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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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 10 hot micro-data-centre startups to watch

  Startups focused on micro data centers could fill a void created by growing demand to process IoT data closer to the network edge.

• Rise of ISVs presents opportunities for businesses

  The number of independent software vendors (ISVs) is exploding and is expected reach 1 million by 2025, according to Forrester. This trend is fuelled by cloud including software-as-a-service (SaaS), which is lowering barriers to selling software. For example, ISVs can rapidly develop software and market it via a cloud marketplace instead of cumbersome on premise delivery models.

• China supported C919 airliner development through cyberespionage

  Chinese hackers and intelligence agencies coordinated cyberattacks to gather intellectual property of aerospace firms to gain competitive advantage.

• Microsoft preps service pack-esque Windows 10 1909 for release

  Newly renamed 'Windows 10 November 2019 Update' is nearing release. But given past naming conventions, it might not show up until November.

• NAB pushes cyber security for SMB customers

  As part of an initiative in partnership with systems integrator OutcomeX, NAB will offer Cisco Umbrella to its 400,000 small and medium business customers at a “special preferential price”.

• ACCC reiterates concerns over NBN pricing uncertainty for telcos

  NBN Co’s use of temporary discounts to implement new product offerings has drawn renewed scrutiny from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), which says it is concerned about pricing uncertainty for retail service providers (RSPs).

• After nine years, Bill McDermott is stepping down as SAP CEO

  SAP has announced that CEO Bill McDermott will not be renewing his contract and will be stepping down as the CEO of SAP after a nine year tenure, with Christian Klein and Jennifer Morgan taking over, making Morgan the first ever female (co) SAP CEO.

• Facebook's Libra currency abandoned by major financial companies

  Facebook's ambitious efforts to establish a global digital currency called Libra suffered severe setbacks on Friday, as major payment companies including Mastercard and Visa Inc quit the group behind the project.