Enterprise content platform Box has entered a cloud collaboration alliance with Google, involving integrating the platform with Google Docs and Google Springboard. [ + ]

HPE has announced plans to spin off and merge its non-core software assets with Micro Focus, creating one of the industry's largest pure-play enterprise software providers. [ + ]

Accenture has appointed Robert Easton to lead the company's business in Australia and New Zealand. [ + ]

The new KPMG-IoTAA Barangaroo Community gateway will allow any nearby IoT developers to connect devices for free for testing and development purposes. [ + ]

NEXTDC has launched a $150m capital raising to fund the development of a second Sydney data centre, with roughly double the potential capacity of its existing Sydney facility. [ + ]

The sale of smartwatches has grown by 89% while the smartphone market has flattened, according to a study undertaken by Telsyte. [ + ]

A CSIRO early-career researcher grant program for small and medium businesses (SMEs) has just commenced. [ + ]

Recently studied TorrentLocker attack campaigns have used spoof web pages from major organisations, including Australia Post and the AFP, to lure victims into downloading the ransomare. [ + ]

A new directory listing thousands of data centres and cloud service providers has been launched by Australian tech entrepreneur, Bevan Slattery. [ + ]

Dimension Data and Deakin University will open a cybersecurity incubator at the university's Waurn Ponds campus in order to accelerate the development of unique cybersecurity solutions and intellectual property. [ + ]

Dimension Data Learning Services (DDLS) has won an EC-Council Circle of Excellence Award for its accredited Australian training centres. [ + ]

The Australia and New Zealand Internet Awards (ANZIAs) have celebrated the achievements of individuals and organisations that have set new benchmarks for the internet industry. [ + ]

The creation of an industry guideline on making representations to consumers about the performance of broadband services has been proposed by Communications Alliance and the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA). [ + ]

Australia's innovation future is under threat, due to the many high-growth start-ups, or 'gazelles', being lured overseas. [ + ]

Internet Australia has endorsed the ACCC's proposed Broadband Performance and Monitoring Scheme, noting that such a scheme could help improve the NBN's current low take-up rates. [ + ]