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Security awareness campaigns could save your business
Educating people about security and making sure that those ideas stick is an involved process that will differ by industry, company and roles, and how staff interact with IT. [ + ]
Unmanaged Apple devices expose companies to big risk
With Apple devices widely used within the enterprise, poor device management and security processes for the devices are exposing companies to huge liabilities, according to Centrify. [ + ]
NBN costs up by $15 billion; GST for online buys; McAfee on hacks, spying and himself
$15bn more needed to build the nbn, GST for online purchases under $1K, and John McAfee blasts the product that bears his name. [ + ]
What you need to know about flash storage
There are four important reasons to consider flash storage over the traditional disk-based approach, and they are cost, capacity, simplification and flexibility, writes EMC's Darren McCullum. [ + ]
More than 75 million devices are running Windows 10
Windows 10 is off to a flying start — the OS has so far been deployed in over 75 million devices across nearly every country on Earth, according to Microsoft statistics. [ + ]
Cutting the red tape of storage
As the storage debate continues, Michael Porfirio, Director of Systems Engineering, Commvault ANZ, explains why companies need to move away from tape storage. [ + ]
Aussie businesses warming to digital B2B payments
Australian businesses are coming to recognise the benefits of card and other digital payments for B2B transactions, but adoption remains limited and paper processes are still ubiquitous. [ + ]
Real-time banking alerts and app protection
Commonwealth Bank launches real-time alerts, Westpac and IBM hold first Payments Hackathon, and Trend Micro adds more fake bank app protection. [ + ]
STEM gap doesn't faze female tech entrepreneurs
The proportion of female technology entrepreneurs is on the rise, and prospective participants consider a shortage of expertise and confidence to be bigger hurdles than a lack of formal STEM training. [ + ]
Geek Weekly: Our top weird tech stories for 25 August 2015
This week: Space Station computer delivery, hydrogen-powered iPhones, a 'crashless' disk file system, Canada's overblown IT contract, and RC helicopter madness. [ + ]
App development still a young man's game
A survey of over 13,000 mobile, desktop, cloud and IoT app developers shows that the industry is still dominated by young males, and many developers are earning below a living wage from their creations. [ + ]
Are female CIOs more risk-aware than males?
Gartner Executive Partner Poh-Ling Lee explains how female CIOs lead differently from their male counterparts to manage the opportunities and risks that come with digital transformation. [ + ]
nbn rollout ahead of schedule
Australia's National Broadband Network covered 1.2 million premises as of the end of June and had 486,000 active connections. Now nbn aims to increase this nearly tenfold by 2018. [ + ]
Cybercrooks targeting Australia get more inventive
While the number of malicious URLs clicked by Australians fell significantly during Q2, attackers turned to more creative ways of using existing exploits such as macros and exploit kits. [ + ]
Labor weighs need for an nbn name change
Labor is considering changing the name for the National Broadband Network to differentiate the current rollout from the project originally envisioned by the Rudd government. [ + ]