| Today on iTWire | This Morning Whispir appoints Wissner as marketing chief By Staff Writer Communications workflow platform provider and SaaS company Whispir has appointed 20-year B2B technology industry veteran Annie Wissner as chief marketing officer. Read more... NZ Commerce Commission considers Vocus/2degrees merger application By Staff Writer New Zealand’s consumer competition regulator The Commerce Commission has received an application for clearance for a transaction that would see the merger of the Vocus… Read more... Ransomware, OT/ICS threats remain at ‘all time high’, warns Nozomi By Staff Writer Ransomware and threats to operational technology/industrial control system (OT/ICS) environments remain at an all-time high, as do vulnerability disclosures as we enter the new year,… Read more... Amazon should never have given their assistant a female name, says the Alexa is a human campaign By David M Williams In this world of modern digital assistants it's become commonplace to call upon your device by name. However, it’s also caused suffering in the lives… Read more... Hard-working Minecraft player releases free DOOM adventure, two years of work By David M Williams With two hours of work, a dedicated Minecraft Java edition player has released a DOOM-inspired adventure map, for free. The almost 80MB download includes textures,… Read more... Sophos picks de Jesus to lead ANZ channels By Stephen Withers Cybersecurity vendor Sophos has appointed Charles de Jesus to the role of ANZ channel director. Read more... More government funding for solar R&D By Stephen Withers Arena's latest $40 million R&D funding round is intended to support projects that align with the agency's Solar 30 30 30 target of 30% module… Read more... iTWire TV iTWireTV Interview: Aaron Bugal of Sophos talks cyber security implications of returning to the office, and more Returning to the office is something many more people have done since lockdowns ended, but which devices are unpatched and unprotected from not being used… Read more... iTWireTV Interview: A 'fireside chat' with Sophos A/NZ MD, John Donovan, as we discuss the 2022 Threat Report GUEST INTERVIEW: Sophos has released its 2022 Threat Report, and Sophos A/NZ MD joined iTWireTV not only to tell us its findings, but to recap… Read more... iTWireTV Interview: Barry Palte explains the benefits of impact investing in disruptive tech GUEST INTERVIEW: Impact investment is the art of sustainable investing and achieving positive social and private investment outcomes - a win/win situation proven by investment… Read more... iTWireTV Interview: Barco A/NZ MD, Claudio Cardile, shares a fresh outlook for the post-Covid workplace GUEST INTERVIEW: Although the spectre of Omicron hovers, people are nevertheless returning to work in a hybrid fashion, with the demand for modern, fast and… Read more... iTWireTV Interview: Dynabook's Matthew Tumminello talks anti-bacterial coatings, new Satellite Pros, great results and a peek into the future With anti-bacterial coatings finally being applied directly to devices, as Dynabook's two new Satellite Pro models feature, as will the rest of Dynabook's range as… Read more... Company News Qlik announces confidential submission of draft registration statement related to proposed public offering COMPANY NEWS: Qlik announced that it has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for a proposed initial public offering of… Read more... Attackers bypass crititical Microsoft Office patch by adapting a novel "-40444" exploit to a different file format and then use it for just 36 hours, Sophos reports COMPANY NEWS: Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, today released details of a novel exploit that bypasses a patch for a critical vulnerability (CVE-2021-40444)… Read more... Fastly powers uptime and reliability with real-time insights into origin-to-edge traffic data COMPANY NEWS: Fastly, a global edge cloud network provider, today announced the launch of Origin Inspector, an origin-to-edge real-time visibility product accessible via Fastly’s user… Read more... Aussie Broadband update on 2Q FY22 broadband net additions COMPANY NEWS: Aussie Broadband’s 1Q FY22 trading update covered an outlook of 53,000 to 60,000 broadband net additions in 2Q FY22 last 20 October 2021. Read more... DHL Supply Chain Singapore supports business expansion, supercharges agent retention with Avaya OneCloud COMPANY NEWS: DHL Supply Chain, the world’s leading contract logistics provider, has accelerated its business expansion to meet a boom in demand for its services,… Read more... Harnessing the 11.11 Global Shopping Festival as a launchpad for Alibaba’s green technology COMPANY NEWS: Each year on November 11, China hosts the world’s largest e-commerce bonanza, which is also one of the globe’s largest digital projects. Behind… Read more... Upcoming Webinars ON-DEMAND WEBINAR 2021 Telecom security - exploring the threat landscape How do you maintain customer trust while evolving your network, and in effect simultaneously evolving the threat landscape? In this webinar, F5 brings together an… Read more... ON-DEMAND WEBINAR - 5G success starts with your cloud-native infrastructure Join this session by F5 to learn how to efficiently deploy and manage your 5G cloud-native infrastructure, foundational to a service provider’s 5G success. Read more... Juniper Mist AI supercharges your Wi-Fi Juniper presented its Mist AI and Marvis smart assistant over a gin tasting event, explaining why organisations large and small should get onboard. Read more... Globalization Partners conference wraps up on high note to re-invent business Globalization Partners has concluded its annual Pangeo global employment conference, providing a forum to help leaders and businesses everywhere in navigating the “new normal” under… Read more... TelSoc Broadband Futures Forum – ABAC AgriTech Report REPLAY AVAILABLE: TelSoc invites you to an on-demand replay of its TelSoc Broadband Futures Forum – ABAC AgriTech Report event. Read more... SAP opens its doors to host the Effect innovation experience EVENT INVITATION: SAP is opening the doors of its offices to invite you to share, create, listen, connect, and grow during its Effect innovation experience. 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... 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... |
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