The Australian cloud contact centre market grew by 99.1% in 2014 and is set to be worth $51 million by 2021, says a new Frost & Sullivan report. [ + ]

Australian financial services provider Link Group has signed an $80 million deal to expand its managed IT infrastructure services arrangement with Fujitsu to cover the entire business. [ + ]

35% of Australian organisations are exposed to APTs; Privileged account abuse one of the main threats to corporate security; Botnet capable of 150 Gbps+ DDoS attacks in the wild [ + ]

The Australian Cyber Security Centre has produced a guide designed to help organisations protect against the compromise and abuse of privileged accounts. [ + ]

Claims that hackers infiltrated Hilton POS systems, Google under investigation over competitors' access to Android, and researchers say they've recovered RSA keys from Amazon Web Services. [ + ]

nbn today successfully launched its first broadband satellite into orbit signalling a leap towards better broadband for regional and remote Australia. [ + ]

Vodafone Australia and TPG have signed two agreements worth over $1bn involving the supply of dark fibre to Vodafone cell sites and the migration of TPG's mobile customers to Vodafone's network. [ + ]

Macquarie University will migrate all staff email and calendars from Gmail to Office 365, in response to Google's decision to move the uni's data to the US and Microsoft's to host Office 365 locally. [ + ]

This week: Controlling a shark with your mind, Russia gives up on cracking Tor, electronics to the rescue for ALS sufferers, and robot roos! [ + ]

Deployment of prefabricated data centre modules is substantially different to that of traditional data centre builds, so it's important for firms to understand how to implement them effectively. [ + ]

BlackBerry has finally confirmed plans to launch an Android-based phone, while also completing the acquisition of crisis communications provider AtHoc.

Major Australian IT vendor Atlassian is reportedly planning a US IPO that could value the company at over $3 billion, while integrated telcos Vocus and M2 have shaken hands on a $3bn merger. [ + ]

Almost 90% of cybersecurity experts say mobile payments data breaches will grow, yet 42% report using this payment method themselves, according to a new survey. [ + ]

AVG faces a backlash over policy that allows it to sell users' data, Symantec fires several employees for issuing unauthorised digital certificates for Google, and Skype's week from hell. [ + ]

Registration is still open for DISRUPT.SYDNEY taking place on Friday 25 September, which will look at digital innovation, the workplace of the future, enterprise social networking and collaboration. [ + ]