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 Craig Macfarlane, CEO, Association & Communications Events. [ + ]

Telstra will deploy SDN and NFV technologies from Cisco to help transition to an on-demand model for network service delivery. [ + ]

Apple ordered to pay $682m for infringing patents, Melbourne IT will acquire UberGlobal for $15.5m and Google announces Android for Work. [ + ]

Verizon Enterprise Solutions has won a deal to provide network services - including unified communications and collaboration solutions - for global delivery company TNT. [ + ]

HP is acquiring enterprise mobility vendor Aruba Networks as part of plans to become a leader in the converged campus network market. [ + ]

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 Andrew MacKenzie, Sales Manager & Solution Advisor, Professional Advantage [ + ]

While the cloud has been widely adopted by larger enterprises to streamline their operations, it is also enabling Australian start-ups to rapidly build new businesses that are taking on the world. [ + ]

The Internet Society of Australia has warned that the current wording of the government's "deeply flawed" Data Retention Bill threatens the open and accessible nature of the internet. [ + ]

Apple leads the way in operating system vulnerabilities, according to data from the US National Vulnerability Database. [ + ]

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 Charles Clarke, Technical Director, APAC, Veeam Software. [ + ]

Two University of Sydney researchers are calling on software developers to adopt "positive computing" principles, aimed at using technology to improve emotions, empathy and self-awareness. [ + ]

This week: Mercedes dismisses Apple car rumours, proton smasher to restart, computer school's embarrassing mistake, Oscars for tech developers and robot school comes to Sydney. [ + ]

NEC Australia on track to exceed expectations in 2015; HP Q1 profit falls 4% on revenue declines and forex losses; Apple to spend $2.45bn to build two data centres in Europe. [ + ]

Eighteen of the 25 most popular mobile apps found by the US CERT to have critical SSL vulnerabilities are still at risk six months later, according to a McAfee Labs report. [ + ]

There's no point bemoaning your fate when data under your control is lost or stolen - we all need to take personal responsibility and be accountable, argues Clearswift's Kevin Bailey. [ + ]