No industry is immune from the Uber effect. In order to benefit from disruption and not fall victim to it, you must know your business; be agile and respond quickly; and employ low-drag systems that don't hold you back. [ + ]

The WA cabinet has used GovHack 2015, the nationwide competition to design innovative apps and services using public sector data, to announce a whole-of-government Open Data Policy. [ + ]

Big data and business intelligence are among the fastest-growing segments of the overall information management software market, Ovum estimates. [ + ]

Android ransomware accounted for 25% of all malware detected in Australia during the month of May, a steep rise from 6% in February, research shows. [ + ]

Web hosting provider Digital Pacific has expanded its operations by acquiring Crucial, another of Australia's most established hosting providers. [ + ]

Which is best - getting networks up and running quickly with the most converged infrastructure available, or using SDN to promote open and dynamic systems that can leverage innovations faster? [ + ]

This week: Apple in the naughty corner, rocket says 'No', Alan Turing's real thoughts about AI, leap seconds, and lasers you can touch. [ + ]

Paul Shetler, a former executive at the UK's Government Digital Service, has been appointed CEO of the federal government's Digital Transformation Office. [ + ]

The choice between public or private cloud must be driven by the use of technology, the ability it offers employees to be more productive and the business agility to quickly respond to customer demands. [ + ]

iiNet has finalised a deal to provide infrastructure-as-a-service and backup-as-a-service solutions for an initial three South Australian government agencies. [ + ]

FireEye has discovered another potentially serious vulnerability in unpatched versions of iPhone operating system iOS, taking the number of 'Masque' attacks it has discovered to five. [ + ]

The Australian data centre sector is on track to grow 9.9% to $663.1 million next financial year, driven by surging cloud adoption and data consumption. [ + ]

Australian SMBs are lagging behind large companies in terms of understanding and implementing data security policies involving disposing of confidential information. [ + ]

ESET patches "trivially compromised" security vulnerability, the end of the road for Telstra's dial-up, and Senate result will see offshore piracy-related websites blocked in Australia. [ + ]

Telstra Air, the nationwide Wi-Fi network designed to be provided and consumed by Telstra's broadband customers, will launch today. [ + ]