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Promapp business improvement software deployed by Frankston council
Frankston City Council in Victoria is deploying cloud-based business process management software from Promapp to support the council’s ongoing business improvement program. The Promapp deployment will...
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The Value of Data-Driven Automation to the ITSM industry
IT service management (ITSM) refers to the entirety of activities – directed by policies, organized and structured in processes and supporting procedures – that are performed by an organization to...
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IA throws support behind ACCC comms market study
Internet Australia has given its support to an ACCC decision to undertake a communications sector market study, with IA chief Laurie Patton saying that it is time for a serious look at how Australia is...
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Software backdoors worst possible idea, says security pro
Creating backdoors in software so that governments can snoop on users is the worst possible thing to do from a security point of view, according to Jeff Hudson, the head of US security firm Venafi....
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Call for govt regulatory restraint over data retention compliance
The Communications Alliance has urged the federal government to exercise regulatory restraint if some telecommunications service providers are unable to fully comply with the mandatory two-year data...
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New head of APAC financial services for Unisys
Former Wipro Technologies and IBM executive Richard Parker has been appointed by Unisys as vice-president financial services for Asia Pacific. Parker, who joins Unisys from Wipro where he was director...
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Kogan boosts data offerings as mobile video watching explodes
Kogan has joined the rush to offer data-hungry mobile users new deals with significantly increased data allowances. Not to be left behind competitors, the online discount retailer on Monday released a...
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Samsung recalls more than 50,000 Note7s in Australia
Samsung Australia has announced the recall of 51,060 Galaxy Note7 smartphones which have been sold in the country since launch on 19 August. The recall follows the company's acknowledgement of an issue...
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Govt finally announces data retention grants
Telstra, Optus and Vodafone have together been apportioned about 65% of the funds allocated for companies to implement the data retention scheme that the government voted into law more than a year ago....
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New online payment system to guarantee anonymity
A French company Inria is working on an electronic payment system called GNU Taler which will enable anonymous payments for online transactions. The system, which will provide privacy for customers and...
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Van Ruth connects with Megaport
Interconnection specialist Megaport has appointed Haidee Van Ruth as its chief financial officer. "Haidee's depth of experience and tremendous work ethic perfectly underpin her ability to help me drive...
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Hackers, investors short medical firm over bugs
A group of researchers from the cybersecurity start-up MedSec has opened up an ethics debate after it combined with an investment firm to short the stock of a maker of medical devices in order to make...
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NextDC to build second Sydney data centre to meet growing demand
National data centre operator NextDC is planning to build a second Sydney data centre to meet what it says is growing demand in the Sydney market for data centre services. The company will fund the...
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LiveHire seals ‘talent community’ deal with TelstraHealth
LiveHire, the company behind the Live Talent Ecosystem, has inked an agreement with TelstraHealth which will implement LiveHire to manage the flow of talent into and across its various e-health...
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Foxtel to lower prices to better compete with SVOD services
If you want to access Foxtel via its Foxtel Play IPTV service, prices will be a lot more competitive from December 2016 as it fights back against Netflix and similar services. Promising a subscription...
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D-Link adds 4G DWR-921 to router range
D-Link's new DWR-921 4G LTE router is essentially a conventional small office router that includes a built-in 4G modem. There are still places where fixed-line broadband is either unavailable or slow,...
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Foxtel homes in on HBO content in extensive new deal
Billing itself the "home of HBO", Foxtel has strengthened its relationship with the cable network with "even more extensive rights to HBO’s library" of programming. From 1 January 2017, Foxtel’s HBO...
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Umbreon rootkit targets Linux on x86, ARM platforms
A rootkit aimed at Linux systems running on the x86, ARM and embedded platforms has been in development since last year and runs in user mode on an affected system, according to researchers at Trend...
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Weed gets in the way of FBI tech talent search
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation is struggling to recruit fresh talent to defend the country's cyber borders but is unwilling to overlook the frequent use of marijuana by hackers in order to...
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Google hits back over browser power-usage claims
Google appears to be hitting back at claims by Microsoft that its browser, Chrome, is heavy on laptop battery use, by posting a video of the new version, 53, running a movie clip on a Microsoft Surface...
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