Too many organisations are putting off thinking about disaster recovery or using ineffective strategies, when newer approaches can solve the problem while reducing costs. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

Monash University claims its infrastructure has reached new performance levels with the world's first end-to-end 100 G/s cloud. [ + ]

Australia has fallen behind Japan, South Korea and Singapore in the second annual comparison of the cyber maturity of mostly APAC countries conducted by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

Gartner expects Australian IT spending to grow 2.8% next year, with average IT budgets increasing by 2.9%, as a result of spending on digital business and the connected world. [ + ]

This week: Are you the next Luke Skywalker?, face recognition denies twin a driver's licence, flying cranes, remote control firefighting and yet another bank IT failure. [ + ]

Businesses can benefit tremendously by harmonising the myriad structured and unstructured data in their purview by garnering the right ecosystem of people, processes and platforms. [ + ]

ISPs are concerned that government funding to compensate for the costs of implementing the Data Retention Act will be split over three years since they are already incurring costs to comply. [ + ]

The EC has fined 8 disc drive suppliers a combined $183m for engaging in cartel conduct to influence supply tenders, while Google beefs up disk security requirements for some Android 6.0 devices. [ + ]

NSW Premier Mike Baird aims to transform the decommissioned White Bay Power Station into a tech hub for innovators, start-ups, incubators and accelerators. [ + ]

In a new report, 90% of respondents predict the mainframe's long-term viability, citing security, availability, data and transactional throughput as key drivers in powering the digital economy. [ + ]

Google wants to attract businesses by offering Apps for Work for free, SanDisk reportedly wants to sell itself to Western Digital, and Amazon sues overs "false, misleading and inauthentic" reviews. [ + ]

Apple has urged a US court not to allow the Justice Department to force it to unlock a customer's iPhone, stating that it lacks the technical ability to do this for 90% of iOS devices in any case. [ + ]

nbn has been trialling new broadband technology, G.Fast, which delivers lightning-fast speeds over existing copper lines. [ + ]