Industry News
ACS event celebrates women in ICT
ACS is celebrating International Women's Day on 8 May with a breakfast event in Barangaroo, Sydney. [ + ]
Aus retailers lagging on BOPIS service
Less than one-third of Australian retailers are offering buy online, pick up in store (BOPIS) options, according to new research. [ + ]
Attitudes at work influenced by generation, not gender
Egon Zehnder studied more than 2500 executives across seven countries and found that women and men have similar attitudes on leadership and diversity. [ + ]
Privacy sweep shows big compliance gaps
Only half of respondents to a global sweep of data protection practices among organisations in 18 countries have a documented incident response procedure. [ + ]
NZ has 50% uptake for ultra-fast broadband
The number of New Zealand homes and businesses adopting ultra-fast broadband has now reached the 50% mark. [ + ]
Prototype data-sharing solution created at ACS hackathon
A world-first prototype for safe data sharing has been developed during a hackathon organised by ACS. [ + ]
$14bn growth for digital economy
A new report by the ABS reveals that Australia's digital economy has grown by approximately $14 billion under the current government. [ + ]
Aus and NZ adopt PEPPOL e-Invoicing framework
Australia and NZ have announced that they jointly intend to adopt the Pan European Public Procurement Online interoperability framework for e-invoicing. [ + ]
Atlassian sets up in Sydney tech precinct
Atlassian will establish its Sydney headquarters at the Innovation and Technology Precinct, following an agreement with the NSW Government. [ + ]
Retailers top credential stuffing targets
Retailers are heavily targeted by the increasingly popular attack method of credential stuffing, according to research from Akamai. [ + ]
Telco practices driving consumer debt
A new report from the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman outlines four common industry practices that are driving financial overcommitment. [ + ]
How to apply the Consumer Data Right in the energy sector: ACCC
A discussion paper about how to best apply the Consumer Data Right in the energy sector has just been published by the ACCC. [ + ]
Telcos warned over wrong or missing IPND data
ACMA has directed 11 telcos to comply with their obligations under regulations covering the database of subscriber information provided to emergency services. [ + ]
Australian tablet sales fell 2.1% in 2H18
A slump in demand for Android tablets led to a 2.1% contraction in the Australian tablet market during 2H18, Telsyte has estimated. [ + ]
Drupal issues critical security alert
Open source content management software project Drupal has issued a critical security alert warning of a remote code execution vulnerability in Drupal 8. [ + ]
