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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. [ + ]
Nominations open for #TechDiversity Awards
Consider yourself an inclusive guy or gal? Nominations are now open for the inaugural #TechDiversity Awards, which celebrates leaders of diversity in tech. [ + ]
Nokia a sure bet to re-enter mobile market
All hail the return of the 3310? The Nokia brand is coming back to mobile phones. [ + ]
NEXTDC finds site for new Melbourne data centre
NEXTDC has selected a site for its second data centre in Melbourne, one day after announcing the location for its second Brisbane facility. [ + ]
$38m lost in online scams; Watchdog warns of data leaks; 7-Zip flaws revealed
ACCC warns public to 'wise up to scams', Qld public sector workers warned about data access, and 7-Zip users warned of vulnerabilities. [ + ]
Bot redirects Google traffic for 1 million IPs
Bitdefender has analysed a clickfraud bot currently operating on nearly one million computers worldwide, which redirects Google traffic to malicious servers controlled by cybercriminals. [ + ]
ERP solutions need a hybrid approach
The old-school enterprise resource planning approach has run its course — it's time to adopt a hybrid application landscape. [ + ]
OAIC to focus on big data, start-ups and IoT
With its continuing existence now ensured, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner will escalate its privacy-related activity this year, focusing on areas including big data, start-ups and the IoT. [ + ]
NEXTDC selects site for second Brisbane DC
NEXTDC will build its planned $75m B2 data centre, its second in Brisbane, at a newly acquired site in Fortitude Valley. [ + ]
