Researchers from the University of Queensland have secured $7m in grant funding for a five-year project to apply big data to the use of personalised medicine. [ + ]

Nine in 10 Australian business leaders fear that the digital revolution will have a major disruptive impact on established businesses, which will need to adapt quickly to stay afloat. [ + ]

While the wide majority of company boards are concerned about cybersecurity, just 14% of security chiefs report directly to the CEO and 7% to the company board, research shows. [ + ]

Australia is facing a 100,000-person skills shortage in the IT industry over the next five years, but there are reasons to be optimistic about filling that shortfall. [ + ]

Global Switch has commenced construction of the final stages of its Sydney East data centre, while Akamai has opened a data centre in Sydney to help Australian companies mitigate DDoS threats. [ + ]

Australian sales of video game hardware, software and accessories grew 15% to $2.83 billion last year, as digital sales surpassed physical retail sales, according to the IGEA. [ + ]

With point-of-sale attacks continuing, PoS and payment providers will need to build allegiances and share information more than ever in 2016. [ + ]

Data centre server virtualisation currently stands at almost 80% — by 2020 it will be hard to find a data centre that isn't 100% virtualised. [ + ]

The organisers of CeBIT Australia 2016 will live stream this year's keynote speeches to anybody with an internet connection who wishes to watch them. [ + ]

How executive management adapts to technological innovation will be critical in the deployment of technologies and the structure of management in the future. [ + ]

Linux Mint website hacked and downloadable distros infected, John McAfee has offered to crack the San Bernardino iPhone, and telco complaints at lowest level since July 2006. [ + ]

The NSW Government's GovDC Silverwater has become the first data centre in Australia to secure a 4.5 star energy-efficiency rating from the national environment rating standard NABERS. [ + ]

Communications regulator ACMA has outlined its latest strategy to address the ongoing surge in demand for mobile broadband capacity. [ + ]

The government is conducting a review aimed at ensuring Australia's space legislation is up to date and can help stimulate the industry, and has now opened the review up to public consultation. [ + ]

Microsoft has had to patch its Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit, designed to make user-mode programs more secure, after FireEye researchers found a simple method to disable it completely. [ + ]