Analyst firm Telsyte estimates that half of Australian smartphone owners are on 4G networks, and notes that operators are competing in a saturated market by offering services that can take advantage of 4G speeds. [ + ]

Kaspersky Lab's latest DDoS research indicates that both the frequency and length of attacks increased in Q2 as Linux botnets became larger attack vectors. [ + ]

ACCC moves to increase competition for 'superfast broadband', Oracle snaps up cloud software firm NetSuite, and Citrix's GoTo joins forces with LogMeIn. [ + ]

Australian geospatial imaging provider Spookfish has selected NEXTDC to host the data for its geospatial data-as-a-service offering. [ + ]

AV-Comparatives has tested the major third-party Mac antivirus programs, and each was able to detect 100% of the top 50 most popular and recent malware samples. [ + ]

Australian interconnection company Megaport has launched services in Europe after arranging to acquire internet exchange providers in Germany and Bulgaria for a combined $3.1 million. [ + ]

To make the most of the promise of hyperconverged infrastructure, it is imperative that a comprehensive power management design be implemented. [ + ]

CIOs must free their organisations from complex backup strategies in order for storage and virtualisation systems to protect against failures and cyber attacks. [ + ]

Nearly nine in 10 (88%) of Australian IT decision-makers responding to a recent Intel Security survey report are facing a cybersecurity skills gap within their organisations. [ + ]

BuildingIQ has acquired the IP and patent rights to the core technology behind its building energy optimisation platform from the CSIRO for $500,000. [ + ]

Trident Subsea Cable has selected Equinix data centres in Sydney, Melbourne, Singapore and Jakarta to serve as the PoPs for a new cable route between WA and Asia planned for completion in mid-2018. [ + ]

The National Computational Infrastructure (NCI) has secured a $7m government grant, matched by funding from partners, to upgrade its supercomputer capacity by 150 million compute hours per year. [ + ]

Amazon has received UK approval for drone delivery trials, ACCC calls for better broadband advertising, and industry and law enforcement team up to take on ransomware. [ + ]

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank is using Appian's low-code development platform to build in-house enterprise applications aimed at improving the customer experience. [ + ]

The US National Institute of Standards and Technology has advised against the use of SMS for two-factor authentication verification, and may disallow the technology altogether in the future. [ + ]