Hi John, Microsoft's certification as a Protected provider of its Azure Cloud and Office 365 services to the Australian Government has literally come under a cloud, with the Australian Signals Directorate issuing a consumer guide containing a number of fiats about the service.
The latest step into telco services taken by Kogan.com is its low-cost fixed line NBN service which has been launched today in collaboration with Vodafone Hutchison Australia. PC shipments in the Asia Pacific region are declining, especially in China where unit shipments have declined 5.7% year over year. The decline in APAC comes as the global market declined for the 14th consecutive quarter dating back to the second quarter of 2012. Most professional hackers say they could bypass security systems, locate critical data, and exfiltrate that data within 15 hours, and they label defence measures such as firewalls and antivirus as trivially easy to bypass. A survey of both fixed broadband and mobile users has indicated that a total of 40% could be using only mobile services by 2020 if the data limits and price points matched their needs. Watch out Uber - ride sharing service Ola has launched in Melbourne and has flagged future launches in Brisbane and the Gold Coast, Canberra, Adelaide, Darwin and Hobart. And of course, there's plenty more so for all the news visit www.itwire.com. Have a great day! Stan Beer, Editor in Chief, iTWire ADVERTISE IN THIS NEWSLETTER & iTWire.com Contact: andrew.matler@itwire.com 0412 390 000
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