ACCC leans towards denying banks' Apple Pay request
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is leaning towards denying a request from a number of banks to collectively bargain with Apple over Apple Pay. After making this draft determination...
View ArticleHPE's The Machine takes a giant step with memory-driven computing demo
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) says it has successfully demonstrated memory-driven computing, which promises significant performance and efficiency gains. The Machine is HPE's vision for the future...
View ArticleXero completes massive, two-year transition to AWS
Accounting software provider Xero has completed a two-year transition of its entire platform to Amazon Web Services (AWS), with more than 59 billion records, 3000 apps and 120 databases transferred....
View ArticleVeriluna turns chaos into order
Australian company Veriluima is pioneering a new branch of advanced analytics - prescriptive analytics is dedicated to finding the best course of action for any situation. I spent an informative hour...
View ArticleBAE launches free cyber risk assessment tool
BAE Systems has launched its free cyber risk assessment tool – specifically aimed at Australian small business to help them prepare for “When, not if, they are breached.” BAE Systems provide some of...
View Article‘We were first to market’ Unlockd retort to Optus Xtra ads for mobile launch
Melbourne-based telecommunications service provider Unlockd is claiming Australian first-mover rights on advertising on mobile phones in return for giving users extra data, after Optus announced it has...
View Article“We must crack hard-to-solve security challenges”
Intel Security says cyberattacks are now on three fronts – on-premise, in the cloud, and Internet of Things. It identifies many hard-to-solve challenges. Intel Security’s McAfee Labs 2017 Threat...
View ArticleMyStateBank launches new Internet banking platform, mobile banking apps
Tasmanian banking group, MyState Bank, has launched a new Internet banking platform and mobile banking apps in another step in the bank’s ongoing digital transformation. MyState’s move comes as four of...
View ArticleCloudera, Contexti, AWS deliver advanced big data solution to Seven West Media
Global data management and analytics provider Cloudera, in partnership with Australian analytics company Contexti and Amazon Web Services, have deployed an advanced big data solution for West...
View ArticleGeorge Fischer takes on top job at Verizon Enterprise Solutions
US telco and global communications giant Verizon has elevated former sales chief George Fischer to president of Verizon Enterprise Solutions (VES). Most recently, Fischer served as senior vice...
View ArticleOracle helps B2B marketers generate leads
Oracle’s new marketing automation and content marketing capabilities break down marketing silos and simplify cross-device content creation. Oracle has announced enhancements within the Oracle Marketing...
View ArticleCMO/Oracle study reveals global brand secrets
Australian businesses that want to operate internationally must develop and manage a brand that resonates with both global and local audiences. New research from The CMO Club and Oracle Marketing Cloud...
View ArticleKlika’s clever customer convenience: Parcel Connect partnership
One of Australia’s top online retailers, Klika, has continued the expansion of its omni-channel offering and enhancement of the overall customer shopping by partnering with Parcel Connect. Klika now...
View ArticleCyberArk finds Microsoft Credential Guard flawed
Attackers with local administrator rights can harvest encrypted service credentials to achieve lateral movement and full domain compromise on Windows endpoints. CyberArk, a leader in Privileged...
View ArticlePrivileges account security explained
Governments and businesses are increasingly linking their core systems to external networks and third parties including trusted suppliers, but this approach means nothing can be made 100% secure. It is...
View ArticleVeritas embraces AWS – new products for the cloud
Veritas used the Amazon Web Services re:Invent conference to announce new capabilities for its InfoScale and NetBackup to optimise app migration and simplify data protection on AWS cloud. Veritas...
View ArticleFireEye seeks early adopters for Helix
FireEye has announced its early adopter program for FireEye Helix, an intelligence-led platform to enhance security operations and deliver security everywhere - public or private cloud, on premise or...
View ArticleAustralians eat up online content in their droves, but TV still holding its own
Almost 9 out of 10 Australian adults are now online, fuelling a growing appetite for digital content and driving significant changes across the communications sector, according to a new report from the...
View ArticleNAB loves its home-loan customers. It just won't let them go
Digitisation of office functions has sped up life for many people in metropolitan cities and removed many a headache in the process. Given that, it is passing strange that the National Australia Bank,...
View ArticleVoice, facial recognition growing in use as security for mobile
Voice and facial recognition is gaining ground as a major security measure with more than 600 million mobile devices expected to be using the technology around the world by 2021, according to a new...
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