The National Broadband Network Company (NBN Co) has kicked off services in Townsville, with two Northern Queensland regional local service providers among the first to trial services to customers in the regional town.

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NBN trial kicks off for Townsville

Harvey Norman Big Buys CEO Kaine Escott revealed to ZDNet Australia at Tech.Ed today that the daily deals site had been designed for the cloud from its inception to deal with the peaking nature of the retail industry, and that having the site up was more important than its aesthetics.

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Harvey Norman bets on cloud for Big Buys