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Geek Weekly: Our top weird tech stories for 23 April
This week: Man shoots PC, Bloomberg's terminal fail, glitch blamed for bus crash, a different kind of Nigerian scam, and Glitch art? - there's an app for that.
[ + ]Cybercrime costs Australia $1bn per year
The Australian Crime Commission is working to alleviate the significant threat posed by cybercrime, which is costing Australia at least $1 billion annually.
[ + ]Microsoft beefs up cloud security, wins ASD cert
Microsoft has made moves to bolster the security of its cloud offerings, while its cloud services have been certified for the handling of unclassified government data. [ + ]
Business intelligence that's scalable and flexible
Australian business intelligence consultancy mac2 Data turned to Yellowfin to help it provide a BI solution with lower total cost of ownership, enhanced flexibility and seamless scalability. [ + ]
Nokia's $22bn Alcatel-Lucent buy, EU accuses Google of antitrust violations, Telstra to end Pacnet brand
Nokia to buy Alcatel-Lucent in AU$22bn all-share transaction, European Commission officially accuses Google of infringing EU antitrust rules and Telstra to end Pacnet brand.
[ + ]Victorian public sector spending $3bn on ICT per year
ICT spending by the Victorian public sector has more than doubled since 2010 by some estimates, but agencies are failing to demonstrate value for money, a state audit shows.
[ + ]NCI taps NetApp for supercomputing storage
Australian national research computing facility NCI has deployed 11 petabytes worth of high-speed flash storage from NetApp for its supercomputing and cloud computing infrastructure. [ + ]
New cybersecurity policy should address skills gap: AIIA
The government's revised national cybersecurity strategy should address issues including the IT security skills gap and include a mechanism to let businesses report attacks anonymously, the AIIA has urged. [ + ]
Transforming the future with BPM
According to the experts, modern business process management optimisation initiatives must become faster than in years past, and such projects are becoming increasingly digital (and robotic). [ + ]
Tassie council moving entirely to the cloud
Tasmania's Glenorchy City Council has commenced a migration to the cloud, and the state's Liberal Government has unveiled a plan to expand the Tasmanian ICT workforce. [ + ]
Geek Weekly: Our top weird tech stories for 16 April
This week: Woman’s $43m tax bill glitch, Aussie pollies are allowed to use their phones at work, lawnmowing robots take on the astronomers, rocket landings actually are rocket science, and Lost in Space is now real.
[ + ]Bosses beware - 'GenMobile' clueless on mobile security risks
Mobile-enabled Australian workers remain blind to mobile security risks, even though 43% have lost data due to misuse of a mobile device, according to Aruba Networks. [ + ]
Proprietary vs open source - which should you choose?
The low initial cost of implementing open source software is very appealing to IT managers, but sticking with proprietary software can often be the better way to go, argues Paessler AG's Andrew Timms.
[ + ]Telstra to double reach of trial Wi-Fi network
Telstra plans to switch on 1500 new hotspots for its trial nationwide Wi-Fi network and is asking the public to select locations where they want the next hotspots switched on.
[ + ]Taking the helm - the role of the modern CIO
Transformational CIOs have an opportunity to take the helm and develop IT infrastructures that improve the quality of products and services provided, while simultaneously driving efficiencies and cost reductions. [ + ]