By outsourcing at least some sectors of an IT department to a service provider, the department can turn its focus back to its core business. [ + ]

Without a well-designed and unified BYOD management strategy in place, companies risk exposing their most sensitive data to outside sources while stunting employee innovation. [ + ]

Almost five million Gmail addresses and passwords have been posted online, but not everyone's convinced they're all genuine; and the ACCC says it won't stand in the way of TPG's fibre-to-the-basement plans. [ + ]

Lockheed Martin Australia, NEC Australia and other technology partners will help consolidate the Department of Defence's 280 data centres down to just 14. [ + ]

Declining voice revenues and tougher competition in business data services caused the Australian fixed telecom market to decline 2.3% last year, and IDC expects the market to continue to contract. [ + ]

Apple did not surprise anybody yesterday by announcing a new smart watch, the iPhone 6 and the large-screen iPhone 6 Plus, as well as a new mobile payment service. [ + ]

NASA's Moon computer; $47m idea that sucks; IBM's Watson could cure you; Brain-to-brain messaging; Outages galore this week. [ + ]

The cloud and virtualisation are changing the data centre playing field, but the technology is not necessarily the most important aspect to consider. Reliability, support, user experience and legal issues remain critical. [ + ]

The Bureau of Meteorology has launched a request for tenders for a new supercomputer, which will be nearly 20 times faster than its current system, to help more accurately forecast natural disasters. [ + ]

iiNet has acquired a 60% interest in the Tech2 Group, which provides professional technology services and solutions to residential and business customers across Australia. [ + ]

Stock photo company Getty Images has sued Microsoft for unspecified damages, alleging the software vendor's new Bing Image Widget tool could cause 'incalculable' injury to Getty. [ + ]

Cybercriminals using Spark's broadband network to bounce DDoS traffic to Eastern European sites disrupted internet connections across New Zealand on Saturday. [ + ]

Crowdsourcing's key strength - its openness of entry - also leaves it vulnerable to malicious behaviour including internal sabotage, research from NICTA and a UK university shows. [ + ]

Having multiple passwords combined with numerous redundant sign-on processes poses both a security risk and a productivity loss for business. A single sign-on system is the answer. [ + ]

A group of 32 Irish technology companies and the nation's minister for enterprise and innovation are in Australia this week to promote the wares of Ireland's ICT industry. [ + ]