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Oakton wins contract from AG's Department
Melbourne-based Oakton has picked up a four-year deal to design and manage a new Document Verification Service (DVS) for the Attorney-General's Department. [ + ]
Incumbent server vendors on the way out
The traditional server OEMs are losing their grasp on the market, with at least one likely to partially exit the market by 2017, according to a recent Gartner report. [ + ]
Facebook buying drone manufacturer for US$60m: reports
Facebook is in talks to purchase drone manufacturer Titan Aerospace, according to recent news reports. [ + ]
Barcode scanning with Google Glass
GS1 and the Open Mobile Alliance have demonstrated using Google Glass to scan product barcodes and receive product information as part of their push to include barcode scanning as standard in Android and iOS. [ + ]
Aussie firms unprepared for Privacy Act changes
New changes to Australia's Privacy Act which come into effect this month could catch up to three in five Australian organisations unprepared, and leave them liable to penalties. [ + ]
To virtualise or not to virtualise
Server virtualisation is now mainstream in Australia and New Zealand, with more than 80% of server operating systems running as virtualised machines, according to Gartner. But there are still some workloads that can cause problems to the unprepared when they are virtualised, and uncooperative software vendors don't make life any easier. [ + ]
360 million login credentials found for sale
Hundreds of millions of usernames and passwords are being sold on the black market, and security experts agree that in the wrong hands, stolen passwords can be more damaging than stolen credit card numbers. [ + ]
Melbourne IT buys Netregistry for $50m
Domain registrar Melbourne IT has entered into an agreement to purchase Netregistry Group in a deal worth $50.4 million. [ + ]
Nominations open for ACOMM Awards
Nominations are open for the 2014 ACOMMS Australian telecom industry awards. [ + ]
Huawei Australia gets new CEO
Huawei has named James Zhao as the new CEO of Huawei Australia. [ + ]
Pace of malware attacks doubled in 2013
A malware attack on enterprises occurred once every 1.5 seconds in 2013, and there were command and control servers in nearly every country worldwide, according to FireEye. [ + ]
CEPU slams plans for overhead NBN trial
The Communications Electrical Plumbing Union has accused the Coalition of wasting time and money with a planned trial of using overhead electricity infrastructure for the NBN rollout in Tasmania. [ + ]
Telecoms ombudsman reshuffles board structure
The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) yesterday voted to move from a separate board and council structure to having only a single board of directors. [ + ]
Android dominates mobile threat landscape
Android appears to have emerged as the platform of choice for mobile malware authors, accounting for more than 96% of all infections traced by FortiGuard Labs during 2013. [ + ]
RMIT student takes on world hunger with mobile app
Former RMIT student James Downing has developed Pocket Rice, a mobile app designed to tackle world hunger through trivia. [ + ]