Industry News
Sydney entrepreneurs perfectly positioned for start-up launch
Those looking to launch a start-up business in Sydney should act now, according to a visiting tech entrepreneur. [ + ]
Australia ranks well on R&D
Australia is a leader among OECD countries in terms of both government spending on R&D and incentives to encourage R&D among private companies, a new report has found. [ + ]
Govt establishes small business taskforce
A new small business taskforce headed by entrepreneur Mark Bouris will seek to identify and address the impediments for Australian small businesses to adopting digital technologies. [ + ]
Macquarie Telecom bids $17.9m for Bulletproof
Macquarie Telecom has lodged an off-market offer to acquire all the shares in cloud services business Bulletproof to bolster the company's own cloud services business. [ + ]
Small business flags cybercrime concerns in survey
Most small businesses rate cybercrime as their third biggest risk, according to a national survey. [ + ]
Govt launches review into .au TLD
The Turnbull government is seeking feedback for a review into the management framework for the .au top-level domain and the roles and responsibilities of its administrator auDA. [ + ]
Sydney tech community supported with CeBIT funding
CeBIT Australia will receive $50,000 in funding from the City of Sydney each year for the next three years. [ + ]
Biometric passwords popular among frustrated digital users
The vast majority of people use the same password across multiple accounts, a new survey has found. [ + ]
Half of premises ready to connect to nbn
More than half of Australian premises are now ready to connect to the nbn, and nbn co aims to have three quarters of premises ready for service by the end of this financial year. [ + ]
Students encouraged to get involved with CySCA
The dates for the 2018 CySCA competition have now been announced. [ + ]
Government encourages feedback from IT industry
Those in the IT industry are urged to provide information about the barriers they face when dealing with the federal government. [ + ]
A/NZ sitting on IoT security time bomb
Close to two-thirds of business and IT leaders are anxious about IoT security risks, but only 31% say their organisation plans to increase their IoT security budget. [ + ]
Israel's CyberGym opens global HQ in Melbourne
Cybersecurity training company CyberGym has launched its new global headquarters and cybersecurity training arena in Melbourne. [ + ]
ACMA intervenes after iTalkBB code breaches
iTalkBB Australia has been found to be in breach of direct debit, complaints-handling and record-keeping rules in the TCP code. [ + ]
Advantech joins Edgecross Consortium
Global intelligent systems provider Advantech has partnered with five other high-tech firms to establish the 'Edgecross Consortium'. [ + ]