Industry News
NASA and Zuckerberg Media expand CeBIT line-up
More guest speakers have been added to the conference program for CeBIT Australia, which will be held in Sydney in May 2017. [ + ]
Base2Services to open office in the US
Australian DevOps as a service company base2Services has revealed plans to establish a US presence to help serve its growing North American customer base. [ + ]
Affordable internet access supported by Microsoft grants
Microsoft will continue to provide grants to those organisations that work to improve affordable internet access to underserved markets. [ + ]
Fast broadband will improve Christmas cheer, finds nbn
A new research report released by nbn suggests that Australian internet usage will increase 30% over Christmas when compared to the same time last year. [ + ]
Sydney and Melbourne awarded for green office program
The City of Sydney and City of Melbourne have been recognised at the C40 Cities Awards for their CitySwitch Green Office program. [ + ]
Australian start-ups supported by CSIRO fund
A $200 million CSIRO Innovation Fund will commercialise early-stage innovations from CSIRO, universities and other publicly -funded research bodies. [ + ]
Investorist closes $3.3m funding round
Investorist, a Melbourne-based B2B property marketplace founded by Jon Ellis, has completed a $3.3m funding round to further its international expansion goals. [ + ]
Vertiv to replace Emerson Network Power
Emerson Network Power has commenced the process of rebranding itself as Vertiv, while also appointing a new CEO. [ + ]
Optus secures more Black Spot funding
Optus has secured $26.4m in government funding under the mobile black spot program, but an ANAO audit has criticised the program as inefficient and favouring Coalition electorates. [ + ]
Android malware infects over one million Google accounts
New Android malware called Gooligan is infecting 13,000 vulnerable devices every day. [ + ]
Digital currency protected by new industry code
The first Australian Digital Currency Industry Code of Conduct has been launched by the Australian Digital Currency and Commerce Association (ADCCA). [ + ]
Sky Muster NBN reaches 46K users
The Sky Muster NBN satellite service has overtaken the interim satellite service (ISS) in terms of the number of connections, over a span of just seven months. [ + ]
NSW launches Innovation Strategy
The NSW Government has unveiled a wide-reaching Innovation Strategy aiming to foster innovation in government and the state's start-up ecosystem. [ + ]
Far-west Queensland gets connected
Towns in Barcoo and Diamantina, Queensland's westernmost shires, are now connected to the Telstra network thanks to 600 kilometres of new fibre-optic cable. [ + ]
Digital transformation deepens in China
A cooperative platform for the edge computing industry has been established in Beijing, China. [ + ]