Industry News
ANZ companies embracing subscription model
More than 70% of ANZ companies in industries such as media, health care, software and the IoT surveyed by Ovum for Zuora are looking to shift to a subscription model. [ + ]
ATO website outage traced to HPE SAN failure
An HPE storage area network failure was the cause of a nearly two-day outage of the ATO's website and online services, but despite reports to the contrary no data has been permanently lost, the agency said. [ + ]
Internet Australia slams planned broadband levy
The government's proposal to impose a $7 per month levy on high-speed broadband services to fund the delivery of NBN services in rural areas amounts to "robbing Peter to pay Paul", according to Internet Australia CEO Laurie Patton. [ + ]
Splunk establishes ANZ headquarters in Melbourne
Software company Splunk will set up its ANZ headquarters in Melbourne, creating more jobs for the tech sector. [ + ]
In-flight emergencies caused by crushed smartphones
Damaged and lost phones on planes have been nominated by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority as the biggest dangerous goods safety risk in 2016. [ + ]
ATO blames hardware for web outage
A hardware failure led to the outage of the ATO's entire website on Monday, including its online services and portals. [ + ]
Security spending does not equal maturity: Gartner
Organisations spend an average of 5.6% of their IT budgets on security, but often falsely conflate spending with security maturity and do not have a true understanding of their security spending. [ + ]
BlackBerry announces mobile security platform
BlackBerry has announced a comprehensive platform of security and enterprise collaboration solutions that will form the bedrock of the company's new software focus. [ + ]
USQ information systems PhD recognised for contribution
A PhD which outlines the development of a standard and automated approach to assess IT processes for improvement has been recognised by the Australian Council of Professors and Heads of Information Systems. [ + ]
RMIT invention could boost data centre efficiency
An RMIT team working on silicon photonics technologies to improve data centre efficiency while cutting energy consumption costs has been selected to take part in a CSIRO high-tech accelerator. [ + ]
Qld Brain Institute deploying fast storage fabric
The Queensland Brain Institute is using technology from Brocade, HDS and Oracle to build a high-performance, high-capacity storage fabric to accelerate its research into preventing brain diseases. [ + ]
SimpliVity and Huawei partner on hyperconvergence technology
SimpliVity has made its OmniStack technology available on Huawei FusionServer. [ + ]
Report labels current telecommunications approach outdated
In a new draft report, the Productivity Commission has recommended a modernised approach to universal telecommunications services in Australia. [ + ]
Google aims for 100% renewable energy by 2017
Google expects that by next year its global operations, including its vast network of data centres, will be running on 100% renewable energy such as wind and solar power. [ + ]
Microsoft cleared to close $35bn LinkedIn acquisition
Microsoft has secured EC approval to complete the US$26.2bn purchase of professional social network LinkedIn, after agreeing not to pursue practices that would discriminate against rival services. [ + ]