Optus the most complained about telco, former S Central boss Peter Mavridis to be jailed over 'deception', and Qantas jet scraped its tail during take-off. [ + ]

Bill Ferris, regarded as the father of Australia's venture capitalist industry, has been appointed as the new chair of Innovation Australia.

Australia's next generation will get a firsthand look into the work of real-world technology experts thanks to a new collaboration between Cisco and CSIRO. [ + ]

Telstra has inked a NZ$3.2 million deal with Wynyard Group to use its new Advanced Cyber Threat Analytics solution to seek out cyberthreats inside its networks. [ + ]

Industry super-fund-owned bank ME has selected analytics expert Annie South as its new GM for data as part of a technology-focused leadership overhaul.

Internet Australia has raised concerns over the level of control on who can access the data kept under the country's new data retention scheme. [ + ]

This week: Win 3.1 glitch grounds flights, IBM's mainframe man dies, China tops supercomputer rankings, Aussie IT education going backwards, and would you like worms with your coffee? [ + ]

The newly spun-off Hewlett Packard Enterprise has formally opened a new office in Adelaide, building on HP's nearly 50-year presence in the state. [ + ]

A new breed of IT leaders is embracing a style of business in which the underlying platforms are automated, open and optimised, agile and analytically driven to deliver business operations digitally.

Digital design students will have their work on showcase to impress Australian corporations at the 2015 Design Lab graduate show in Sydney from 26–28 November.

Commonwealth Bank has arranged to become the anchor tenant for the Australian Technology Park, which is being redeveloped by the Mirvac Group into a business precinct. [ + ]

Queensland Government CIO Andrew Mills has disclosed that unknown attackers infiltrated the websites of TAFE Queensland and the education department, illegally accessing private data. [ + ]

Australia's Bureau of Communications Research expects Wi-Fi to play a key role in the business models of both established operators and disruptive start-ups in the near future. [ + ]

Aussie star Atlassian files for IPO in US, dangerous new CryptoWall ransomware emerges, and NSW Minister falls in love with driverless cars. [ + ]

Ericsson and Cisco have entered a broad-ranging partnership to collaborate on developing and selling networking technologies, with a special focus on SDN/NFV architecture. [ + ]