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. [ + ]

Australian construction giants John Holland and Lendlease have both signed three-year enterprise agreements with Aconex, provider of a cloud-based collaboration platform for the construction sector. [ + ]

Old business models and methods are tumbling as digital transformation changes the way we work, the ways in which we interact with colleagues and clients, and how we stay in touch. [ + ]

Cisco has released patches for three virtual appliances released with identical default encryption keys and has predicted that Australian IP traffic will hit 1.4 Exabytes per month in 2019. [ + ]

Services such as Uber, Airbnb and GoGet have the potential to address many of NSW's problems, but taking advantage will require a new regulatory regime, opposition leader Luke Foley said. [ + ]

This week: 'Send Undo' goes mainstream, hacks and failures delay flights, and a cool robot hand. [ + ]

Microsoft has launched its Office apps over the Google Play store and is working with over 30 OEMs to have the suite pre-loaded on Android smartphones. [ + ]

The US Navy has agreed to pay Microsoft US$9m to continue supporting its Windows XP installations, while HP's ZDI has published details of an exploit in IE that could allow attackers to bypass Windows' ASLR security feature. [ + ]

For the first time, Australian CIOs are making security their top priority across all of IDC's Third Platform technologies — big data, cloud, mobility and social, the research firm said. [ + ]