Industry News
Attackers targeting macOS with Trojans, adware
Bitdefender's new macOS Threat Landscape report found that despite its reputation as a walled garden, cybercriminals are taking aim at the macOS platform. [ + ]
Digital Realty makes DC sustainability breakthrough
Digital Realty has improved water usage efficiency at one of its Singapore data centres by 15% using a new cooling tower sustainability technique. [ + ]
Australian businesses resilient to major disruptions
Seven in 10 Australian business leaders say their organisations have effective plans for managing major disruptions such as natural disasters and cyber attacks. [ + ]
Safe Work Australia publishes WFH safety info
Safe Work Australia has published new resources detailing the potential workplace health and safety risks associated with employees working from home. [ + ]
Second Australian location for VMware Cloud on AWS
VMware Cloud on AWS is now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Melbourne) Region, bringing the total number of regions in Australia to two including Sydney. [ + ]
UNSW named Australia's most entrepreneurial university
UNSW alumni have founded more startups that have gone on to raise more than US$10m in total funding than any other university in ANZ, a new study indicates. [ + ]
New CEO for Cloudera
Cloudera has announced the appointment of Charles Sansbury as Chief Executive Officer, effective 7 August. [ + ]
Seven partners with Komo on audience engagement
Komo Technologies has partnered with the Seven Network to deliver a mobile audience engagement platform for a range of the network's events. [ + ]
URLs now top ransomware vector
Malicious or compromised URLs have taken over from email attachments as the top method for spreading ransomware, according to Palo Alto Networks. [ + ]
Australia facing sharp digital skills shortfall
With every Australian worker now requiring digital skills, there are risks of a severe shortfall of digital workers, the Future Skills Organisation warned. [ + ]
Optimism about global digital trade
Businesses and consumers are optimistic about the globalised economy according to new data from financial infrastructure platform Stripe. [ + ]
Nine in 10 employees say AI rules are needed
Artificial intelligence use in workplaces is on the rise, with 67% of Australian employees using generative AI a few times a week, according to a new survey. [ + ]
Inaugural AWS GenAI Accelerator cohort announced
Earlier this month, AWS Startups announced its Generative AI Accelerator, providing guidance for 10 emerging ANZ organisations in the generative AI space. [ + ]
Microsoft integrates PayPal solution
PayPal has announced Microsoft's integration of PayPal's Pay in 4 solution in the US, UK, Australia, Germany, France, Spain and Italy. [ + ]
School fined after student drowning
The drowning death of a student on a school excursion has led to a $420,000 fine for a private college in Adelaide. [ + ]