Posted on September 26, 2018
There perhaps was a time when Australian businesses could have felt a bit left out in the digital race. For much of its history, the IT sector seems to have been dominated by North America. The US, of course, is home to Silicon Valley and all the tech giants that inhabit it, such as Apple, Cisco, and…
Posted on September 19, 2018
The rise of digital-first shopping creates opportunities for retailers to redefine the way their bricks and mortar stores engage shoppers, yet many still aren’t ready to take full advantage. Retailers that view digital trends only as a challenge may be failing to embrace the strategies, technologies…
Posted on September 14, 2018
It’s taken almost two years to construct; involved more than five years of planning; seen 4,600km of undersea cable laid, at times kilometres down to the ocean bed; cost $US170m; and involved over 60 staff but today marks the fully operational start of Australia’s newest, fastest and most direct connectivity…
Posted on September 12, 2018
Vocus’ commitment to infrastructure that will secure Australia’s digital future was the focus of a Canberra parliamentary briefing, hosted by company Chairman Bob Mansfield AO. The Hon Mitch Fifield, Minister for Communications and the Arts and The Hon Sussan Ley, Assistant Minister for Regional Development…
Posted on September 10, 2018
Remember latency? Around five years ago, as improvements to WordPress and other blogging platforms led to a mini-explosion in website numbers, latency was all the rage. The speed at which your website would load was crucial to your online presence, businesses were told. This was old news for many larger…
Posted on September 05, 2018
Vocus confirmed today that its Australia Singapore Cable (ASC) has been put into early service following a major service disruption on the Sea-Me-We3 (SMW-3) submarine cable between Perth and Singapore. In order to minimise customer impacts due to the SMW-3 outage, Vocus has implemented an emergency…
Posted on August 29, 2018
Gone are the days where dialling into businesses meant going through a large switchboard, hoping the person you wanted to speak to wasn’t already busy talking on the phone to someone else. Nowadays people want video calling and collaboration, particularly in the era of remote working and fragmented organisations. Since…
Posted on August 27, 2018
Glass comes in many forms—glassware, mirrors, windows. But did you know it also comes in cables? And one cable in particular is going to dramatically increase data capacity flowing in and out of Australia. What is the ASC?The Australia Singapore Cable (ASC) is a 4600km submarine cable system…
Posted on August 24, 2018
Artificial intelligence was once the domain of science fiction movies, but in the modern world AI applications are rapidly becoming fact. Technology is evolving to the point where self-driving cars and smart digital assistants are becoming a reality, with many applications being designed to assist business…
Posted on August 22, 2018
It’s no secret that Cloud services are rapidly being adopted in Australia. From 2016 to 2017, the volume of domestic businesses adopting cloud computing services rose 19 per cent with almost one-third of enterprises moving to the cloud.This means there has also been a rise in the volume of cloud…