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

Ballmer encourages broadband development to speed Azure

Ballmer encourages broadband development to speed Azure

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has given his ’encouragement’ to the Australian government and telcos to come together and ’get on with’ making high-speed broadband in Australia a reality.
Ry Crozier Nov 7 2008, 2:44PM Software
No NBN without Telstra: Budde

No NBN without Telstra: Budde

Telstra cannot be cut out of National Broadband Network discussions even if Terria or Acacia were to win the tender, according to telco analyst Paul Budde.
Ry Crozier Nov 6 2008, 10:22AM Collaboration
NBN public debate in Sydney misses the point

NBN public debate in Sydney misses the point

iiNet has imparted a blunt warning to both Terria and Telstra at today’s highly-anticipated debate, calling on both parties to drop historical and theoretical arguments and focus on the best interests of the customer.
Ry Crozier Nov 6 2008, 10:17AM Collaboration
Feds grapple with ABG under-participation

Feds grapple with ABG under-participation

The Department of Communications and Broadband has made a callout to ISPs to take advantage of the ‘free marketing’ and customer lead generation offered by the Australian Broadband Guarantee (ABG) initiative.
Ry Crozier Nov 6 2008, 10:07AM Collaboration
Telstra cans Terria debate

Telstra cans Terria debate

Telstra is at the centre of a new storm amid allegations that it pulled out of tomorrow’s NBN debate after a failed last-minute attempt to oust the Competitive Carriers Coalition (CCC) and Paul Budde from the Broadband World conference program.
Ry Crozier Nov 4 2008, 1:13PM Collaboration
Sydney Water plans SOA to data warehouse bridge

Sydney Water plans SOA to data warehouse bridge

Sydney Water has embarked on a project to enable its SOA and data warehouse environments to share the same view of enterprise data.
Ry Crozier Nov 1 2008, 9:39AM Data centre
University of Queensland advances Windows cluster trial

University of Queensland advances Windows cluster trial

University of Queensland is conducting tests on a number of research applications to potentially run on its Windows-based high performance cluster.
Ry Crozier Oct 29 2008, 8:16AM Collaboration
Colour blind

Colour blind

The secret to selling power management and energy efficiency is not to mention the ‘G’ word.
Ry Crozier Oct 28 2008, 2:40PM Collaboration
Change-room mirror likes what you’re wearing

Change-room mirror likes what you’re wearing

NEC Australia has developed an innovative 'magic mirror' prototype that can display information relating to garments as people try them on in-store.
Ry Crozier Oct 27 2008, 10:08AM Collaboration
Toro shies away from head office SAP reports

Toro shies away from head office SAP reports

Toro Australia is installing a new business intelligence system to escape a data access bottleneck between it and its U.S.-based head office.
Ry Crozier Oct 24 2008, 3:23PM Software
Vic Police BI stalls on stage three funding shortfall

Vic Police BI stalls on stage three funding shortfall

The Victorian Police's long-running VicOPS business intelligence (BI) system has run out of money with a stage still left to implement.
Ry Crozier Oct 24 2008, 7:54AM Software
Inside Fujitsu's new tier-3 green data centre

Inside Fujitsu's new tier-3 green data centre

Fujitsu is nearing completion of a new tier-3 multi-floor data centre in Sydney, which will complement its existing facility at North Ryde.
Ry Crozier Oct 23 2008, 8:06AM Collaboration
Data centre operators stake green incentive claims

Data centre operators stake green incentive claims

A data centre construction firm claims it should be paid up to $30 million in government incentives to help transform Aussie businesses to greener computing facilities.
Ry Crozier Oct 20 2008, 3:06PM Collaboration
NBN ‘critical’ to resolving State backhaul complaints

NBN ‘critical’ to resolving State backhaul complaints

Two state government submissions to the regional telecommunications review led to the finding of ‘inadequate’ backhaul availability in regional Australia, the committee chair has revealed.
Ry Crozier Oct 20 2008, 7:11AM Collaboration
NBN costs go down, not up

NBN costs go down, not up

Federal broadband minister Stephen Conroy has weighed in on suggestions of a cost blow-out for the National Broadband Network (NBN), suggesting the cost may in fact be lower than first thought.
Ry Crozier Oct 16 2008, 2:11PM Collaboration
Government asked to subsidise virtualisation

Government asked to subsidise virtualisation

VMware will lobby the Australian government to offer incentives to business to encourage adoption of virtualisation technology.
Ry Crozier Oct 15 2008, 7:46AM Software
Smart meter deployments underway in Victoria

Smart meter deployments underway in Victoria

Logica has engaged 'a number' of energy and utility customers to deploy smart metering locally, the global consultancy’s local chief has said.
Ry Crozier Oct 13 2008, 7:24AM Collaboration
Oracle, ESX data recovery offered back to creators

Oracle, ESX data recovery offered back to creators

Kroll Ontrack is offering a service that recovers data from corrupted Oracle databases and VMware ESX servers, but says it isn’t being recommended by either vendor -– at least not yet.
Ry Crozier Oct 8 2008, 2:39PM Software
PacLib performs VMware analysis but chooses Microsoft

PacLib performs VMware analysis but chooses Microsoft

The PacLib Group has baulked at a $50,000 quote from VMware to virtualise its environment, deciding instead to take on Microsoft’s Hyper-V.
Ry Crozier Oct 4 2008, 9:05AM Software
Citrix pours cold water on ex-partner flame

Citrix pours cold water on ex-partner flame

Citrix Systems has brushed off inferences made by a former partner that it tried to turn its customers off trialing alternative WAN accelerators while readying its own WANscaler product for launch.
Ry Crozier Oct 3 2008, 10:54AM Collaboration

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