Global technology insurance company Asurion is creating 300 new jobs by investing $3.7 million in two new technical support centres in Victoria. [ + ]

"Antivirus is dead!" claimed Brian Dye, Symantec's Senior Vice-President for Information security, in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. Is he correct? [ + ]

Dimension Data has published its debut annual sustainability report, detailing ways the company is helping itself and its clients be more environmentally responsible. [ + ]

Discussions about the best ways to exploit social media have been going on for years. So it's interesting that SMBs are still getting it wrong. The situation is salvageable, however. [ + ]

As cloud computing becomes the rule and not the exception, University of Sydney cloud computing experts say tighter international regulations on managing computer hardware waste are needed. [ + ]

92% of enterprises feel their network infrastructure is not agile enough to support next-gen apps and services, and half are evaluating adopting SDN to address this issue, according to a survey. [ + ]

The majority of Australian businesses providing essential service delivery do not have cybersecurity incidents identified in their risk register, according to an annual survey from CERT Australia. [ + ]

Owners of Apple devices are having their accounts blocked and are receiving ransom demands from hackers who appear to have compromised Apple's iCloud security. [ + ]

Report identifies case for cloud technology in common use systems for airports of the future, while nearly 80% of Australians support the use of biometric security to verify passenger identities. [ + ]

iiNet has been selected to build what it is calling Australia's largest free Wi-Fi network, covering 12 business districts across Canberra. [ + ]

Two-thirds of Australian businesses have not fully integrated their disparate data management systems, making it hard to form an integrated view of the customer, a survey suggests. [ + ]

Australian organisations are approaching bring your own device (BYOD) in a variety of ways. Some are adopting BYOD and report benefits from doing so; some reject it outright, feeling it's not appropriate for their organisation; and many more have not addressed the issue at all. [ + ]

Due to "rapid and coordinated" efforts by US government agencies, nearly all government websites that were vulnerable to the Heartbleed exploit were protected within three weeks. [ + ]

Australian Federal Police have arrested a 40-year-old from WA and an 18-year-old from NSW on suspicion of hacking web servers hosting a number of Australian and Indonesian government websites. [ + ]

SubPartners has revealed plans to build the Perth-to-Sydney APX-Central subsea cable, in tandem with its APX-West Perth-to-Singapore route and its APX-East Sydney-to-Los Angeles link. [ + ]