Despite the continuing development of virtual machine migration-related capabilities, various networking challenges continue to fester, including onerous networking reconfigurations and inadequate virtual LAN IDs for scaling secure private networks. [ + ]

Research from Imperva shines light on the comment spam epidemic, revealing that a small minority of attackers generate the majority of spam volumes. [ + ]

The growth in mobile e-commerce will leave businesses critically exposed to data breaches unless they ramp up their IT security, says consulting firm Protiviti. [ + ]

By 2018, more than 90% of IT roles will be affected by adoption of the four major disruptive IT technologies - cloud, big data, mobile and social - IDC forecasts. [ + ]

Apple's announcement of HomeKit and HealthKit that will make the Internet of Things (IoT) much more prevalent in consumer culture. [ + ]

ITU conference sees new push for consumer empowerment to put social development and human needs at forefront of ICT policy. [ + ]

The Royal Flying Doctor Service is using SAS to improve response times across its Western Operations, and to better understand data including the time and frequency patterns of emergency incidents. [ + ]

Smartphone medical app eRx Express has taken out this year's Victorian Innovation Award for Health at the iAwards. [ + ]

The shape of the network in years to come will be largely determined by a new wave of technologies - like the NBN, cloud and the Internet of Things (IoT) - according to a new study from research firm IDC. [ + ]

The Victorian ICT Workforce Development Plan, released this week, aims to increase awareness of ICT careers, optimise contribution of ICT to business and align ICT qualifications with business requirements. [ + ]

During a speech this week, Intel president Renée James said more than 130 tablet models using an Intel chipset have been launched or announced, and the company is on track to launch an SoC for low-cost smartphones in Q4. [ + ]

Cybercriminals are exploiting common business and network applications - including email, FTP, UDP and SSL - to conduct and disguise dangerous threat activity, Palo Alto research shows. [ + ]

Cloud computing and mobile technologies are bringing UC centre stage by making it easier and more affordable for companies to have advanced capabilities that weren't possible just a few years ago. [ + ]

NBN Co has upgraded its interactive NBN rollout map to also display the areas where build preparation is taking place. [ + ]

Australian businesses invested a record $3.19 billion in software in the first quarter of 2014 as they sought efficiency gains, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. [ + ]