New security firm recruits former chief govt cyber advisor
CyberCX scores former Optus Business MD, ACSC head
Monash University creates CISO role
Poaches RACV cyber security manager Dan Maslin
Telstra names new product and technology boss
Will spearhead the telco's product roadmap
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IBM and Vocus settle Census outage lawsuit
Out-of-court settlement brings to a close legal action over 2016 Census debacle
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AGL makes $27.5 million offer for Southern Phone Company
Energy company moves to acquire council-owned regional telco
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New security firm recruits former chief govt cyber advisor
CyberCX scores former Optus Business MD, ACSC head
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Ransomware hits Pitney Bowes systems
Company ‘considering all options’
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Telcos would have delivered fast broadband without NBN project, Telstra chair says
Private sector competition would have delivered 100Mbps broadband for most Australians, John Mullen said
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ACCC reiterates concerns over NBN pricing uncertainty for telcos
Extensive use of temporary discounts draws ACCC scrutiny
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Telstra seeks to boost tech skills pipeline
Telstra has revealed details of new partnership with Australian universities that it said will help boost the skills pipeline in high-demand areas such as network and software engineering, information security and analytics.
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AGL makes $27.5 million offer for Southern Phone Company
AGL has revealed it plans to acquire Southern Phone Company Limited (SPC) for $27.5 million.
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NZ government consults on algorithm usage
New Zealand’s minister for statistics, James Shaw, has released a draft Algorithm Charter on government use of algorithms and initiated a public consultation on the issue.
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Government pushes mandatory 2FA to prevent number porting fraud
The government has directed the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to develop new rules mandating the use of two-factor authentication to help prevent fraudulent mobile phone number porting.
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Microsoft has invested $1 billion in research lab OpenAI – here’s why
Microsoft’s investment in OpenAI shows the Redmond giant has its sights set on being ready for the complex world of artificial general intelligence.
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Google unveils Pixel 4 phones with radar, more affordable laptop
Google has unveiled new Pixel smartphones with higher quality cameras, a radar sensor to track hand gestures and faster virtual assistant, but the devices had no surprise features to set them apart from rivals and nix concerns about price.
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Sudo flaw discovered in "runas" restrictions
A flaw in sudo was just announced yesterday. Users with the ability to run a command as another user may be able to get around this restriction and run commands as root.
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Beamforming explained: How it makes wireless communication faster
Beamforming uses the science of electromagnetic interference to make Wi-Fi and 5G connections more precise.
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IBM and Vocus settle Census outage lawsuit
IBM, Vocus and Vocus subsidiary Nextgen have settled a lawsuit relating to the high-profile failure of the Australian Census website in 2016.
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New German rules leave 5G telecoms door open to Huawei
Germany has finalised rules for the build-out of 5G mobile networks that, in a snub to the United States, will not exclude China's Huawei Technologies.
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Telcos would have delivered fast broadband without NBN project, Telstra chair says
Without the NBN, over the last decade Australia’s big telcos would have delivered 100Mbit broadband services for the majority of the nation, Telstra’s chair has argued.
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New security firm recruits former chief govt cyber advisor
The former head of the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), Alastair MacGibbon, has been appointed chief strategy officer of newly formed security firm CyberCX.
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Ransomware hits Pitney Bowes systems
Mailing and ecommerce services company Pitney Bowes has confirmed some of its systems have been affected by a ransomware outbreak but says that there is no evidence customer data has been compromised.
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Facebook's Libra announces board as support shrinks further
Backers of Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency project pledged to forge ahead after selecting a five-member board on Monday, shrugging off the latest member defection by online travel company Booking Holding earlier in the day.
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GandCrab cousin Sodinokibi made a fortune for ransomware pushers
By tracking down bitcoin wallets, researchers estimate that the Sodinokibi creators pocketed at least $4.5 million.
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In pictures: Roundtable - How to ‘thrive’ - and 'survive' - in world of IT disruption and unlock your data capital: Melbourne
Organisations that are ‘thriving’ in today’s fast-paced ‘data-driven world’ are the ones that are turning the influx of data into competitive differentiation.
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In pictures: Roundtable - How to ‘thrive’ - and 'survive' - in world of IT disruption and unlock your data capital: Sydney
Organisations that are ‘thriving’ in today’s fast-paced ‘data-driven world’ are the ones that are turning the influx of data into competitive differentiation. There’s an explosion of data being generated that must be moved, stored, protected and analysed - and then leveraged and capitalised on. Tech leaders gathered for an exclusive Computerworld roundtable luncheon at Aria - sponsored by Dell EMC - to discuss how companies can thrive in the ‘age of data’ and redefine the role of the datacentre to enable business capabilities fueled by information.
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Gallery: Microsoft's new Technology Centre in Sydney
Sydney is home to a new Microsoft Technology Centre, which Microsoft said would help its Australian enterprise and government customers accelerate their adoption of cloud and AI. The company formally launched the new centre today.
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In Pictures: Flash Forward: How to deliver real outcomes in the age of Storage Innovation - Sydney Breakfast
Organisations continue to embark on the digital transformation journey, and many continue to grapple with legacy business processes, applications and infrastructure that require modernisation and automation. But at the same time, historic advancements in storage technology - particularly in all-flash and hybrid data storage - is helping IT leaders run smarter businesses and operate more efficiently. A group of technology chiefs gathered in Sydney for a Computerworld Breakfast, in partnership with Dell EMC and Intel, to hear about the substantive topic of transformation and infrastructure modernisation.
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