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• ASC taps Accenture for digital transformation program

  Australian defence contractor ASC has signed Accenture to help implement a digital transformation program that it says will “affect all areas of its submarine and shipbuilding businesses, across Collins Class sustainment and warship construction and maintenance.”

• NBN CEO rejects suggestion he advocated dumping HFC, FTTN

  NBN CEO Bill Morrow has denied suggestions that he proposed that the company dump its use of fibre to the node (FTTN) and hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC) in favour of fibre to the curb (FTTC).

• Facebook ‘revenge porn’ pilot proceeds despite concerns

  Facebook says it is proceeding with its controversial ‘revenge porn’ prevention pilot, despite the slew of concerns from security experts and victim advocates.

• How Kinect tech and two watermelons could make Australia’s trains run on time

  ​In Japan they called them shiri oshi or ‘tushy pushers’, the white gloved railway platform attendants that with some strategic jostling and a well-timed shove, packed commuters onto crowded trains at speed.

• US bill would force tech companies to disclose foreign source code scrutiny

  US tech companies would be forced to disclose if they allowed American adversaries, like Russia and China, to examine the inner workings of software sold to the U.S. military under proposed legislation, according to Senate staff

• Jury awards Apple US$539 million in Samsung patent retrial

  After nearly five days of deliberations, a US jury has said Samsung should pay $539 million (A$711 million) to Apple for copying patented smartphone features, according to court documents, bringing a years-long feud between the technology companies into its final stages.

• That’s all folks: NBN currently has no plans for more FTTC

  NBN’s chief executive, Bill Morrow, says the company is not currently contemplating expanding the number of premises connected using fibre to the curb (FTTC).

• Data center management: What does DMaaS deliver that DCIM doesn’t?

  Datacenter management as a service, or DMaaS, is a cloud-based remote monitoring service that aggregates and analyzes large sets of anonymized customer data to help companies better anticipate equipment failures or capacity shortfalls and detect inefficiencies.

• Oracle plans to dump risky Java serialization

  A “horrible mistake” from 1997, the Java object serialization capability for encoding objects has serious security issues

• NBN kills plan to offer 100Mbps wireless service

  NBN no longer plans to offer a 100 megabits per second (Mbps) fixed wireless service.

• Digital Heath Agency: ‘No conspiracy’ to keep My Health Record opt-out quiet

  The CEO of the Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA) – the body responsible for implementing and operating the My Health Record – has rejected claims Australian’s right to opt-out of the electronic health record system is not being sufficiently communicated.

• Vic govt overhauls road camera security after WannaCry

  The Victorian government will overhaul the state’s network of speed and red-light cameras in response to an investigation into a 2017 outbreak of WannaCry ransomware.

• New Zealand government’s use of algorithms under scrutiny

  A project examining the use of algorithms by NZ government agencies has been announced by the government digital services minister Clare Curran and statistics minister James Shaw.

• NZ’s Chorus to trial new standards-based Nokia wavelength services

  Chorus will trial Nokia wavelength services on its metro optical network in Auckland to enable it to offer on-demand assurance and fulfilment of Layer 1 services.

• Optus prepares to shutter Virgin Mobile

  Optus has confirmed that it will phase out the Virgin Mobile brand over the next two years, consolidating sales and marketing under the Optus brand