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• Recognising the value of millennials in today’s IT businesses

  Millennials have a reputation for being difficult, demanding, lazy, and disloyal; however, nothing could be further from the truth. Millennials are at the helm of plenty of successful businesses in the IT industry, and they’re working with yet more millennials to grow these businesses and the industry as a whole. It’s therefore important to recognise the value they add and stop denigrating an entire generation of workers.

• Instagram co-founders resign in latest Facebook executive exit

  Instagram says co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger have resigned as chief executive officer and chief technical officer of the photo-sharing app owned by Facebook Inc <FB.O>, with the pair giving scant explanation.

• Researchers say Data61-backed blockchain platform delivers scalability, energy efficiency

  Researchers say that a test of a blockchain platform developed by the CSIRO’s Data61 division and the University of Sydney’s Concurrent Systems Research Group has demonstrated it can solve some of the problems associated with other distributed ledger-style technologies.

• White House launches strategy to lead world in quantum

  The White House yesterday launched a national strategy for Quantum Information Science (QIS) in a bid to secure global leadership in “the next technological revolution”.

• NBN Co rolls out capacity boost for transit network

  NBN Co will increase the maximum speed on its transit network from 9.6 terabits per second to 19.2Tbps per fibre link.

• Microsoft launches Office 2019 for Windows, macOS

  The company also committed to a successor version, ending speculation that this year's release would be the last that doesn't require a subscription.

• We’re inching closer to DaaS Windows

  How Windows is supported and sold is changing. Or should I say ‘sold’?

• Regional Australia Bank turns to NBN fibre to connect branches

  Regional Australia Bank will use NBN fibre at all 32 of its locations under a deal with Macquarie Telecom.

• Microsoft wages war on passwords

  Microsoft is “declaring an end to the era of passwords,” according to Frank X. Shaw, the company’s corporate vice president, communications.

• Microsoft explores AI’s potential to tackle humanitarian crises

  Microsoft has launched a program aimed at leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to aid humanitarian causes.

• New Azure IoT offering makes the physical, virtual

  Microsoft will next month launch a public preview of an Azure IoT service that helps businesses build a digital representation of a physical environment.

• Former NewSat director to stand trial

  The former director of NewSat will stand trial after three charges were brought against him by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.

• The password is dead, long live Web Authentication

  Stealing the password to a villain’s secret lair and infiltrating it to spring an elaborate trap might seem like an action movie cliché. In reality, it’s often villains who use passwords to infiltrate the accounts of individuals and organisations, setting a trap to steal private and financial information of innocent citizens.

• Getting the most out of Kubernetes

  Seventy-three percent of companies now have at least one application, or a portion of their computing infrastructure already in the cloud. With multi-cloud environments on the rise, containers have become a major driving force for businesses and developers because of their portability between cloud providers.

• Banking regulator warms to cloud computing

  The head of Australia’s financial services regulator says it is taking a “more open stance on cloud usage” among banks.