Industry News
City of Sydney funds Smart Cities Week
A new Sydney conference aims to bring together more than 350 innovators from around the world. [ + ]
Australian IT wages growing unsustainably
The ongoing IT skills shortage is driving up wages for IT professionals to unsustainable levels, with analytics and security pros in particularly high demand. [ + ]
Tritium wins Qld's Exporter of the Year Award
The 2018 Premier of Queensland's Exporter of the Year Award has been won by an electric vehicle charging company. [ + ]
Most common cyber hacking tools revealed
The most common categories of hacking tools have been revealed by a new cybersecurity report. [ + ]
Cambium Networks wins top award
Cambium Networks has been recognised with the Manufacturer of the Year award. [ + ]
Lycamobile fined for breach of TCP Code
A code breach has led to Lycamobile paying a $12,600 penalty, after it failed to follow an ACMA direction. [ + ]
Australia ranks 9th for Alipay during Golden Week
Local Alipay transaction volumes surged 105% during the Golden Week Chinese holiday as Australian merchants capitalised on the influx of Chinese tourists. [ + ]
Chorus subcontractors exploiting migrant workers
An audit of 75 subcontractors to the company deploying the NZ Government-led Ultrafast Broadband network found that 73 are breaching employment standards. [ + ]
International E-Waste Day promotes responsible recycling
The first International E-Waste Day will be held on 13 October to raise awareness about the responsible recycling of electronic waste. [ + ]
Report reveals Australian internet download habits
Data on the internet habits of Australians in 2018 has just been released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). [ + ]
New reforms force companies to declare kickbacks
New reforms will compel businesses to declare kickbacks they receive for product and service recommendations. [ + ]
Telstra breached priority assistance obligations
Telstra is auditing its compliance with the Priority Assistance scheme after two critically ill customers were unable to use their landlines before their deaths. [ + ]
New Bill may increase cyber threat: Digital Rights Watch
Digital Rights Watch warns that the proposed Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018 could increase security risk. [ + ]
Someone has a sense of humour!
Visitors to a certain NSW Government ServiceNow web page are greeted by a “404 not found” page with a difference. [ + ]
Energy efficiency of Aussie data centres stagnates
The average NABERS star rating of Australian data centres certified during FY18 remained unchanged at 4.1, according to the body's annual report. [ + ]