NSW State Emergency Services (NSW SES) has engaged BAI to provide project management capabilities for a statewide radio communications upgrade project. [ + ]

Alcatel-Lucent will cut between 10,000 and 15,000 jobs worldwide before 2016, while also adding new positions to bring the net reduction to 10,000, as part of a plan to turn the company's fortunes around. [ + ]

Dell has revealed it has no plans to refresh its Windows RT tablet line-up - another apparent setback for the struggling OS. Analysts blame the OS's lack of traction partly on the lack of the compatibility with the Microsoft PC ecosystem and speculate as to its future. [ + ]

The greatest gain we have seen in IT, and security more specifically, has been without a "product" or "technology" but with simple messages and human interaction, argues Angela Coble. [ + ]

Australian and New Zealand mobile phone shipments contracted more than 20% in Q2, with even smartphone sales declining slightly, according to IDC. [ + ]

Cisco has completed the $2.7b acquisition of Sourcefire, to further its goal of developing a threat-centric approach to security. [ + ]

Hackers have broken into Adobe's network and stolen information on 2.9 million Adobe customers - including names and encrypted credit card numbers - as well as source code for the company's products. [ + ]

Apple has asked a US court for sanctions against Samsung, alleging that Samsung executives illegally had access to confidential information on an Apple-Nokia deal. Nokia, meanwhile, has alleged that Samsung execs used that information to gain an unfair advantage when negotiating a license deal with Nokia. [ + ]

At some point we all have discussed how IT and business will be transformed with the adoption of a cloud solution. Even though there is little doubt over cloud's potential to improve business, there is still concern over how businesses can overcome the various stumbling blocks. [ + ]

Digital Realty's Deer Park data centre - its second in Melbourne - has been awarded full Tier III certification by the Uptime Institute. [ + ]

Qualcomm captured a record 63% share of the $4.66bn global cellular baseband processor market in Q2, and challengers to its throne will face an uphill struggle. [ + ]

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and Australia's BSI have developed a security certification program for cloud service providers. [ + ]

Details from a leaked NBN Co Corporate Plan suggest that the network's rollout had been progressing on budget and the Coalition appears to be taking a more open-minded approach to FTTP. [ + ]

A program like PRISM will have limited impact on organisations looking to onboard cloud services hosted in the US, Australia or Europe, according to Puneet Kukreja. [ + ]

Little more than a month after Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced his own impending retirement, some investors are pushing to get founder Bill Gates removed from his role as chairman of the board. [ + ]