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• Optus Business wins $12M contract with CSR Limited

  Optus Business has been awarded a $12 million contract to provide voice, data and mobile services for publicly-listed CSR Limited.

• Push for telcos to disclose more information about NBN fixed wireless speeds

  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission plans to revamp the guidelines for making broadband speed claims that it produces for NBN retail service providers (RSPs), with the ACCC seeking to make it easier for end users to understand the likely performance of fixed wireless connections.

• Infosys to boost ANZ headcount with 1200 new IT jobs

  The 1200 new jobs will significantly increase the company’s local headcount, which currently stands at 4400.

• Telstra gets ready to put 5G in your pocket

  Telstra has successfully conducted a live 5G data call using a commercial chipset on the telco’s network.

• All government services to be available online by 2025, minister says

  All government services will be available through online channels by 2025 under a digital transformation strategy unveiled today.

• Red Hat to be ‘Switzerland’ within IBM

  Red Hat will operate as a kind of “Switzerland” within IBM and maintain its commitment to open source at the conclusion of Big Blue’s takeover of the software company, according to Marco Bill-Peter, Red Hat senior vice president of customer experience and engagement.

• Openstack moves one step closer to the edge

  We round up everything we heard from the second Openstack Summit of the year before it is rebranded as the Open Infrastructure Summit in 2019, including its moves further into edge computing and all the latest pilot projects

• UK MPs call for a cyber security minister to defend critical infrastructure

  A UK parliamentary committee has urged the government to appoint a dedicated cyber security minister to help protect the country's critical national infrastructure (CNI).

• How the UK Post Office finally moved off a 19-year-old SAP HR system

  The Post Office has recently completed a migration from a 19-year-old SAP HR 4.7 system to SuccessFactors, saving the company money, giving employees the ability to self serve and decommissioning a whole range of manual processes for the HR department.

• ProtonMail launches standalone iOS app

  The encrypted email service provider, born out of CERN in Europe, has unveiled a VPN app for iOS devices.

• Freelancer.com branches into freight

  The acquisition of enterprise freight marketplace Channel 40 will help underpin a new service from Freelancer, the company said today.

• Piracy crackdown: Rights holders come out swinging for bill targeting search engines

  Groups representing copyright holders and one of the entertainment companies that has spearheaded use of an existing anti-piracy law have strongly backed proposed changes to Australia’s site-blocking regime.

• Algorithmic advantage of high-frequency traders has waned, ASIC finds

  The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has concluded that the growth of high-frequency trading has tapered off. ASCI’s latest review of the practice has concluded “tactical advantages” formerly enjoyed by high-frequency traders have been dissipating as algorithmic execution of trades has become an increasingly mainstream tool.

• Google wins trademarks case against Australian business

  Google has won a trademark case brought against two businesses registered in Australia under the names Google LLC and Google Legacy.

• TechnologyOne profit rises 15 per cent

  Brisbane-headquartered software vendor TechnologyOne has posted $51 million in NPAT for the financial year ended 30 September.