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

Self-service passwords cuts Optus costs

Self-service passwords cuts Optus costs

Curbs 'bad behaviour' among outsourcers and employees.
Liz Tay Jul 26 2011, 9:00AM Security
Launch issues still plague Macquarie Uni Hospital IT

Launch issues still plague Macquarie Uni Hospital IT

In-house team inherits tech sprawl.
Liz Tay Jul 22 2011, 7:58AM Hardware
ANZ Bank standardises software development

ANZ Bank standardises software development

Automates processes to reduce human error.
Liz Tay Jul 21 2011, 9:28AM Services
UXC finds buyer for field solutions group

UXC finds buyer for field solutions group

Deal with financial services firm.
Liz Tay Jul 21 2011, 9:22AM Finance
Graphene gel could yield ultrafast batteries

Graphene gel could yield ultrafast batteries

Smartphones could recharge in seconds.
Liz Tay Jul 20 2011, 7:38AM Mobility
ANZ charts six-year IT strategy

ANZ charts six-year IT strategy

IT budget to remain at $1.5 billion a year.
Liz Tay Jul 18 2011, 3:10PM Services
'Fire trip' behind Global Switch power issue

'Fire trip' behind Global Switch power issue

Technician accidentally simulates fire conditions in data centre room.
Liz Tay Jul 18 2011, 9:02AM Services
Drill rig operator steps towards cloud

Drill rig operator steps towards cloud

Project to be delivered and hosted by CSG.
Liz Tay Jul 15 2011, 2:34PM Services
Global Switch data centre suffers power issue

Global Switch data centre suffers power issue

Equipment in Sydney facility goes offline.
Liz Tay Jul 15 2011, 8:43AM Data centre
Swinburne commissions hybrid 130-TFLOP machine

Swinburne commissions hybrid 130-TFLOP machine

New supercomputer to be deployed by September.
Liz Tay Jul 14 2011, 6:34AM Hardware
Citrix acquires OpenStack partner Cloud.com

Citrix acquires OpenStack partner Cloud.com

Targets service providers with open source platform.
Liz Tay Jul 13 2011, 3:21PM Services
Telstra to shuffle IT team

Telstra to shuffle IT team

Flags "consolidation" of shared and online services.
Liz Tay Jul 12 2011, 4:57PM Strategy
Victoria, WA sign on to national ID service

Victoria, WA sign on to national ID service

Users to be better protected against identity theft.
Liz Tay Jul 11 2011, 4:42PM Security
Fujitsu wants 1,000 new staff in ANZ

Fujitsu wants 1,000 new staff in ANZ

People with data mining skills especially in demand.
Liz Tay Jul 11 2011, 7:58AM Strategy
NSW creates ICT board of directors-general

NSW creates ICT board of directors-general

Government seeks up to five industry members for advisory panel.
Liz Tay Jul 8 2011, 8:48AM Services
AARNet to roll out telepresence exchange

AARNet to roll out telepresence exchange

Agrees to connect local, international universities with Cisco.
Liz Tay Jul 6 2011, 3:04PM Collaboration
Privacy Commissioner examines EU cookie laws

Privacy Commissioner examines EU cookie laws

No Australian guidelines despite directive's May deadline.
Liz Tay Jul 5 2011, 8:03AM Security
Microsoft pirate fined $90,000

Microsoft pirate fined $90,000

EBay seller fined $90,000.
Liz Tay Jun 30 2011, 9:43AM Security
AARNet tests 40 Gbps network

AARNet tests 40 Gbps network

Deploys first phase of 100 Gbps backbone.
Liz Tay Jun 28 2011, 4:39PM Collaboration
NBN Co taps 'commercial maths' for network design

NBN Co taps 'commercial maths' for network design

Algorithms could save $200 a premise.
Liz Tay Jun 28 2011, 8:28AM Collaboration

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