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Designing for user experience
Platforms that unify every customer touchpoint are essential for delivering exceptional customer experience in the digital transformation age. [ + ]
Beating the downtime blues
Organisations need to do better at bridging the availability gap — the difference between what users demand and what IT departments can deliver. [ + ]
Flaw leaves US energy systems open to attack
The US Department of Homeland Security has warned that an industrial control system used by potentially thousands of US power plants is vulnerable to an unpatchable serious security flaw. [ + ]
ASG sues Victoria over cancelled contract
IT service provider ASG is suing the state of Victoria over the decision to terminate a contract to build a business management system in favour of plans to adopt a whole-of-government ERP model. [ + ]
Mitsubishi Outlander car alarm vulnerable to hacking
Security experts from Pen Test Partners have discovered it's possible to turn off the anti-theft alarm on the Mitsubishi Outlander hybrid by hacking into the Wi-Fi access point. [ + ]
Brisbane Airport extends managed services contract
Brisbane Airport Corporation has extended its managed technology infrastructure service contract with Data#3 through to June 2018. [ + ]
Top five myths of the cloud — busted!
OpenText's Mike Lord shares his mythbusting advice to help you avoid falling for the most common cloud fables, from security to SaaS. [ + ]
US OPM seeks new CIO
The Office of Personnel Management, the US agency that recently suffered a huge data breach, is on the hunt for a new CIO. [ + ]
Efficiency gains from enterprise mobility
Enterprise mobility solutions are transforming life for members of the workforce, and for their customers and clients. [ + ]
IoT devices to outnumber mobile phones by 2018
Global IoT adoption is on track to surpass that of mobile phones by 2018, with the segment becoming the largest category of connected devices, according to Ericsson. [ + ]
Don't fall prey to rooting and jailbreaking
There are simple steps you can take to prevent yourself and your business from falling prey to rooting and jailbreaking. [ + ]
360m Myspace users' info stolen; Train hackers may use credit info; 1m WordPress sites vulnerable
Social site Myspace has been hacked, NSW train users' credit card details at risk, and popular Wordpress plug-in has scripting vulnerability. [ + ]
Most Australians would like to work remotely
The majority of Australian respondents to a Randstad survey would like to work remotely at least occasionally, and prefer flexible hours to the 9–5 working week. [ + ]
Balancing collaboration and information governance
Enterprises need to put systems in place to maintain a secure regime of information governance when collaborating with external organisations. [ + ]
Human error the biggest security risk
Australian businesses view human error as a larger threat to information security than deliberate theft or sabotage from a third party, according to a new study. [ + ]