Liz Tay

Liz Tay is a journalist from Sydney, Australia. With a background in physics, she is most interested in stories about scientific or technological R&D.

A long-time technology enthusiast, Tay joined the IT journalism industry in June 2006. She has been writing for iTnews in various roles since late 2007, and currently reports on all things business IT for iTnews, CRN, and SC Magazine.

Besides shiny gadgets and reporting, she is a fan of loud music and harbours an insatiable love for travel.

Recent articles by Liz Tay

BI: Information out of control?

BI: Information out of control?

Businesses need to improve their data management capabilities to deal with a new breed of information, Gartner analysts say.
Liz Tay Mar 20 2008, 7:36AM Software
Child-like intelligence created in Second Life

Child-like intelligence created in Second Life

Four-year-old Eddie might behave like a typical young boy. Outside of the Second Life virtual world, however, he is anything but.
Liz Tay Mar 17 2008, 11:18AM Collaboration
VoIP uptake 'a current frontier issue' at ATUG

VoIP uptake 'a current frontier issue' at ATUG

Despite reported customer satisfaction in Internet and VoIP services, improvements can be made to support the uptake of telecommunications technology in Australian homes and businesses, according to Lyn Maddock, deputy chair of ACMA.
Liz Tay Mar 17 2008, 7:28AM Collaboration
Integrated optical fibres to improve electronics

Integrated optical fibres to improve electronics

A newly developed process for the insertion of semiconductors into optical fibres is expected to deliver faster, more efficient electronic devices.
Liz Tay Mar 14 2008, 1:04PM Collaboration
ATUG analyst calls for financial realism in telco industry

ATUG analyst calls for financial realism in telco industry

The Australian telecommunications industry is an industry in crisis, an ATUG economic and political overview panel has heard.
Liz Tay Mar 14 2008, 6:15AM Collaboration
DiData completes internal Vista SP1 deployment

DiData completes internal Vista SP1 deployment

Managed services provider Dimension Data has this week completed a full-scale internal deployment of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) on the company's 300 Windows Vista computers.
Liz Tay Mar 13 2008, 12:18PM Collaboration
Trial over, Internode launches Naked ADSL2+

Trial over, Internode launches Naked ADSL2+

Following an exclusive four-month-long trial period, Internode has launched its first Naked ADSL2+ broadband service to the public today.
Liz Tay Mar 13 2008, 6:01AM Collaboration
Can Web commuting end the skills shortage?

Can Web commuting end the skills shortage?

Take a look around. Is your office looking emptier? Driven by a focus on the work-life balance and enabled by improved broadband availability, more Australians are working from home.
Liz Tay Mar 12 2008, 7:13AM Mobility
Quantum computers: technological deliverance or the end of security?

Quantum computers: technological deliverance or the end of security?

Quantum computing might spell the end of today's computer and credit card encryption technology, a U.S. physicist has claimed.
Liz Tay Mar 11 2008, 8:14AM Hardware
Fujitsu goes green with data centre upgrade

Fujitsu goes green with data centre upgrade

With an eye on reducing its environmental burden and its customers’ carbon footprint, Fujitsu Australia and New Zealand has upgraded its data centre in Homebush, Sydney.
Liz Tay Mar 11 2008, 8:05AM Hardware
Intel, Deloitte, ABC to boost Australia-born digital ideas

Intel, Deloitte, ABC to boost Australia-born digital ideas

In an effort to promote innovation and keep Australian talent in the country, Intel, Deloitte, ABC and the Australian Interactive Media Industry Association (AIMIA) jointly have launched a scheme to support fledgling digital content developers.
Liz Tay Mar 7 2008, 8:17AM Collaboration
Cheering on VoIP Broadband

Cheering on VoIP Broadband

Voice over Broadband could transform Internet telephony for SMBs
Liz Tay Feb 25 2008, 9:16AM Collaboration
Is Australia innovative?

Is Australia innovative?

The past, present and future of technological development.
Liz Tay Jan 30 2008, 5:16PM Training & Development
Nortel and TAFE sign training agreement

Nortel and TAFE sign training agreement

In a bid to address the high demand for local technical skills in the Australian ICT and telecommunications industries, telecommunications vendor Nortel has announced a new training agreement with TAFE New South Wales.
Liz Tay Jan 23 2008, 7:25AM Training & Development
Facebook application developers meet in Sydney

Facebook application developers meet in Sydney

Australian application developers for the popular social networking site, Facebook, will meet for the first time at a Facebook Developer Garage in Sydney this Thursday. The event will be the first of its kind to be held in Australia, and has attracted nationwide interest from developers and talent-seekers, organisers claim.
Liz Tay Jan 21 2008, 3:27PM Software
Sun's petabyte datacentre in a box makes its Aussie debut

Sun's petabyte datacentre in a box makes its Aussie debut

In a bid to tackle the array of data storage issues facing today's IT industry, Sun Microsystems has unveiled a prototype of an eco-friendly, mobile virtualised datacentre in Sydney Harbour this week.
Liz Tay Dec 19 2007, 9:34AM Hardware
Aussie company comes under fire for probing scandalous poker site

Aussie company comes under fire for probing scandalous poker site

The engagement of Australian consultancy Gaming Associates to investigate an alleged $7 million scandal has raised more questions about the integrity of Absolute Poker and its parent companies.
Liz Tay Dec 18 2007, 10:52AM Software
Petascale computers: the next supercomputing wave

Petascale computers: the next supercomputing wave

The author of the world's first published collection on petascale techniques, David A. Bader, discusses petascale, exascale and the future of computing.
Liz Tay Dec 10 2007, 4:18PM Hardware

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