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IBM statement on ABS Census: does it make sense for us?

11 August 2016 in Fuzzy Logic

The Australian Census site meltdown is still reverberating, even though the site is now back up, but finally, ABS technology…

Optus profits down under ‘intense’ price competition

11 August 2016 in Telecoms & NBN

Australia’s second largest telco Optus has suffered a drop in profit for the June quarter, with the fall attributed to…

Census 2016: incompetence, lack of planning caused debacle: claim

11 August 2016 in Government Tech Policy

The Australian census website went down on Tuesday night due to incompetence and lack of planning, an Australian technology journalist…

ASD says census data is safe

11 August 2016 in Government Tech Policy

According to a statement issued by the Australian Privacy Commissioner, the Australian Signals Directorate says there was a DoS attack…

Census 2016: Turnbull says 'heads will roll'

11 August 2016 in Government Tech Policy

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has threatened that "heads will roll" in the wake of the census debacle on Tuesday…

Datacom powers ahead with strong growth in NZ, Australia markets

11 August 2016 in Data Centres

Trans-Tasman IT services group, Datacom, continues on a strong growth path across the Australian and New Zealand markets, and increasingly…

Telstra investing $3.5b in networks in wake of outages

11 August 2016 in Telecoms & NBN

Telstra is investing $3 billion in its networks over the next three years as it attempts to win back the…

Census 2016: ABS needs to provide proof of DDoS

11 August 2016 in Open Sauce

Like many other issues in Australia, Tuesday night's census debacle has turned into a political bunfight, with the technology being…

Researchers crack Microsoft's secure boot technology

11 August 2016 in Security

Two researchers have cracked Microsoft's secure boot technology, finding a so-called golden key that was protecting the feature.

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VIDEO Interview: Vaya’s viable plans seek the value-driven buyer

12 August 2016 in Telecoms & NBN

Vaya has introduced Australia’s cheapest unlimited talk and text plan with 1GB of data - has it delivered a viaticum…

VIDEO Interview: NetComm Wireless ramps up R&D, innovation, IoT, M2M, NBN and more

12 August 2016 in Telecoms & NBN

Earlier this week, NetComm Wireless announced a ramp up of its US expansion with a new R&D facility outside Australia,…

Wi-Fi: Qantas wants you to Wi-Fly up on high, free and fast

12 August 2016 in Wi-Fi

Qantas says it’s excited to be ‘gearing up for the rollout of in-flight Wi-Fi on about 100’ of its domestic…

VIDEO Interview: ForgeRock talks identity, access management, passwordless security and more

12 August 2016 in Security

ForgeRock CEO, Mike Ellis, and Eve Maler, ForgeRock’s VP of Innovation and Emerging Technology talk IoT, passwordless security, user-managed access,…

ACCC tick of approval for JB Hi-Fi acquisition of Good Guys

11 August 2016 in Strategy

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has given the green light to JB Hi-Fi’s proposed acquisition of retail rival, the…

One day, Fifield walked into the Netflix NBN bar...

11 August 2016 in Open Sauce

Politicians will always grasp at any straw to bolster their claims that they, and their initiatives, are the best and…

Skingsley's the new CTO at HDS APAC

11 August 2016 in People Moves

Storage vendor Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) has appointed Russell Skingsley as its Singapore-based chief technology officer, solutions and products group…

Nimble introduces low-end all-flash array

11 August 2016 in Storage & Cloud Storage

Storage vendor Nimble Storage has announced the AF1000, an entry-level but full-featured all-flash array that can be scaled up to…

Atlassian – all you need to know

11 August 2016 in Enterprise Solutions

Atlassian is an Australian software success story following its IPO listing on the US NASDAQ last year that put its…

Juniper Networks celebrates 20 years

11 August 2016 in Networking

Juniper Networks has celebrated 20 years in the network industry. It has come a long way since its original intention…

Security firm trumps Apple in bug bounties

11 August 2016 in Security

Security firm Exodus Intelligence has trumped Apple in the bug bounty area, offering as much as half a million American…

McGregor steps up at Check Point

11 August 2016 in People Moves

Security vendor Check Point Software Technologies has promoted Craig McGregor to the role of channel sales director Australia.

Alibaba Cloud helping foreign companies enter China market

10 August 2016 in Market

Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of giant Chinese online retailer Alibaba, has unveiled its global marketplace and AliLaunch programmes…

How to harness cloud without the bill shock

10 August 2016 in Cloud

Lowering the total cost of cloud ownership is now a priority for most organisations using cloud services, as they look…

Radeon RX 460 – the NQNBT for gamers

10 August 2016 in Entertainment

Two days ago iTWire announced the Radeon RX 470 – the next big thing (NBT) for impoverished gamers. Today we…

Microsoft patches two remote holes in Edge, seven others

10 August 2016 in Security

Microsoft has released patches for nine vulnerabilities in various software packages, with five of the flaws being remotely exploitable.

WD Gold 10TB HDD for data centres

10 August 2016 in Storage & Cloud Storage

Data centres have a very different set of requirements to compute or network attached storage use. WD’s Gold series now…

Label everything and label often

10 August 2016 in Print Solutions

That is likely Brother’s motto as it has added an industrial strength labeller to its P-Touch Range.

Vaya claims unlimited plan price crown

10 August 2016 in Mobility

Vaya reckons its $16 a month Unlimited S plan is Australia's cheapest way to get unlimited mobile calls and texts.

Seagate’s new 10TB range – not a lot of hot air

10 August 2016 in Storage & Cloud Storage

One of the most important aspects of Seagate’s new BarraCuda, IronWolf and SkyHawk 10TB range is that they all use…

NetComm sets up US R&D facility

10 August 2016 in Strategy

NetComm Wireless has ramped up its US market expansion with the establishment of its first research and development (R&D) facility…

Quadrooter leads to questions about SELinux use

10 August 2016 in Security

A factor that enables the exploitation of one of the Quadrooter defects in Qualcomm chips is the disarming of SELinux,…

Linux TCP flaw enables remote attacks

10 August 2016 in Security

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, say they have found a weakness in the transmission control protocol (TCP) used…

Facebook to force users to watch ads

10 August 2016 in Apps

Facebook announced on Tuesday that it would be making it more difficult for ad-blockers, which users have in their browsers,…

 

 

 

 

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