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Apple or Android? Smartphone sales surge 11% in AU

Wed, 21st Feb 2018
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wearables
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martech
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commerce systems
9.2m smartphones were sold in 2017, a big increase from last year that was largely driven by a 'replacement cycle' from one of the major OS.
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Mandatory data breach law comes into force THIS Thursday - are you ready?

Wed, 21st Feb 2018
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breach prevention
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risk & compliance
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cybersecurity
Despite the imminent law with crippling fines that affects almost every significant sized AU business, a Canon study has found 3 in 5 are unaware.
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INTERVIEW: What Google's decision to distrust Symantec certificates means

Wed, 21st Feb 2018
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devops
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apm
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cybersecurity
Last year Chrome announced a formal plan to remove trust from Symantec-issued certificates - Venafi's Walter Goulet discusses the implications.
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SAP releases new cloud tool to better connect resellers and customers

Tue, 20th Feb 2018
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sap
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channel infrastructure
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channel ecosystem
Sales organisations are now 'supercharging' their professionals with the SAP Hybris Sales Cloud solution that is built to maximise sales productivity.
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NSW govt backs Sydney software company to create 95 jobs

Tue, 20th Feb 2018
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edutech
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education, learning & training
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software
NSW for Jobs has allocated a loan to Momentum Cloud with the software company aiming to create nearly 100 jobs in Australia over the next five years.
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AU govt echoes HP's recall of potentially fiery laptop batteries

Tue, 20th Feb 2018
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power / energy
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hp
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notebook
The ACCC has reiterated HP's recall with one of its own in an attempt to get Aussie consumers to check and replace their batteries if needed.
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​Huge increase in email-borne attacks requires new thinking

Mon, 19th Feb 2018
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malware
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ransomware
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email security
More than 205 billion emails are sent and received every day with that number increasing every year - something hackers are keenly aware of.
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Google Cloud to snap up LogMeIn's Xively for US$50m

Sat, 17th Feb 2018
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hyperscale
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public cloud
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iot
Google indicated in a recent blog post that it means to use Xively as its launch pad into the ballooning IoT market.
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New malicious search engine trawls AWS servers for sensitive data

Sat, 17th Feb 2018
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
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public cloud
​As if it wasn't easy enough already, the lives for hackers has just been made a lot easier with a tool that lays bare AWS S3 servers.
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Business confidence in Australia highest in 4 years

Fri, 16th Feb 2018
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it industry
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roy morgan research
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business confidence
The IT industry is one of the major drivers of confident businesses in Australia that are more likely to invest in growing their businesses this year.
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Gartner provides 7 steps for dealing with Spectre and Meltdown

Fri, 16th Feb 2018
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iaas
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risk & compliance
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cybersecurity
​No doubt you've heard of Spectre and Meltdown before, given security researchers are calling them 'catastrophic' - here's Gartner's advice.
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New advisory platform finds 41m PDFs part of a cyberattack in last 3 months

Fri, 16th Feb 2018
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malware
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firewalls
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ransomware
Barracuda announced the availability of its new platform that provides advanced threat trends in real time - along with some shocking findings.
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67% of organisations say they're understaffed to handle cybersecurity

Thu, 15th Feb 2018
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semiconductors
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partner programmes
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cybersecurity
RiskIQ's survey paints a grim picture that forecasts a 'perfect storm' where the problem of staff shortages collides with escalating cybercrime.
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Gartner says just 4% of CIOs have deployed 'meaningful' AI

Wed, 14th Feb 2018
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it automation
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ai
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analyst report
While there is a huge level of interest in AI tech, actual implementations are extremely low - here are the obstacles early adopters have faced.
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Winter Olympics hacked: Was it just disruptive or something more sinister?

Tue, 13th Feb 2018
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cybersecurity
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cisco
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cybercrime
The Winter Olympics recently fell victim to a cyberattack which seemed to be just a disruption, but this expert says there could be more behind it.
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Cryptocurrency exchange says it lost $195m to hackers – but is it a scam?

Tue, 13th Feb 2018
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crypto
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blockchain
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cybersecurity
BitGrail wasn't known to many until last week when it announced it had been hacked, but many experts believe all is not as it seems.
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Blockchain spending to surge 90% in 2018 with 60% on IT services

Sat, 10th Feb 2018
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blockchain
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supply chain
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it services
APAC spent around US$148m on blockchain solutions in 2017, with 2018's forecast almost double that and IT services taking the lion's share.
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Apple says DON'T fear about leaked source code – experts say DO

Sat, 10th Feb 2018
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cybersecurity
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ios
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apple
After a critical source code for the iPhone was leaked online recently, Apple reassured there was nothing to fear but experts think otherwise.
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Survey finds businesses stung with $16m hidden cybersecurity costs every year

Fri, 9th Feb 2018
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malware
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endpoint protection
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edr
New research from Bromium has found the hidden costs of 'detect-to-protect' security are immense with businesses being blindsided every year.
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Edge, IoT and energy efficiency all feature in Vertiv MD's forecast for AU

Thu, 8th Feb 2018
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datacentre infrastructure
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edge computing
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iot
The year seems to be flying by with one month down already, but Vertiv ANZ managing director Robert Linsdell says there is still much to come.