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• Optus avoids repeat of World Cup woes

  Optus says that its efforts to re-architect and boost the resilience of its sports streaming service have paid off, with last night’s matches not suffering the widespread buffering and freezing problems that previously dogged the streaming service’s web-cast of the FIFA World Cup.

• New rule to stop households being left without broadband during NBN transition

  New rules introduced by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) are designed to stop households being left without any access to telecommunications services when there are hiccups during their migration to the National Broadband Network.

• Australia crashes out of (robot) soccer world cup

  While Australia’s flesh and blood soccer team retains a slim hope of reaching the final of the FIFA World Cup in Russia, that dream is sadly over for their robotic counterparts that competed in Montreal this week.

• DTA appoints new chief

  ​The CEO of the Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) Gavin Slater is departing from the role next week.

• Intel CEO resigns after probe of relationship with employee

  Intel CEO Brian Krzanich has resigned after a probe found a consensual relationship with an employee violated company policy.

• An introduction to containers and microservices for enterprise leaders

  Containers currently make up about 19 percent of hybrid cloud production workloads today, but in just two years’ time this will increase to around 33 percent. In particular, microservices are being increasingly employed in the finance sector, with NAB CEO Andrew Thorburn recently saying they are “resilient, reusable, flexible and proven”.

• Zapcc high-speed C++ compiler now open source

  Zapcc bests Clang in compilation, its creator says

• Thales Australia seeks CIO

  ​French multinational defence contractor Thales is seeking a new chief information officer for its Australian division.

• MyNetFone to acquire Singapore’s SuperInternet

  MNF Group, whose brands include MyNetFone, Symbio Networks and Pennytel, has struck an agreement to acquire Singapore network operator SuperInternet.

• 2018 to be a landmark year for VR, AR

  This year and the next will be “landmark years” for the adoption of augmented reality and virtual reality technology, according to Matt Coleman, the head of innovation for the Magnify World AR and VR expo.

• Flinders Uni turns to cloud solution for identity management

  South Australia’s Flinders University has deployed Okta’s cloud-based identity management system to provide single sign-on for staff and student access to more than 70 university applications and to streamline on-boarding of students.

• Medical software sector, docs and govt on mission to kill the fax

  To fully replace the fax, however, medical practitioners need a replacement that allows for secure messaging of records and results which works on a wide range of clinical software.

• Teradata sues SAP over alleged IP theft

  SAP, Europe's most valuable technology company, has been sued U.S. company Teradata, which accused it of stealing trade secrets, copyright infringement and anti-trust violations.

• How Williams Formula One uses 3D printing for race cars

  Formula One racing breeds a pace of innovation as speedy as the compact race cars which zoom around the track. With margins of mere seconds separating each ranking, slimming down the slivers of time between a win and a loss is imperative for each team.

• Tesla sues former employee over alleged data theft

  Tesla has sued a former employee claiming that he hacked the electric carmaker's trade secrets and transferred large amounts of company data to third parties, according to a lawsuit filed in US federal court in Nevada.