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Microsoft slashes OneDrive storage allocations
Microsoft has abolished unlimited OneDrive storage for Office 365 Home, Personal and University customers and slashed the allocation for the free version, blaming a small number of users abusing the service. [ + ]
iOS exploit found, $1m bounty paid
Government agencies may soon be able to pay for a method to spy on iOS owners by exploiting a method that allows remote jailbreaking and code execution on untethered iOS devices. [ + ]
Australia Post invests $20m in e-commerce
Australia Post has announced it will invest around $20 million in emerging e-commerce businesses. [ + ]
Geek Weekly: Technology Decisions' quirky tech stories for 3 November 2015
This week: Don't trust your GPS, laptops in orbit, world-leading Aussie quantum research, and are leap seconds for the chop? [ + ]
Big data expert to present lecture for UTS
Oxford academic and big data expert Viktor Mayer-Schönberger will deliver a lecture at the Powerhouse Museum on 5 November about the expected impact of the technology on Australian businesses. [ + ]
Boosting Aussie entrepreneurship
A new report focusing on high-impact entrepreneurship in Australia highlights the need for a greater focus on commercialising research. [ + ]
Apple's enterprise segment took in $35bn in Q4
Apple earned nearly half of its revenue for the quarter ending in September from enterprise, according to CEO Tim Cook. [ + ]
IoT's $116bn potential in Australia could be squandered
A lack of industry and government focus and inconsistent regulation threatens to squander the potential $116bn positive impact on the Australian economy, according to an industry think tank. [ + ]
Launches expand Australia's access to hybrid cloud
A new Australian start-up has launched an innovative model for procuring services for a hybrid cloud ecosystem, while Verizon Enterprise and Equinix have brought new hybrid cloud services to the market.
[ + ]Multimillion-dollar revamp of Edith Cowan's network
Brisbane's Data#3 has been awarded a multimillion-dollar contract to overhaul Edith Cowan University's communications network with the latest Cisco technology. [ + ]
Reticence to embrace flexible work is costing Australia
Australian employers' lack of commitment to offering the ability to work from home could be costing the economy billions of dollars in lost productivity, research indicates. [ + ]
Is your 'head in the sand' over disaster recovery?
Too many organisations are putting off thinking about disaster recovery or using ineffective strategies, when newer approaches can solve the problem while reducing costs. [ + ]
OAIC informed of 110 data breaches in 2014–15
The OAIC fielded 16,166 privacy inquiries and 110 data breach notifications during a busy 2014–15 and has subsequently joined counterparts in seven other nations to share details of privacy breach investigations. [ + ]
Connectivity driving workplace transformation
Growing numbers of businesses are adopting the ‘bimodal IT’ approach to managing their IT infrastructures, helping them make the changes required while avoiding potential disruptions. [ + ]
World's first 100G OpenStack cloud
Monash University claims its infrastructure has reached new performance levels with the world's first end-to-end 100 G/s cloud. [ + ]