Ry Crozier

Editor-in-Chief

Ry Crozier has reported on the technology sector for 25 years.

Crozier re-joined iTnews in 2015, after previous stints as a journalist at the University of New South Wales and Electronics News.

Recent articles by Ry Crozier

Staff column: Turn that downturn upside down

Staff column: Turn that downturn upside down

It's the global financial crisis that we had to have, which doesn't make it pleasant, but there's a silver lining if you know where to look.
Ry Crozier Feb 3 2009, 10:00AM Finance
ISPs sweat on Primus data centre power failure report

ISPs sweat on Primus data centre power failure report

ISPs await confirmation of the cause of a blackout at Melbourne’s Primus data centre yesterday amid speculation over the effectiveness of its redundant systems.
Ry Crozier Feb 3 2009, 8:19AM Mobility
iPhone scam referred to AFP: Cellnet

iPhone scam referred to AFP: Cellnet

Brisbane-based Cellnet is the subject of a scam that tries to sell heavily discounted iPhones under the firm’s name via the Gumtree classifieds Web site.
Ry Crozier Jan 31 2009, 10:26AM Strategy
EFTel in the dark over IMTV ADSL customer cutover plans

EFTel in the dark over IMTV ADSL customer cutover plans

EFTel’s wholesale arm, DFT Wholesale, has revealed there has been ‘no discussions’ with IMTV to churn its customer base to EFTel.
Ry Crozier Jan 22 2009, 8:52AM Collaboration
IMTV ADSL business suspended over Internode legal dispute

IMTV ADSL business suspended over Internode legal dispute

Sydney-based ISP IMTV said it has shut down its ADSL service ‘temporarily’ while it seeks to resolve a legal dispute with Internode over use of the ‘Extreme’ brand and colour orange on its website.
Ry Crozier Jan 21 2009, 6:30AM Collaboration
Selling networking in 2009

Selling networking in 2009

Every year vendors jostle over who can predict what the next 12 months will hold but only CRN can give you the practical industry-wide ‘top 10’.
Ry Crozier Jan 19 2009, 12:45PM Collaboration
Inside the Digital Sense high-density data centre

Inside the Digital Sense high-density data centre

iTnews looks at how the Brisbane-based centre is enabling rack densities up to 15.2kW without sacrificing cooling efficiency and saleable real estate. And of course we have the first photos to prove it.
Ry Crozier Jan 19 2009, 8:25AM Collaboration
No free tech support for myKP unlimited broadband plan

No free tech support for myKP unlimited broadband plan

Users of myKP’s soon-to-be-launched unlimited download xDSL service will have to pay extra for technical support, web space, multiple IP addresses and email addresses.
Ry Crozier Jan 19 2009, 8:15AM Mobility
QLD student laptop rollout benefits from network upgrade

QLD student laptop rollout benefits from network upgrade

The Queensland Department of Education has confirmed the continued expansion of its network will benefit students that receive laptops under the Federal Government's digital education revolution initiative.
Ry Crozier Jan 17 2009, 7:58AM Collaboration
ispOne sub-wholesales Telstra ADSL2+ as Optus falters

ispOne sub-wholesales Telstra ADSL2+ as Optus falters

ispOne has inked a new agreement with Telstra that will enable it to sub-wholesale ADSL2+ services to its customer base of 150 ISPs.
Ry Crozier Jan 14 2009, 8:03AM Collaboration
Aussie data centre disaster recovery skips virtual servers

Aussie data centre disaster recovery skips virtual servers

Almost one in three disaster recovery plans in Aussie data centres don’t cover virtual servers, according to a new Symantec report.
Ry Crozier Jan 13 2009, 7:52AM Data centre
NAB future with Satyam ‘under review’

NAB future with Satyam ‘under review’

The National Australia Bank has confirmed the future of its services contract with Satyam is ‘under review’ following revelations of a US$1 billion accounting fraud at the Indian outsourcing giant.
Ry Crozier Jan 9 2009, 3:12PM Collaboration
Qantas has 'alternatives' in wake of Satyam scandal

Qantas has 'alternatives' in wake of Satyam scandal

Qantas has described the business risk currently posed by Satyam’s US$1 billion accounting scandal as ‘manageable’ but said it could activate ‘alternative’ arrangements if the outsourcer is unable to service the remaining five years of its contract.
Ry Crozier Jan 9 2009, 7:08AM Collaboration
Self-regulation failure forces Conroy to lay down NBN law

Self-regulation failure forces Conroy to lay down NBN law

Federal Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has criticised the Australian telecommunications sector for its inability to ‘cooperate, have a discussion or reach a common position’ on the NBN – or anything else of importance.
Ry Crozier Dec 18 2008, 11:17AM Collaboration
How to avoid IT price rises and renegotiate Microsoft licenses

How to avoid IT price rises and renegotiate Microsoft licenses

IT managers are being urged to renegotiate product and service costs with major suppliers for next year to beat an imminent local price rise of between five to 20 percent.
Ry Crozier Dec 12 2008, 4:58PM Collaboration
Microsoft still in race for Australian school laptops: VIC

Microsoft still in race for Australian school laptops: VIC

Microsoft-based laptops aren’t too expensive to meet the Federal government’s promise of a computer for every school-aged student, according to the Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development.
Ry Crozier Dec 12 2008, 4:53PM Hardware
Inside the manageNET ASIO T4 data centre

Inside the manageNET ASIO T4 data centre

iTnews takes a look at how the old Baltimore Technologies data centre in northern Sydney is getting a new lease on life.
Ry Crozier Dec 12 2008, 7:45AM Collaboration
21Mbps Next G network no substitute for an NBN: Telstra

21Mbps Next G network no substitute for an NBN: Telstra

Telstra’s Next G network might be surpassing the National Broadband Network minimum downlink speed of 12Mbps, but that doesn’t mean Telstra is using it to bypass the NBN process.
Ry Crozier Dec 9 2008, 8:00AM Collaboration
How Telstra proposes to cut noise on the NBN

How Telstra proposes to cut noise on the NBN

Telstra claims it has focused much of the engineering attention for its NBN proposal on mitigating noise and cross-talk between the node and customer premise.
Ry Crozier Dec 6 2008, 7:44AM Collaboration
Tretecnic wins planning approval for new data centres

Tretecnic wins planning approval for new data centres

Tretecnic will inject up to another 16,000 square metres of data centre space into Melbourne and Canberra after it received planning approval to construct two new centres.
Ry Crozier Dec 5 2008, 7:48AM Collaboration

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