Industry News
Fintech investment expected to grow despite lull in H1 2019
KPMG believes multibillion-dollar deals are set to close and if the deal value pace is held, 2019 will be the second-most investment-rich year of the decade. [ + ]
Data61 announces departure of CEO
The CSIRO's data science arm Data61 is on the hunt for a new CEO after current chief Adrian Turner revealed plans to leave the agency next month. [ + ]
Experts meet to discuss ethical military use of AI
Global experts met in Canberra last week to discuss ethics around military use of AI-based weapons systems, business management and decision support tools. [ + ]
Canberra opens consultation on Digital Platforms Review
The Treasury and the Department of Communications have launched a consultation to inform the government's response to the ACCC's Digital Platforms Review. [ + ]
Auscom wins $1m Sunshine Coast cable contract
Sunshine Coast-based firm Auscom has been awarded a $1m contact to deliver the land side fibre network for the International Broadband Submarine Cable Network. [ + ]
Updated kill chain model could help improve cybersecurity
Carbon Black's Cognitive Attack Loop model identifies three phases of cybercriminal behaviour and claims to help defenders better understand the root cause of attacks. [ + ]
Trend Micro report exposes criminal uses of Twitter
Cybercriminals are abusing Twitter via tech support scams, command-and-control operations and data exfiltration, cybersecurity researchers have shown. [ + ]
SA's GigCity expands to Whyalla and Mount Gambier
The two regional centres will have access to high-speed, wireless, broadband internet connections by the end of 2019. [ + ]
How voice search is changing search engine marketing
Marketers now have to figure out how to pander to voice assistants' algorithms as well as consumers, according to KPMG Senior Advisor Andrew Baxter. [ + ]
Person charged over massive US data breach
A US woman has been charged with illegally accessing information on around 106 million customers of North American bank holding company Capital One. [ + ]
Gartner reports 31.3% global IaaS market growth in 2018
Amazon, Microsoft, Alibaba, Google and IBM dominate the market, earning 77% of the total revenue and experiencing 39% aggregate growth in 2018. [ + ]
Fujitsu to upgrade Australia's fastest supercomputer
The new supercomputer is set to be 10 times faster than the National Computational Infrastructure's existing computer. [ + ]
IBM A/NZ appoints first female managing director
The company's newest managing director, Katrina Troughton, won the role following her 28-year career at IBM in local, regional and global positions. [ + ]
Microsoft revamping Office 365 licensing
Microsoft will next month start progressively introducing changes to its Office 365 client licensing and activation regime. [ + ]
New report reveals '100 jobs of the future'
Cyborg psychologist, robot mechanic, algorithm interpreter, shadowtech manager – they sound like something out of science fiction, but according to a new report, these are the jobs of the future. [ + ]
