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SRXGlobal opens $125,000 facility in Victoria
Electronic contract manufacturer SRXGlobal has opened a prototyping facility in Dandenong, Victoria, to accompany its manufacturing facilities in the Melbourne suburb. [ + ]
Telcos under pressure to "reimagine communications"
Ovum expects the social messaging segment, backed by heavyweights such as Facebook, to pose an increasing threat to traditional mobile operator revenues and force an evolution of communications services. [ + ]
1 in 3 Aussie CxOs to support flexible work in 2014
Australian business leaders recognise the benefits of flexible working - including mobile and activity-based working - but feel their business processes are holding them back, a survey suggests. [ + ]
HP fined $115 million in international bribery case
HP will pay more than AU$115 million in fines and its Russian subsidiary will plead guilty to bribing government officials, following an investigation involving US law enforcement. [ + ]
Usernames, passwords, data exposed in massive OpenSSL Heartbleed bug
Security researchers have found a massive vulnerability in the popular OpenSSL cryptographic library, one that apparently makes it trivial for attackers to steal information normally protected by encryption common used to protect web, email and other internet communications. [ + ]
CCA contracts IBM for cloud revamp
Coca-Cola Amatil has selected IBM's Sydney data centre to serve as the cloud hub for its entire South Pacific operations. [ + ]
Era of the "mega breach"
Cybercriminals are waiting longer to pull off larger scale data breaches that can expose tens of millions of records, with eight such attacks recorded in 2013, a Symantec threat report states. [ + ]
NBN Co to add 9000 Interim Satellite customers
NBN Co will add a further 9000 spots to the Interim Satellite Service (ISS) while expanding bandwidth available to customers on the service, Comms Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced last week. [ + ]
Mozilla CEO resigns after gay marriage outrage
Can tech CEOs hold political opinions that run counter to their organisation's mission statement? The case of Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich suggests that the answer could be 'no'. [ + ]
F5 opens ANZ support centre in Auckland
Applications delivery networking vendor F5 Networks has opened an ANZ customer support centre in Auckland, its fifth such facility in Asia-Pacific. [ + ]
Ovum, Informa merge to form largest telco research firm
ICT analyst firms Ovum and Informa are merging under the Ovum brand, to create a research house that will employ 180 analysts across six continents. [ + ]
Optus wins $19.5m Defence satellite contract
The Department of Defence has awarded Optus a $19.5m contract extension covering the continued supply of satellite capacity and support services. [ + ]
Optus wins $19.5m Defence satellite contract
The Department of Defence has awarded Optus a $19.5m contract extension covering the continued supply of satellite capacity and support services. [ + ]
Microsoft reshuffles top executives
Microsoft has made new leadership appointments to its Cloud and Enterprise, Microsoft Devices and Xbox groups. [ + ]
Office for iPad will appeal to some, but disappoint innovation-seekers
Microsoft's recently revealed Office for iPad will appeal to some users, but will leave those looking for innovative tablet-related features disappointed, according to one analyst firm. [ + ]