NBN deployments commencing soon on the mainland.

Seagate (NASDAQ: STX) today unveiled the newest addition to its GoFlex™ family of hard drives—the GoFlex™ Home network storage system. When this easy-to-use device is connected to a wireless router, an entire household can centrally store, easily access and continuously back up files wirelessly from both Windows® and Mac OS® X operating systems on the home network1. The new centralised storage system simplifies the backup process by being compatible with Apple® Time Machine®, as well as including a version of the backup application for both Windows and Mac OS X operating systems. With the GoFlex Home storage system, families can also wirelessly stream photos, movies and music to most network connected DLNA devices, such as game consoles or a GoFlex™ TV HD media player, from any room in the house. With just two cable connections and a simple, illustrated, step-by-step installation tool that gets the device up and running in minutes, the GoFlex Home system solves the household storage puzzle in a snap.

Communications Alliance, the peak body for the Australian communications industry, today released for public comment a framework for business-to-business (B2B) interactions between NBN Co and Retail Service Providers (RSPs).

Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ: STX), the world leader in hard disk drives and storage solutions, and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced memory technology, today announced that they have entered into a joint development and licensing agreement.

Sharon Bennett (Freelance) and Sally Hill (Freelance) have beaten off strong competition from fellow New Zealand journalists and bloggers to snare first place in the photo and video categories respectively of Seagate’s 2010 Precious Memories competition. Their entries, along with the first two runners up in each category, will now progress to the regional final of the Precious Memories competition where they will compete against the winners from eight other APAC countries.

Dan Warne (APC Magazine) and John Westwood (freelancer) have beaten off strong competition from fellow Australian journalists and bloggers to snare first place in the photo and video categories respectively of Seagate’s 2010 Precious Memories competition. Their entries, along with the first two runners up in each category, will now progress to the regional final of the Precious Memories competition where they will compete against the winners from eight other APAC countries.

Tequila’s ‘Pedigree Adoption Drive Application’ has been declared the winner of the first round of the fifth annual Creative Showcase, Australia’s best free online award for creativity in digital advertising. In a close competition, Visual Jazz was awarded second place for its work on Defence Force Recruiting campaign while Holler secured third place for its XXXX campaign. The winners were chosen by a panel of industry judges.

The Device Digital division of Australian mobile internet solutions provider, MIA International has developed a special iPhone app for GlaxoSmithKline’s Children’s Panadol brand, which is aimed at new mums. The new app helps mums with breast feeding, soothing their baby and also provides them with the correct dosage of Children’s Panadol products while they are out and about.

Millward Brown Firefly, the qualitative research division of Millward Brown, today announced the appointment of Peter Foster as Senior Account Director for Firefly in Melbourne.

Primus Telecom today announced the first business customer had been connected to the National Broadband Network (NBN) in Scottsdale, Tasmania, scoring another first for Primus for the NBN.

Dimension Data, a specialist IT services and solution provider, has announced a significant Australian recruitment drive, with plans to recruit more than 170 additional personnel over the next six months. This follows the addition of 80 new staff last quarter.

Brocade® (NASDAQ: BRCD) and McAfee, Inc. (NYSE: MFE) today announced that they have completed the next phase of a strategic partnership created to deliver a broad set of fully interoperable, simplified network-based security solutions through joint channel partners. McAfee and Brocade have developed a series of jointly designed, end-to-end network security solutions with advanced functionality, including fully automated threat response and enforcement, firewall load balancing and a broad set of intrusion prevention capabilities.