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  Melbourne IT FY profit down 16%

  Internet domain name manager Melbourne IT says it is well-positioned for the future despite a fall in annual profit.

• AFL kicks off its top-level domain application

  Australian Football League (AFL) may soon have its own branded domain name, .AFL, the first Australian brand to openly confirm it is applying for a top-level domain.

• Brands prep for gTLD digital land grab

  Generic top-level domains (gTLDs) may well prompt a digital land grab by the world’s biggest multinational brands when applications open this week, but new gTLDs such as .food, .health and .sport may also open up the internet to more consumer choice and small business opportunity.

• High Aussie dollar blamed for Melbourne IT's 11 per cent H1 revenue drop

  IT services company, Melbourne IT (ASX: MLB) has blamed an 11 per cent year-on-year decrease in revenue on the impact of the strong Australian dollar and soft market conditions in the US and Europe.

• IIIS: Melbourne IT's CTO lays out four-year roadmap

  Melbourne IT may be able to offer discounts to some enterprise and SMB customers as backup/restoration requirements change in the future, according to the hosting provider's chief technology officer.

• Melbourne IT warns of high AUD impact

  Melbourne IT (ASX: MLB) managing director, Theo Hnarakis, has warned that the rising Australian dollar and the 20 June ICANN decision on domain liberalisation may affect the hosting company’s full year results.

• Generic domain names pose cyber squatter risk

  Melbourne IT has advised of an increase in domain name 'cyber squatting', with large Australian financial companies and government agencies falling victim to phishing attempts as a result of the lack of foresight.

• Melbourne IT 2010 profit falls 4.5%

  Melbourne IT (ASX:MLB) has reported a 4.5 per cent decrease in calendar 2010 profit on transformation costs and forex losses.

• Storage virtualization buying guide

  Over the last five years, the terms 'server' and 'desktop virtualization' have permeated almost every conversation in the IT arena, with much being said about the wealth of benefits both can offer enterprises.

• Melbourne IT expects underlying earnings lift

  Domain name registrar and IT services provider Melbourne IT Ltd expects underlying earnings to rise in 2011, after booking a lower full year net profit in 2010.

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  “Big data” to rise in 2011

  Among the continued maturation of Cloud computing and increasing competition between tablet manufacturers, 2011 is expected to see higher use of multi-terabyte datasets for business intelligence and analytics, otherwise known as “big data”.

• Queensland Government sites hammered during floods

  Government websites have played a vital role in managing the current Queensland flood disaster statistics released by hosting company, Melbourne IT, show.

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  Turnbull defends alleged conflict of interest

  Federal shadow communications minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has been forced to defend potential conflicts of interest between private investments and his argument over the National Broadband Network (NBN).

• Melbourne IT looks to social media for growth

  Listed services company Melbourne IT (ASX:MLB) will turn to social networking, cloud-based hosting and desktop virtualisation to help it grow its business over the next twelve months.

• Melbourne IT moves to web services

  Melbourne IT has embarked upon a three year, $18 million integrated web services project aimed at providing the services company with a single view of its customers.