http://theglobalherald.com News, Analysis & Reflection Mon, 21 May 2012 11:05:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://theglobalherald.com/rackspace-fourth-quarter-revenues-283-million/27661/ http://theglobalherald.com/rackspace-fourth-quarter-revenues-283-million/27661/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:24:27 +0000 Technology Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=27661 The NYSE listed hosting company Rackspace, have announced fourth quarter revenues of $283 million. Billed to customers as the “Rolls-Royce of hosting”, the company now has 79,805 servers and 172,510 customers. Net income in the fourth quarter of 2011 was $25 million, up 25.3% from the previous quarter and 85% from the fourth quarter of [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/rackspace-fourth-quarter-revenues-283-million/27661/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/nbn-co-spends-aud-620-million-on-satellites-to-boost-rural-broadband/27540/ http://theglobalherald.com/nbn-co-spends-aud-620-million-on-satellites-to-boost-rural-broadband/27540/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:43:15 +0000 Technology Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=27540 NBN Co has contracted US company Space Systems / Loral to deliver two satellites designed to boost broadband service in rural Australia. The deal is worth AUD $620 million. It is hoped that the Ka-band satellites and associated tracking, telemetry and control systems will help deliver peak speeds of 12 megabit per second download  and [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/nbn-co-spends-aud-620-million-on-satellites-to-boost-rural-broadband/27540/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/rbs-6-nations-signs-accenture-as-technology-partner-for-2012-and-2013/27281/ http://theglobalherald.com/rbs-6-nations-signs-accenture-as-technology-partner-for-2012-and-2013/27281/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:14:41 +0000 Business Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=27281 The RBS 6 Nations – the Northern Hemisphere’s biggest international Rugby Union tournament – has today announced that it has signed a deal with international management consultancy and technology firm, Accenture, to become the tournament’s Official Technology Partner in 2012 and 2013. The deal will see Accenture deliver the RBS 6 Nations Championship Official Mobile [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/rbs-6-nations-signs-accenture-as-technology-partner-for-2012-and-2013/27281/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/nokia-to-audit-australian-sms-marketing/27259/ http://theglobalherald.com/nokia-to-audit-australian-sms-marketing/27259/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:59:35 +0000 Business Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=27259 Finnish mobile giant, Nokia Corporation, is to audit its SMS marketing in Australia following an investigation by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA). The ACMA is Australia’s regulator for broadcasting, the internet, radiocommunications and telecommunications. The ACMA’s strategic intent is to make communications and media work in Australia’s public interest. The ACMA commenced the [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/nokia-to-audit-australian-sms-marketing/27259/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/news-through-your-xbox/26868/ http://theglobalherald.com/news-through-your-xbox/26868/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:12:38 +0000 Technology Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=26868 Microsoft and News Corp have announced a new app which allows Xbox owners to access Fox News and The Wall Street Journal through their games consoles. The apps for Xbox LIVE will also give users access to programs from Fox Broadcasting such as “Glee,” “House,” “The Simpsons,” and “Family Guy”. The latest gaming news and [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/news-through-your-xbox/26868/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/tech-poll-whats-your-favourite-social-media-link-sharing-tool/26760/ http://theglobalherald.com/tech-poll-whats-your-favourite-social-media-link-sharing-tool/26760/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:50:44 +0000 Technology Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=26760 Whether we use them to tell our friends about great articles we’ve read, or videos we just watched, many of us use Social Media to share – and receive – links every day. From micro-blogging websites like Twitter – which, with their shortened format are perfect for quickly grabbing a URL for “followers – to [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/tech-poll-whats-your-favourite-social-media-link-sharing-tool/26760/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/amazon-opens-datacentres-in-brazil/26293/ http://theglobalherald.com/amazon-opens-datacentres-in-brazil/26293/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:10:23 +0000 Technology Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=26293 Amazon has opened a number of new datacentres in Brazil – marking the eight geographical region to become part of the “burstable” cloud hosting platform marketed by the company. Rather than build their own datacentres, businesses are being encouraged to use flexible bandwidth packages which share the data load across several thousand servers at Amazon. [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/amazon-opens-datacentres-in-brazil/26293/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/council-of-the-european-union-weighs-in-on-internet-freedom/26238/ http://theglobalherald.com/council-of-the-european-union-weighs-in-on-internet-freedom/26238/#comments Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:49:52 +0000 Technology Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=26238 On the occasion of Human Rights Day on 10th December 2011, the Council of the European Union weighed in on the debate over internet freedom, joining calls from world leaders, at a Google hosted meeting, that co-ordinated activism on the web should go unrestricted. The High Representative of the European Union, Catherine Ashton, said in [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/council-of-the-european-union-weighs-in-on-internet-freedom/26238/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/google-hosts-foreign-ministers-for-meetings-on-internet-freedom-at-the-hague/26208/ http://theglobalherald.com/google-hosts-foreign-ministers-for-meetings-on-internet-freedom-at-the-hague/26208/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:48:08 +0000 Technology Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=26208 Google, one of the world’s largest internet-based businesses, has rounded up Western leaders for meetings on internet freedom at The Hague in The Netherlands. Telecom operators, bloggers and foreign ministers from United States, Canada, Estonia and Kenya were all present for the meetings on Thursday 8th and Friday 9th December 2011. Dutch Foreign Minister Uri [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/google-hosts-foreign-ministers-for-meetings-on-internet-freedom-at-the-hague/26208/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/amazon-expands-further-in-publishing-sector/26109/ http://theglobalherald.com/amazon-expands-further-in-publishing-sector/26109/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:10:30 +0000 Business Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=26109 Amazon has expanded its reach in the publishing sector with the acquisition of 450 titles from Marshall Cavendish. The internet retailing company plans to convert many books on the Marshall Cavendish Children’s Books into ebooks as part of a plan to expand reach in picture books and young adult novels, as well as create more content [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/amazon-expands-further-in-publishing-sector/26109/feed/ 0