| Today on iTWire | This Afternoon Global PC shipments to end year on a high note: Canalys By Sam Varghese Global shipments of PCs in the final quarter of 2020 are expected to hit 143 million units, a rise of 35% year-on-year, the technology analyst… Read more... ACCC alleges Facebook misled consumers when promoting app to 'protect' users' data By Peter Dinham Australia’s competition watchdog the ACCC has instituted proceedings in the Federal Court against Facebook and two of its subsidiaries for false, misleading or deceptive conduct… Read more... TasmaNet completes NBN fibre connections rollout to Tasmanian schools By Peter Dinham Tasmanian communications provider TasmaNet has completed the rollout of dedicated NBN fibre connections to 59 public schools around the State. Read more... Demand for Australian executives up 13% in December, says search firm By Peter Dinham Some serious news on effective Covid-19 vaccinations helped push up Australian executive employment opportunities this month by 13%, according to Grant Montgomery, managing director of… Read more... COVID care app developed by IBM in ANZ By Stephen Withers An app developed by IBM and the COVID-19 Critical Care Consortium (COVID Critical) is designed to help intensive care clinicians access the most up-to-date medical… Read more... Samsung mobile chief hints at Galaxy stylus support and possible S21 in Jan By Sam Varghese South Korean smartphone firm Samsung Electronics has dropped some hints about its smartphone roadmap in the new year, with its president of mobile, Dr T.M.… Read more... VIDEO Interview: Chris Althaus on 16 years service as AMTA CEO, plus 5G, the industry and more! By Alex Zaharov-Reutt Chris Althaus is CEO of AMTA, the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association, and before he steps down in early 2021 after over a decade and a… Read more... Huawei releases schedule for EMUI 11 updates in Australia By Sam Varghese Chinese smartphone vendor Huawei Technologies has announced the Australian release schedule for EMUI 11, the operating system based on the open-source version of Android that… Read more... VIDEO Interview: Aaron Bugal explains the Sophos 2021 Threat Report By Alex Zaharov-Reutt 2020 has shown us that we live in a very uncertain world, and with cybercriminals upping their game to devastating new levels this year, the… Read more... Scammers set up Westpac site to steal customers' credentials By Sam Varghese Scammers are taking advantage of the busy shopping season and trying to relieve customers of Westpac of some of their earnings, setting up a site… Read more... Security, privacy, cloud and technology resilience top of mind for IT audit sector By Peter Dinham Concerns around security, privacy, cloud and technology resilience in the IT audit industry are being further fueled by shifting business priorities, the pandemic-induced remote work… Read more... Edge Computing on growth path to US8.3 billion spend in 2025 By Peter Dinham Global network operator spend on Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) will grow from US$2.7 billion in 2020, to US$8.3 billion in 2025, as operators invest heavily… Read more... Pure Storage announces availability of 'Pure as-a-Service' in AWS Marketplace with new 'efficiency guarantee' By Alex Zaharov-Reutt Promising it delivers "flexible consumption models at scale to serve modern data needs" which drives "extended collaboration", Pure Storage has "two new offerings to make… Read more... CloudLinux becomes second project to offer CentOS replacement By Sam Varghese The people behind CloudLinux, a hardened distribution based on CentOS and meant for businesses, have announced a new community initiative named Project Lenix which they… Read more... FireEye and Microsoft silent on source of attacks, others pile on By Sam Varghese Neither American cyber security firm FireEye nor software giant Microsoft, the two companies which carried out an investigation into supply chain attacks on many companies… Read more... EU proposes new laws to keep big technology companies in check By Sam Varghese The European Commission, the executive arm of the EU, has proposed new laws under which technology companies can be fined up to 10% of their… Read more... Telstra improves the Triple Zero Emergency Call Service with Advanced Mobile Location By Alex Zaharov-Reutt Telstra has improved the Triple Zero Emergency Call Service with Advanced Mobile Location on Android and Apple smartphones that have the latest OS updates, assisting… Read more... Telstra extends WA Dept of Education partnership, earns top marks for WA school connectivity By Alex Zaharov-Reutt Public school students throughout Western Australia will soon have access to high-speed connectivity