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Global Switch, Akamai opening Sydney data centres
Global Switch has commenced construction of the final stages of its Sydney East data centre, while Akamai has opened a data centre in Sydney to help Australian companies mitigate DDoS threats. [ + ]
CeBIT Australia 2016 to live stream keynotes
The organisers of CeBIT Australia 2016 will live stream this year's keynote speeches to anybody with an internet connection who wishes to watch them. [ + ]
The virtualisation journey to 2020
Data centre server virtualisation currently stands at almost 80% — by 2020 it will be hard to find a data centre that isn't 100% virtualised. [ + ]
Management in the 2040s
How executive management adapts to technological innovation will be critical in the deployment of technologies and the structure of management in the future. [ + ]
GovDC Silverwater receives first 4.5 star NABERS rating
The NSW Government's GovDC Silverwater has become the first data centre in Australia to secure a 4.5 star energy-efficiency rating from the national environment rating standard NABERS. [ + ]
Researchers find critical flaw in Microsoft's EMET toolkit
Microsoft has had to patch its Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit, designed to make user-mode programs more secure, after FireEye researchers found a simple method to disable it completely. [ + ]
Linux distros infected with backdoors; McAfee offers to hack iPhone; Telco complaints at 9-year low
Linux Mint website hacked and downloadable distros infected, John McAfee has offered to crack the San Bernardino iPhone, and telco complaints at lowest level since July 2006. [ + ]
ACMA outlines mobile broadband spectrum plan
Communications regulator ACMA has outlined its latest strategy to address the ongoing surge in demand for mobile broadband capacity. [ + ]
Government reviewing Australia's space legislation
The government is conducting a review aimed at ensuring Australia's space legislation is up to date and can help stimulate the industry, and has now opened the review up to public consultation. [ + ]
Cloud computing for all
The rise of the cloud has seen a variety of solutions developed to suit the needs of many different kinds of enterprises. [ + ]
Changing mindsets the key to competitiveness
With big data analytics, the trick is to persuade as well as predict, in order to deliver real-time, holistic intelligence that can influence a customer's next action. [ + ]
Mobile payment adoption tipped to surge
The global user base for mobile payments, including mobile commerce and money transfers, is set to climb to 4.77bn in 2019 from 689.9m in 2014, Ovum has predicted. [ + ]
Australia third most targeted by banking botnets
Australia was the country third most targeted by banking botnets in 2015, with criminals attacking more than 95 financial institutions, Dell research shows. [ + ]
Cybercrime got more sophisticated in 2015
Cybercrime exploit kits became more adept at avoiding detection by security systems in 2015, while perpetrators increasingly took to using encryption for the same purposes, research shows. [ + ]
Business intelligence in the middle
Much of the trouble that Australian organisations are having with business intelligence comes down simply to a lack of skills in the workforce, analysts say. [ + ]
