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For schools that have relied on productivity SaaS solutions for years, it’s a pivotal moment to reassess long-term needs and explore alternatives that offer greater stability, flexibility, and control. Cloud adoption is increasing, but SaaS costs are increasing at a faster rate. However Synology says there are future-proof, cost-efficient, options available.

GUEST OPINION:  Australia’s world-leading moves toward restricting or banning social media among young users is setting an important precedent for the rest of the world. This is a topic that has gone beyond debate.

It's the new year - which means it's now time to get ready for children to go back to school. With technology playing an ever-increasing role in the classroom and life getting more expensive by the day, here is a range of affordable yet high-quality options to help parents give their kids everything they need for the school year without breaking the bank.

GUEST INTERVIEW: Dynabook, the company formerly known as Toshiba, has introduced Eyesafe technology into the screen of its new Portégé X40L-K, the lightest 14-inch laptop the company has ever created, with Matthew joining iTWireTV to tell us why anti-blue light tech is so important.

GUEST INTERVIEW: Dynabook, the company formerly known as Toshiba, has introduced Eyesafe technology into the screen of its new Portégé X40L-K, the lightest 14-inch laptop the company has ever created, with Matthew joining iTWireTV to tell us why anti-blue light tech is so important.

With Samsung set to supply 51,000 AX90T air purifying units into Victorian public school classrooms, not even Melbourne's earthquake can stop Victoria's safe return-to-school plan from becoming a COVID-safe reality.

With the ACMA's December 2020 study showing 46% of Australian children age 6 to 13 already using mobile phones, its clear that parents are buying them for their children, with sister companies Alcatel and TCL promoting a model each for this age group.

No, a computer, tablet or smartphone isn't part of the CHOICE back-to-school essentials list, but instead, good old fashioned things like HB and coloured pencils, pencil sharpeners, ballpoint and coloured pens, glue sticks, exercise books and more, with Officeworks the clear price winner at less than $22.

GUEST OPINION by Paul Leahy Country Manager, ANZ, Qlik: It’s no secret that data has permeated every aspect of our lives; it sits at the centre of global industries and conversations, touching everything from elections to weather. As with most topics, there is debate, dispute and often doubt as to the role data can, should, and will have in our lives… How will data change our world? What will this look like when it comes to school, work and health? Could data improve learning? How can we use it? And, where are the privacy and ethics lines when we do?

SPONSORED NEWS (Sponsored by iTWire): As Australians start to think about the gifts they will share over the festive season, children’s education charity The Smith Family urges them to also consider stepping up to help change the course of a child’s life, by supporting their education to break the cycle of poverty.

Yes, you heard right, Acronis has set up a new foundation to support education and protect knowledge worldwide, having built a school in Myanmar, another in Cambodia and with more planned for Latin America, the Middle East, South East Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.

Technology has pipped science by a fair margin as the most important subject Australians believe children should be learning at school, according to a newly published nationwide survey.

Text books are being replaced with tablets as school children head back to school this week, according to new research which estimates that more than 1 million children will be packing high-tech devices in their bags as they head off to school.

There’s a new way for schools to keep parents fully in the loop about school events, excursions, communications and much more: Australian app School Stream.

Canberra school Dickson College's entry in the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Outback Challenge 2013 is being backed by the manufacturer of the record-setting Global Hawk surveillance drone.

The use of tablets in schools seems to be placing even greater demands on wireless networks than previous notebook deployments.

Small to Medium business, associations and Not-For-Profit organisations are looking toward the cloud to reduce costs in this difficult economic climate.

Apple's education announcement featured a new version of the iBooks app to handle the company's new electronic textbook format, along with free software for creating those interactive textbooks.

New South Wales high school students are again being given the opportunity to study a university-level computer science course, but the closing date for applications is looming.

4PSA, a leading-edge Cloud Computing software development company has announced today the availability of an all new licensing program for its award-winning Unified Communications solution, VoipNow Professional.