Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ: STX) today reported financial results for the quarter ended October 1, 2010. The company shipped 49.2 million disk drives and on a GAAP basis reported revenue of $2.7 billion, gross margin of 20.4%, net income of $149 million and diluted earnings per share of $0.31. On a non-GAAP basis, which excludes the impact of purchased intangibles amortization, restructuring and costs related to the redemption of the Maxtor convertible notes, Seagate reported net income of $180 million and diluted earnings per share of $0.37.
Brocade® (NASDAQ: BRCD) today announced that it will be offering the first fully converged embedded 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) switch module and Converged Network Adapter (CNA) designed specifically for IBM BladeCenter server environments. The new converged switch module and CNA provide IBM BladeCenter customers with increased bandwidth through higher-density 8 Gbps Fibre Channel and 10 GbE port count, investment protection of their existing servers, and reduced hardware costs, along with unmatched flexibility and the scalability to grow.
IPL Communications today announced it is offering LGExecutive, powered by LifeSize, to its extensive network of resellers. LGExecutive streamlines high definition (HD) video and voice communications onto the desktop by integrating them with a PC display, maximising communications between staff and customers, at an affordable price.
Tequila’s ‘The Order of Coopers’ has been declared the winner of the Creative Showcase 5.2, Australia’s best free online award for creativity in digital advertising. Leo Burnett picked up second place for its work on Subaru’s ‘Subaru XV Rescue’ campaign and Holler rounded out the awards securing third place for its ‘Ted the Lab’ work. The winners, who were chosen by a panel of esteemed industry judges and announced at the Creative Showcase lunch in Sydney yesterday, will be showcased at www.creativeshowcase.net.au.
Millward Brown, a global leader in brand, media and communications research, has revealed the results of its neuroscience study on the recent Federal election campaign to coincide with the launch of its consumer neuroscience research services in Australia this week.
Dimension Data, the $4 billion global IT services and solutions provider, has been commended by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), which represents 534 institutional investors with US$64 trillion in assets under management, for its approach to climate change disclosure.
Australian online advertising agencies ZenithOptimedia and Visual Jazz have picked up a silver and bronze award respectively at the IAB’s sixth annual MIXX Awards, held in New York last week. The agencies, which were successful in the Branded Content and Interactive Video/Online Commercial categories, faced fierce competition for the global Awards which honour innovation and impact.
Brocade® (Nasdaq: BRCD) today announced its commitment to continued innovation in data centre networking technologies with the support of the next generation of Fibre Channel (FC) industry standard, FC-PI-5, which will offer 16 gigabits per second (Gbps) performance. Brocade solutions currently represent 67.5 percent of the FC switch and director market share. As a result, the company’s endorsement of the standard is a key element of widespread adoption. 16 Gbps FC is a key technology to support increasing data centre scale and solid state storage, and it will be critical to scaling new virtualised workloads based on its proven performance, reliability and simplicity.
IAB Australia, with the support of the MFA and the AANA, today announced it is inviting online audience measurement (OAM) vendors to submit their services for tender evaluation. The invitation is the culmination of extensive work by the IAB Australia Measurement Council and will result in one vendor being endorsed as the sole and exclusive preferred supplier for the planning, buying and reporting of OAM for a three year term.
Dimension Data today announced that it has been awarded two major Standing Offer Arrangements (SOAs) under the Queensland Government’s ICT Consolidation (ICTC) program. This whole-of-Government program is a key component of the Queensland Government’s investment in delivering efficient, innovative consolidated information and communications technology (ICT) across the public sector and streamlining service delivery to the community.
South-East Queensland Water Grid, Queensland Health and Ambulance Victoria are among six high profile organisations who are now using OCA incident management software developed by Australian software company, Noggin. The announcement comes just two months after Noggin and its OCA software was awarded the coveted Evaluation Assurance Level 2+ (EAL2+) certification.
Two of Australia’s fastest growing carriage service providers, iiNet and M2 Telecommunications, have joined the industry’s peak representative body, Communications Alliance.
Dimension Data has been awarded ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems (EMS) certification for its Australian head office in Sydney.
Brocade® (Nasdaq: BRCD) today unveiled the new Brocade MLXe Core Router as part of the Brocade MLX Series of high-density routers. These routers are designed to establish industry benchmarks for performance, scalability and investment protection for service provider and data centre networks. In addition, Brocade is now offering the industry’s most competitively priced 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) solution to address the exponential traffic surge that carriers are experiencing worldwide.
Brocade® (Nasdaq: BRCD) today announced Brocade Network Advisor, the industry’s first and only unified network management platform for SAN and IP networks. The new platform provides a single, easy-to-use management solution across Brocade Fibre Channel SANs, IP networks, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) networks, wireless networks and Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) networks.
Global digital group, AD2ONE has reported a record eight months of growth since opening its Auckland office, with the firm achieving growth of 94 per cent. The company, which provides digital advertising sales services in New Zealand, has secured 10 new clients since opening its office in January, most recently signing exclusive deals with Vidzone, Remix.co.nz, Biggie.co.nz and Gourmet Ads. AD2ONE New Zealand already works with premium sites including Lonely Planet, LinkedIn, Expedia, SportingPulse, Shopping.com and Holidayhomes.co.nz.
Communications Alliance, the peak body for the Australian communications industry, today announced the appointment of Ms Jane Smith as the Independent Chair for the Revision of the Communications Alliance Mobile Premium Services (MPS) Code.
Panasonic, its Australian distributor, IPL Communications and MyNetFone have partnered to release Panasonic’s KX-TGP500 range of VoIP wireless phone systems. The range, which is targeted at the SOHO market, offers customers the choice of two device options and phone service solutions, both of which will be bundled with MyNetFone voice services. The new range will be available for reseller orders from 13th September 2010.
The incoming Federal Government should take immediate steps to maximise Australia’s ability to benefit from the Digital Economy.
Today, Dimension Data proudly announced it has won the MAPA 2010 Microsoft Enterprise Partner of the Year Award. The company was chosen out of a national field of top Microsoft partners for delivering market-leading customer solutions built on the Microsoft platform. It is the second year running that Dimension Data has won this award.
