| Today on iTWire | This Morning Mobile commerce on track for high growth in APAC region Written by Peter Dinham Mobile commerce around the world is expected to grow even faster than e-commerce this year, according to a new report which forecasts that large markets… Read more... CFOs put staff hiring, retention as top priority for 2017 Written by Peter Dinham Staff acquisition and retention, and professional development for their employees top the list for Australia’s chief financial officers this year, according to a new study… Read more... ME Bank deploys managed security services from VMTech Written by Peter Dinham Industry super fund-owned ME Bank has selected Virtual Machine Technology (VMtech) to deliver a comprehensive managed security service (MSS) to help it manage and capitalise… Read more... Rhipe, DocuSign combine on digital transformations Written by Peter Dinham Cloud aggregator rhipe is partnering with digital transaction management (DTM) and eSignature provider, DocuSign, to help its IT service provider partners’ customers transform their businesses… Read more... ACS gives tick of approval to new data breach notification rules Written by Peter Dinham The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has given the thumbs up to new regulations mandating data breach notification, with strong endorsement of the guiding purpose of… Read more... Patton appointed to top role at IAP2 Written by Peter Dinham Internet Australia chief Laurie Patton is to take over as CEO of the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) in Australasia after announcing his impending… Read more... IBM and Ericsson create new 5G antenna module Written by Stephen Withers IBM and Ericsson have developed a phased array chip that could be used in antenna modules for 5G base stations. Read more... BlackBerry adds communications PaaS with SDK Written by Stephen Withers BlackBerry's BBM Enterprise SDK allows developers to integrate secure messaging, voice and video capabilities into their applications and services. Read more... Proofpoint 2016 malware report – Bigger, faster and more to come Written by Ray Shaw In Q4, 2016 The largest email phishing campaign was 6.7 times the largest in Q3 and fraudulent social media accounts increased by 100%. These are… Read more... Fitbit analyses Australian athletes and swimmers Written by Ray Shaw Fitbit is the official high-tech wearable partner of the Australian Dolphins Swim Team. More than 100 coaches, swimmers, and staff now wear its devices to enhance… Read more... Why is Australia Post chief Fahour paid $5.6m? Written by Sam Varghese The Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, draws an annual salary of $522,000. Some would argue that the man is overpaid, given that he has done… Read more... Contractors in high demand, IT professionals' job prospects on the improve Written by Peter Dinham Demand for IT professionals is at an historic high, according to a new employment report which reveals that demand is highest for contractors as companies… Read more... VMware expands Horizon with hybrid cloud and more Written by Stephen Withers The latest VMware Horizon updates - including the introduction of a hybrid cloud service running in IBM's cloud - are said to reduce the cost… Read more... Snowden’s lawyer pushes for unlikely clemency from Trump Written by Doron Beer Whistleblower Edward Snowden’s Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena has recently expressed his and his client’s desire for clemency to be granted by President Donald Trump. Read more... Wednesday Afternoon Millions of Aussies still ‘dissatisfied’ with broadband speeds Written by Peter Dinham Almost a quarter of Australians – equating to 3 million people - are dissatisfied with their home broadband speed, according to a newly published survey. Read more... Dumb machines, not AI, the problem: expert Written by Sam Varghese An informatics expert says that humanity has nothing to fear from smart machines but the real threat comes from incompetent machines that can screw up… Read more... Twitter gets tougher on safety for users Written by Peter Dinham Twitter has taken steps to further beef up safety for users of its services in an effort to be a “safer place” and address issues… Read more... Optus secures deal with Uniting aged care Written by Peter Dinham Optus has sealed a five-year deal with aged care and community service provider Uniting to deliver fixed voice, mobile, Unified Communications-as-a-Service (UCaaS) and data network… Read more... Bid on a Porsche designed Huawei Mate 9 now Written by Ray Shaw Huawei is auctioning its Porsche Design Mate 9 special edition to celebrate its launch, with proceeds going to the charity Tour de Cure. Read more... Bill to criminalise data re-identification may not pass Senate Written by Sam Varghese An amendment to the Privacy Act, in order to criminalise the re-identification of anonymised released government datasets, may fail to clear the Senate if the… Read more... WD/Toshiba - 512 gigabit, 64-layer, 3D NAND chip Written by Ray Shaw Western Digital has announced pilot production of a 512Gb, three-bit per cell (X3), 64-layer, 3D NAND (BICS 3D) chip from its production partner Toshiba’s Yokkaichi… Read more... NSW councils slammed for IT deals sans tenders Written by Sam Varghese The head of a technology company in NSW has questioned why contracts for IT deals with local councils have been awarded to a Queensland company… Read more... Sponsored Announcements Next Telecom wins Australian Gold Customer Service Award again Sydney Monday 6th February 2017: Next Telecom Pty Ltd, one of Australia’s premier (IP) Voice and Data service providers for businesses, today announced it has… Read more... BizData announces natural language collaboration with Narrative Science At BizData, we pride ourselves in selecting only the most innovative technology vendors that will help our customers unlock the total value of Power BI.… Read more... Border security, key IT industry issues under the microscope at the 7th annual CIO Leaders Australian Summit 2017 The international perspective, and the issue of border security for countries like Australia, will be front and centre at this year’s 7th annual CIO Leaders… Read more... Cyber security takes centre stage at the CISO Leaders Summit 2017 in Melbourne Australia’s private and government sectors, like their counterparts around the world, are under constant threat from cyber security attacks. Read more... Yellowfin Connectors enable businesses to view and share data from third-party applications to make better data-driven decisions Easy plug-In connectors end data silos and eliminate the need to log-in and query multiple applications Global Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics software vendor Yellowfin,… Read more... Sri Lanka to Introduce Coding Curriculum into Schools in 2017 Education initiative a key component of Sri Lanka’s acceleration as a knowledge-based economySydney, Australia, 20 December 2016: The Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri… Read more... |
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