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Optus, Macquarie Uni form Cyber Security Hub
Optus Business and Macquarie University have formed a joint security hub to help improve training and awareness among businesses and government agencies. [ + ]
Digital disruption improves customer experience
New technologies and digital disruption will vastly improve customer experience for Australian energy and water suppliers. [ + ]
Want a secure and agile network?
As the 'glue' that connects the cloud world, networks must have full-scale automation — which is impossible without virtualisation. [ + ]
Builders turn to FinTech to solve payment disputes
Major Australian construction industry contractors have turned to the emerging FinTech sector to help settle payment disputes, while the financial services industry is bracing for the disruptive impact of blockchain. [ + ]
Airline passengers prefer self-service tech
Airline passengers are increasingly opting to use self-service technology over interacting with people during the booking, check-in and travel stages, says a new study from SITA. [ + ]
OAIC joins IoT Alliance Australia
IoT Alliance Australia welcomes the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner as an observer to its executive council. [ + ]
Microsoft to slash up to 1850 mobile jobs
Microsoft will cut up to 1850 jobs from its smartphone hardware business as part of the streamlining of its mobile operations. [ + ]
Ten Aussie companies on Gartner 'cool' list
Ten Australian companies and one New Zealand company have been featured in Gartner's latest annual Cool Vendors research series highlighting significant digital disrupters. [ + ]
Australia's FinTech boom will hinge on collaboration
Government, financial institutions and start-ups will need to work together if Australia is to take a leading role in FinTech market innovation, a new report has found. [ + ]
Windows phones plummet below 1% market share
Windows has seen a decline in its smartphone sales since last year, now holding below 1% of global market share. [ + ]
CIOs feel hindered by tech skills shortage
Some 65% of CIOs feel hindered by the largest tech skills shortage since the global financial crisis and feel that a lack of talent will leave their organisations unable to keep up with the pace of change. [ + ]
Pentagon hackers to get government payout
The US Department of Defense will allocate the rewards under its Hack the Pentagon bug bounty competition by the end of May. [ + ]
Turning Sydney into Aussie Silicon Valley
A new group with the backing of Australia's largest tech companies aims to improve coordination among the stakeholders working to turn Sydney into the Australian equivalent of Silicon Valley. [ + ]
Hungry birds and golfing gaffes top list of 2015's unusual power outages
Not Angry Birds, but a hungry bird is one of the top reasons for unusual power outages last year. [ + ]
APIs enabling digital transformation
Enterprises tackled digital transformation challenges at the recent APIdays Melbourne, as Australia moves from the 'why' to the 'how' of API management. [ + ]
