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. [ + ]

Blue Sky Private Equity has invested $16m to acquire a majority stake in Victorian ICT services company Readify. [ + ]

Employers are struggling to source specialised talent. Some organisations are turning to big data to help find candidates with specialist skill sets. [ + ]

Helen Coonan, Australia's Communications Minister from 2004 to 2007 in the Howard government, has been approached about taking a place on NBN Co's board of directors. [ + ]

An RMIT research team is looking for volunteers for focus groups that will discuss the impact of last year's critical telecom outage in SW Victoria, caused by the Warrnambool exchange fire. [ + ]

Mobile data traffic on New Zealand incumbent Telecom's network grew 91% year-on-year in August, with the average mobile user consuming 384 MB during the month. [ + ]

Two-thirds of Australian respondents to a SAP survey want to be able to conduct more mobile commerce transactions - the second highest of any mature market studied. [ + ]

Struggling smartphone maker BlackBerry has received a tentative offer to buy out the company and take it private, but it may not be enough to save the iconic brand. [ + ]

Telstra will cut 1100 jobs by June 2014 as part of a restructure announced in May, the telco revealed yesterday afternoon. [ + ]