March 8 is International Women's Day, a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women, and a day that "marks a call to action for accelerating women's equality", and iTWire is proud to be taking part in sharing even more powerful stories from inspirational women in the world of technology.



Avoiding processors that suffer from the Spectre vulnerability will, in some cases, mean that one has to buy a new CPU, a senior Linux systems administrator says.

The global eSports and games streaming industry will be worth US$3.5 billion by 2025, rising from $2.1 billion in 2021, according to a new report.

SITA, the communications and technology vendor for 90% of the world's airlines, has suffered a breach involving data that was stored on SITA Passenger Service System servers, the company says in a public statement.

OPPO, one of three smartphone brands owned by giant B.B.K. Electronics, has become the number one smartphone brand in China for the first time, the technology analyst firm Counterpoint Research says, adding that this was achieved in January. OPPO was also the top 5G brand in the sub-US$600 (A$780) price segment.

Ransomware operators are catholic in their approach to breaking into businesses, and the size of a business really appears to be of no import. A good example of this is the compromise last week of a small businessman from Ohio whose annual turnover is barely US$150,000 (A$194,687).

Global cloud communications platform provider 8x8 has appointed former RingCentral marketing executive Amritesh Chaudhuri as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer.

Australian fixed wireless and wholesale network infrastructure provider, Swoop, has announced the appointment of John Phillips as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) ahead of its proposed listing on the ASX in April.

Australian-listed space technology operator Kleos Space has signed a new contract with rideshare provider Spaceflight to launch its third satellite cluster (KSF2) in December this year aboard a SpaceX Falcon rocket.

“International Women’s Day is a wonderful opportunity for me to think about the women who’ve helped me and those who I’ve helped along the way”, explains Kate Toon, founder of the Stay Tooned Group and the My Business Awards Businesswoman of the Year 2020.

Guest Research: New Adobe and Deloitte research reveals the majority of Australians have a preference for digital engagement with the government, including 76% of Australians who want or are open to, a personalised digital experience. Australian Government websites clocked 1.7 billion visits since the beginning of the pandemic, signalling more than a billion reasons to deliver relevant digital experiences through the government’s digital front door.

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