under an extension of the partnership between Telstra and the WA Department… Read more... When did FireEye know its defences had been breached? By Sam Varghese ANALYSIS When did American cyber security firm FireEye become aware that it had been compormised and its crown jewels — its Red Team tools —… Read more... Mastercard enables contactless payments on Gold Coast Light Rail By Sam Varghese Global payment solutions provider Mastercard has worked with the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Road to enable contactless payments on the Gold Coast Light… Read more... Upcoming Webinars WATCH REPLAY: ASCCA's Living Your Best Online Life Conference 2020 ASCCA is the Australian Seniors Computer Clubs Association, and the replay of the 2020 Living Your Best Online Life conference can be seen here now! Read more... Synology® 2021 AND BEYOND, Coming Soon EVENT INVITE: The countdown has begun for Synology’s annual event, where Synology announces the latest development on our data management solutions and more. Last year,… Read more... CONFERENCE INVITE: Autodesk University 2020, Nov 18-20, reimagine what's possible Starting on the 17th for those in the Northern Hemisphere, and the 18th for us in the Southern Hemisphere, the online Autodesk University 2020 event… Read more... WEBINAR INVITE: Dr Jon Gray hosting live Data Governance Nov 19 at 1pm AEDT, see video Dr Jonathan Gray, the CEO and Chief Data Scientist at Catapult BI will present a free 30 minute webinar on Data Governance and its importance… Read more... VIRTUAL TECH SUMMIT INVITE: How to navigate towards business resiliency Globally, technology leaders had their 2020 plans interrupted with the year’s massive economic disruption. Those embarking on transformation journeys either had to accelerate with tightened… Read more... WEBINAR INVITE, 2 Dec: BMC increases global SaaS delivery with expanded AWS availability FREE WEBINAR: Increased availability of BMC Helix now available with expanded AWS availability zones, including Australia Read more... ZEBRA CUSTOMER SUMMIT: Nov 10 2020 - video interview with CTO Tom Bianculli On the 10th of November, Zebra Technologies is holding its ANZ Customer Summit, with this year's theme being "Customer experience at the edge", and CTO Tom… Read more... FREE WEBINAR: Hyland to host a free webinar on October 29th, explains the importance of Enterprise Search for government agencies. All government agencies and departments face the universal challenge of locating critical information within the myriad of documents, files, emails and other forms of information… Read more... Living your Best Online Life: ASCCA's Online Conference, 9am-4.30pm on 10 November 2020 ASCCA is the Australian Seniors Computer Clubs Association, and since 1998 it continues to be Australia's peak body for empowering Australian Seniors through technology, and… Read more... Cloud Transformation Online A/NZ: a must-attend for senior cloud execs ONLINE EVENT INVITATION "Cloud Transformation Online" for senior cloud executives. Four lunchtime (AEDT) sessions from 10 to 13 November 2020 make it easy for you… Read more... Vendor News SolarWinds NTA puts the network admin's finger on the networking pulse REVIEW PROMOTION The network has always been important, and even more so in this day of cloud computing and working from home. When something goes… Read more... ThousandEyes Launches New Feature Functionality To Power Cloud, Internet and SaaS Visibility COMPANY NEWS: ThousandEyes, the Internet and Cloud Intelligence company, has launched new feature functionality solution advancements designed to power the next generation of cloud, Internet,… Read more... What’s the risk of being unsupported? VENDOR CONTRIBUTION: The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) received one cybercrime report every 10 minutes over the last 12 months, and malicious cyber activity against… Read more... 8x8 delivers improvements to Open Communications Platform COMPANY NEWS: 8 x8, Inc. (NYSE: EGHT), a leading integrated cloud communications platform, today announced new 8x8 Open Communications Platform enhancements, improving how organisations manage… Read more... blueAPACHE’s Multi-Million Dollar Cisco Core Network Refresh COMPANY NEWS: Leading IT services company, blueAPACHE, has announced that it has embarked on a $6 million, multi-phase refresh of its core emPOWER network infrastructure… Read more... Talend Expands Snowflake Partnership to Deliver Data Clarity to Joint Customers Now available in Snowflake Partner Connect, Talend Trust Score instantly assesses the health of data driving business COMPANY NEWS: Talend, a global leader in data integration and… Read more... |
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