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• New horizons open up for NBN Co’s Sky Muster satellite service

  Changes to how NBN Co operates its satellite service will open up new possibilities for the company to manage traffic as demand continues to grow for connectivity in regional Australia.

• SAP Leonardo adoption progressing despite user group apathy

  In June 2017 SAP relaunched a nascent product named after Leonardo Da Vinci to reflect its changing position from an IoT platform to a "digital innovation system".

• What is the MEAN stack? JavaScript web applications

  The web application stack powered by MongoDB, Express, Angular, and Node.js leverages JavaScript from top to bottom

• Slack beefs up security with enterprise key management

  Slack has announced the rollout of Enterprise Key Management to tighten up security and compliance for its enterprise customers.

• Workday CEO outlines plans to take on ERP giants, Oracle and SAP

  Workday is transitioning from an HR and business finance software suite into a full ERP platform as it aims to compete with Oracle and SAP.

• Red Hat commits to Openstack for 'at least' 10 years

  While Red Hat understandably wouldn't discuss anything to do with the IBM mega-acquisition - for regulatory reasons - director of product management James Labocki and senior director for product management at Openstack Nick Barcet confirmed Red Hat's commitment to Openstack for at least the next "10 years".

• Vulnerabilities to hit 19,000 this year — time for Australia to get smart on security

  What do storms, volcanoes and cyber attacks have in common? All can have a devastating impact on society and all have claimed a spot on the World Economic Forum’s top global risks of 2018 list. Last year, the global cost of cybercrime was estimated to exceed $600 billion, equating to around 0.8 per cent of global GDP. An eye-watering amount.

• Google investigates faster, more-private webpage transitions

  The Chrome team works on specs for fast loading and multipage sites

• Macquarie Uni coupler enables super-fast fibre, a potential antidote to 'capacity crunch'

  ​A coupler developed by researchers at Macquarie University Photonics Research Centre has enabled transmission of more than a petabit of data per second down an optical fibre as fine as a human hair.

• Digital Realty opens new Sydney data centre, plans to build more

  Digital Realty has boosted its investment portfolio in Australia to more than $1 billion after opening its new data centre facility, Digital Erskine Park II.

• Salter Brothers challenges MyNetFone over Inabox takeover

  A subsidiary of SB&G Group has made an all-cash $21.4 million offer for Inabox, ahead of a 19 November Inabox ​shareholder meeting due to vote on a takeover bid by MyNetFone.

• Telco group concerned over push for ACMA to oversee TIO

  Telco industry group Communications Alliance says it is concerned over a government proposal for the Australian Communications and Media Authority to oversee the complaints body Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman.

• Greens call for digital rights commissioner

  The Australian Greens have called for the establishment of a “digital rights commissioner” as part of a suite of new policies unveiled yesterday by the party.

• KPMG Australia launches cryptocurrency tax estimator API

  ​KPMG today launched a tool to help traders of cryptocurrencies better understand their tax liabilities.

• Former Yahoo7 CTO lands at Isentia

  ​Former Yahoo7 chief technology officer Paul Russell has been appointed CTO of media monitoring and data company Isentia.