Perth's Edith Cowan University (ECU) has become the first Australian university to move its entire data centre infrastructure to the cloud, under a five-year contract with Atos. [ + ]

Research at MIT has led to a system that distributes data around multicore chips' memory banks, improving execution times by 18% on average while increasing energy efficiency. [ + ]

NBN Co has commercially launched FTTB technology and added 550,000 premises to its construction plan, while Telstra has submitted its revised NBN migration plan to the ACCC.

Digital disruptive intermediaries such as iTunes and Uber can shake up industries and challenge or overthrow incumbent businesses, but companies are often too slow to respond to the threat, a report states. [ + ]

This week: April fool pranks, G20 leaders data leaked, spam escapes from a fridge, switching away from smartphones, retro arcade games and Tim Cook to give away his wealth. [ + ]

Total device shipments in the APAC region are expected to grow to 1.2bn units during 2015 as growing smartphone sales compensate for a shrinking tablet market, according to Gartner. [ + ]

Around 280,000 NSW residents used the state's iVote online voting system during the recent state election, establishing a new world record for a government-binding election. [ + ]

CEOs and CIOs need to recognise that the explosion of data demands the development of an analytical business culture if they're to stay ahead of the competition, argues Rado Kotorov from Information Builders. [ + ]

The government's controversial metadata retention bill has passed, despite objections from industry representatives, the Greens and a group of Australian citizens. [ + ]

Facebook sued for allegedly stealing BladeRoom Group's data centre designs, PayPal will pay almost $10m for "apparent violation" of US sanctions and Optus to be reviewed after data security breaches. [ + ]

Around 92% of Australian adults accessed the internet during the six months ending in May, but over one million Australians have never been online, ACMA research shows. [ + ]

Organisations worldwide named issues with auditing, compliance and data privacy as their largest cloud security challenges, a survey of Global 2000 companies shows. [ + ]

In our new Tech Insights series, we quiz industry leaders to get their views of what the year ahead holds for the IT world. Today we speak with George Chondros, Senior Director for ANZ & SEA, ClickSoftware. [ + ]

The digital economy contributed 5.1% to Australia's GDP in FY14, and this is on pace to rise to 7.3% by 2020, Deloitte estimates. [ + ]

Oracle plans to hire 1000 sales professionals in APAC countries including Australia as it seeks to capitalise on the region's growing cloud momentum. [ + ]