Today on iTWire | This Afternoon WatchGuard adds to Firebox range By Stephen Withers Security vendor WatchGuard Technologies has released its new Firebox M290, M390, M590 and M690 unified threat management appliances. Read more... Yubico launches first YubiKey with biometric authentication By Sam Varghese Hardware authentication provider Yubico has announced its YubiKey Bio Series, the first from its portals to support fingerprint recognition for secure passwordless and second-factor logins. Read more... Google's Pixel 6 and 6 Pro smartphones to launch October 19 in US By Alex Zaharov-Reutt Launching on October 19 in the US, and thus October 20 in Australia, is the new Google Pixel 6 and 6 Pro smartphones, with persistent… Read more... How Kablamo’s cloud-based data platform Firetrail can help firefighters By Kenn Anthony Mendoza Data management and digital product development company Kablamo launches Firetrail, a cloud-based data and AI platform for bushfire management, prediction and prevention. Read more... Legal tech start-up raises $7.5m as it looks to expand in region By Sam Varghese An Australian legal tech start-up has raised $7.5 million as it gets set to launch in New Zealand and south-east Asia, claiming it will provide… Read more... Mobile contactless transactions to exceed 49 billion globally in 2023 By Staff Writer Global transaction volumes for mobile payments will grow from 26 billion in 2021 to 49 billion in 2023, representing a growth of 92%, according to… Read more... Pandemic pushes up demand for online learning, says RMIT Online By Staff Writer Demand for RMIT Online’s master programs has jumped during the Covid-19 pandemic, with the biggest increases for logistics and data science degrees reflecting the explosion… Read more... Threat actors use Python script in swift ESXi ransomware attack By Sam Varghese Attackers used a script written in Python during a recent ransomware attack which took just three hours, encrypting all the virtual disks on the target's… Read more... Gamurs picks Davies as COO By Stephen Withers Esports and entertainment media network Gamurs Group has appointed Geraint Davies to the role of chief operating officer. Read more... Stonehouse heads local sales for Mobile Mentor By Stephen Withers Technology services company Mobile Mentor has appointed Glen Stonehouse to the role of head of sales in Australia. Read more... Facebook kept to its motto: it moved fast and broke things By Sam Varghese ANALYSIS A Facebook engineer issued a command to assess the availability of global backbone capacity and this, unintentionally, took down all the connections in the… Read more... TPG agrees to make majority investment in digital process automation leader Nintex By Nintex COMPANY NEWS: Nintex, the global standard for process management and automation, today announced a definitive agreement to sell a majority stake in the company to… Read more... Decision-makers are being forced off the production frontlines By Kelly Herrell GUEST OPINION by Kelly Herrell, CEO, Hazelcast: As manufacturing expertise is physically relocated off the shop floor, new approaches are needed to enable effective oversight… Read more... Upcoming Webinars Future Crunch and Troy Hunt keynote upcoming annual ISACA Conference Oceania 2021 EVENT INVITATION: Explore the ever-changing technology trends in cybersecurity and IT risk through the three-day virtual conference. Read more... Upgrade your backup solution to meet modern backup challenges Webinar Invite: Data protection plays a critical role in keeping companies functional. Read more... EVENT INVITE: Should TV move: 600 MHz, the long tail, and the government’s media reform green paper Telsoc is inviting viewers to watch and listen media and communications consultant Giles Tanner’s discuss a government proposal in light of the hybrid view of… Read more... ConnectWise Announces 2021 IT Nation Conference Schedule Company unveils conference dates and locations for the year; In-person events to follow COVID-19 protocols COMPANY NEWS by ConnectWise: ConnectWise, the leading provider of intelligent… Read more... Watch Now: Flexible IT Innovation: Taking A Data-Driven Approach To Scale And Complexity Watch Now: Hitachi Vantara and Innovatus Media invite you to watch a replay of the digital discussion on "Building the Right Channel Ecosystem" Read more... Reimagining Midrange Storage for Business Resilience and Success in the Digital-era WEBINAR WATCH NOW: IDC & Hitachi Vantara Reimagining Midrange Storage Read more... Vendor News Instaclustr adds PostgreSQL to managed platform in public preview PostgreSQL joining Cassandra, Kafka, Redis, and other open source data technologies as a fully- and expertly-managed service part of Instaclustr’s growing platform COMPANY NEWS by Instaclustr: … Read more... Wham, bam, SolarWinds SAM keeps you ahead of server and application downtime REVIEW PROMOTION Any business network with more than a handful of devices needs a good systems and applications monitoring tool. It will proactively alert you… Read more... Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Indonesia Taps 8x8 CPaaS to Enhance Mobile Experience for Business-to-Business (B2B) Customers in Indonesia Deploys 8x8 SMS API to Ensure Mobile App Security with One-Time Password (OTP) Multi-Factor Authentication COMPANY NEWS: Cloud communications platform provider 8x8 (NYSE: EGHT) has… Read more... Tecala Ranked on Channel Futures MSP 501—Tech Industry’s Most Prestigious List of Global Managed Service Providers COMPANY NEWS: Tecala, Australia’s award-winning technology services and IT consulting provider, has announced that it has been named as one of the world’s premier Managed… Read more... ExtraHop Experts Contribute Network Detection and Response Expertise to MITRE ATT&CK Framework Cybersecurity knowledge base expands to support evolving security landscape COMPANY NEWS: ExtraHop, the leader in cloud-native network detection and response (NDR), today announced that ExtraHop… Read more... Talend extends APAC presence with cloud data infrastructure in Australia to serve customer growth Helps customers maintain data sovereignty requirements and improve organisation's data health COMPANY NEWS: Talend (NASDAQ: TLND), a global leader in data integration and data integrity,… Read more... |
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