Industry News
Banking and finance have best security culture
New research from Knowbe4 indicates that the banking and financial services industries are closest to achieving a good security culture. [ + ]
Tackling the STEM robotics curriculum
Oxford Economics says the Australian region will be changed by robotics in the near future, so one Melbourne junior school is getting a jump on the curriculum. [ + ]
Optus achieves 10 Gbps aggregated throughput in Brisbane
Optus has achieved 10 Gbps aggregated throughput, using Nokia networking equipment, at a live 5G site in Strathpine, Brisbane. [ + ]
UK tech scale-ups set sights on Australia
An initial 11 UK tech scale-ups will take part in a UK Government-sponsored program designed to help companies expand into Australia. [ + ]
SA Dept for Education launches Teach podcast
Teach is a new podcast featuring open discussion on the trials and triumphs of life as an educator in South Australia. [ + ]
Smart storage: why STaaS is the way forward for organisations
Subscription-based storage as a service provides a data storage platform that can accommodate different data types and service levels for a range of organisations. [ + ]
2021 Women in AI Award recipients announced
The recipients of the inaugural Australian and New Zealand Women in AI Awards have been revealed, celebrating the brightest women across the ANZ AI community. [ + ]
Ampion, Aussie cybersecurity provider, acquired by Wipro
Australian cybersecurity, DevOps and engineering services provider Ampion has been acquired by Wipro, to reinforce its position in the ANZ market. [ + ]
The impact of digital communication on workload
A QTU survey of 12,000 teachers and school leaders prompted a 'right to disconnect' from digital communications campaign to alleviate workload. [ + ]
ACT students prepped to combat cybercrime
Cybersecurity is on the radar for today's — and tomorrow's — jobseekers. [ + ]
Australian DevOps salaries in decline
Australian DevOps salaries are in decline despite an ongoing skills shortage, Puppet's latest DevOps salary report indicates. [ + ]
US partnership takes STEM to the skies
A US partnership between Draganfly and Woz ED will see the deployment of 3000 drones in 2021 across a national K-12 curriculum. [ + ]
How COVID increased education gap for First Nations children
First Nations households are suffering a yawning digital divide with the rest of Australia and COVID-19 has widened this gap. [ + ]
Two Aussies among 40 women leading the way in AI innovation
Melissa Dorey (Telstra) and Annie Shu (Westpac) were recognised alongside 38 other women as part of the IBM Women Leaders in AI program. [ + ]
Chrome Education Upgrade
Chromebooks are available in an array of form factors from a host of hardware vendors and are a perennial favourite of education sector IT departments. [ + ]