Optus has launched OfficeApps Mobile Security for small and medium businesses (SMBs), enabling customers to wipe, lock or reset passwords on mobile devices.
Mobile Security aims to protect personal and business data stored on mobile devices, and protects such data with real-time anti-virus software.
The remote device wiping, locking or password resetting options are controlled via an OfficeApps portal or an authorised mobile phone. COMPUTERWORLD

More and more, we rely on Web services as a matter of course. The key word is rely: We assume that the data we upload to, say, a photo-hosting account or blog service today will still be there tomorrow. In large part, that’s because we assume the services themselves will still be there tomorrow.
But over the past few years, we’ve seen plenty of examples of sites that are here today and all-too-gone tomorrow — for example, Friendster (which dumped user data for a redesign in May) and GeoCities (which shut …

CloudSigma AG, the public Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider based in Switzerland, today announced its membership of the Open Virtualisation Alliance (OVA). The OVA aims to further support for open source virtualisation around KVM and foster interoperability between various cloud market participants.
Patrick Baillie, CEO commented ‘We’ve always been committed from inception to both the open source software movement and interoperability and easy data portability within the cloud. We are proud to join the Open Virtualisation Alliance and contribute to open virtualisation platforms and computing.’ REALWIRE