Australia

Apple.com Worldwide Sites Ranks as Top Retail Destination in Australia, Followed by Amazon and Coles Group

27 Jan 2010 -- SYDNEY, Jan. 26 -- comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCOR) today released a study on traffic to top Retail sites in Australia during the 2009 holiday season. The study found that three out of five Australians online visited a Retail site in December, as traffic to the category reached its highest volume of the year with more than 8 million visitors during the month.

New Offering Provides Access to Ad-Supported Streaming of the Most Robust Music Catalogue Available

SYDNEY−October 1, 2009−MySpace today announced the official launch of the new MySpace Music platform in Australia. As the first territory in a global rollout, MySpace Music brings to Australia all of the functionality currently available to United States based users including an ever-growing catalogue of fully licensed audio tracks, user-friendly e-commerce solutions, personal music players and user and artist playlisting, in addition to monetisation opportunities for all artists.

Revenues Increase By 19% in 2008/09

5 Oct 2009 -- SYDNEY -- Despite a first quarter slowdown due to the global financial crisis, revenues from Australian online general advertising grew by 19% in 2008/09 to reach a total market value of AU$510 million. Increased scrutiny due to squeezed marketing budgets continues to drive advertisers towards the online channel, but at the same time there are also demands on the industry for greater accountability and returns on investment.

Sydney, Australia, August 17, 2009 -- The Australian IT services market currently stands contrary to global and regional expectations. A new analysis report from IDC indicates that the Global Economic Crisis has created an opportunity for organisations to address spiraling costs and review plans on the way their business should evolve to retain a competitive edge.

Australia, New Zealand consumers can opt for eco-friendly SMS, email and tweets

Melbourne, Australia, August 17, 2009 -- Banks, telcos, utilities and other organisations with large customer bases stand to improve their green credentials, customer service and bottom line with the launch of The Communications Hub, a new customer communications management solution offered by Infosys (NASDAQ: INFY) Australia.

Analysts to discuss IT security trends at Gartner Information Security Summit in Sydney, 15-16 September 2009

Sydney, Australia, August 13, 2009 -- The Asia Pacific security market grew at a solid rate of 28.3 percent in 2008, down from 36 percent in 2007, according to Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT). Despite a slower growth rate, the results show that the security market did not suffer a significant impact from the economic downturn. In Australia, the security software market showed above-average growth of 27.5 percent to reach revenues of A$248.6 million (US$207.2 million).

IDC predicts a shake-up in the market as lighter, thinner and more affordable notebooks evolve

Sydney, Australia, June 23, 2009 -- The Australian client PC market declined 3% to just under 1.1 million units shipped in the first three months of 2009, according to IDC's Australia PC Market Tracker. A tight economic environment coupled with low business spending drove the overall market down.

June 10, 2009 -- The Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) offers a set of announcements for public discussion as meeting in Sydney nears. The announcements include:

New Explanatory Memo for Pre-delegation Testing for New gTLDs

The module 5 of the Draft Applicant Guidebook version 2 available since early February describes procedures applicable at the concluding stages of the gTLD application process, more specifically, a pre-delegation test addressing technical and other requirements the applicant will be asked to fulfill.

June 8, 2009 -- ICANN's 35th International Public Meeting is just two weeks away. The conference will be held 21-26 June 2009 at the Hilton Sydney. A full schedule for the meeting, including a synopsis of each session being held throughout the week, is available on the ICANN Sydney Meeting website.

Highlights

Two main issues will likely dominate the conference: new generic Top-Level-Domains (gTLDs), and Internationalised Domain Names (IDNs). Workshops on the status of the new gTLD process, as well as the IDN Fast-Track process, will take place on Monday.

SYDNEY, Australia, June 8, 2009 -- EDS, an HP company (NYSE: HPQ), has signed one of two expanded applications services contracts – with a combined value of $330 million (AU$450 million) – that Telstra, Australia’s largest telecommunications provider, announced today to improve performance and lower costs.