Three in four CIO respondents to a Gartner survey agree they must flip their leadership style and rethink the approach of IT to take advantage of the digital opportunity. [ + ]

The Vertigan panel's recommendation to split NBN Co has received a mixed response; ACMA sends iiNet and Dodo to the naughty corner; and Alcatel-Lucent has sold its Enterprise division to a Chinese company for $290 million. [ + ]

Threats that target zero-day vulnerabilities are a key issue, as security solutions often fail to detect them because they don't know what they should be looking for. A new, 'middle way' is needed to tackle them. [ + ]

An estimated 86% of Australian companies adopted cloud in some shape or form in 2013, according to IDC. But most are doing so in piece-meal fashion, resulting in an accidental cloud architecture that makes doing business much harder and more fragmented. [ + ]

Melbourne's award-winning Papercut Software company has launched a technology hub in Hawthorn, while the UK CRM and technology company Hart Square has established an APAC headquarters in Melbourne. [ + ]

NEC Australia has won the contract to manage, maintain and support the central and local data networks of all South Australian state government agencies. [ + ]

Hewlett-Packard will split its personal systems and printers business from its enterprise division, in a reversal of CEO Meg Whitman's 'One HP' strategy. [ + ]

This week we have a look at a Wi-Fi service that takes your children, Google's Project Loon, Microsoft's decision to get out of robotics, a new clock that essentially keeps perfect time and the US$2.1 billion spent so far on the 'Obamacare' website. [ + ]

Microsoft is reversing some of the unpopular decisions it made with Windows 8 for Windows 10, which enters the preview stage today. The company has also added enhancements tailored for the enterprise. [ + ]

New cloud providers, builders and aggregators have signed on for Cisco's project to build an internet-scale network of connected clouds. [ + ]

Lockheed Martin Australia has picked Melbourne to be the location of its new Asia-Pacific ICT engineering hub. [ + ]

A project to cut down on the data centres used by US government departments is on track to generate about $3.8 billion in savings (US$3.3 billion) by end-FY15, but some agencies are not seeing benefits, a report finds. [ + ]

Big data, ITaaS, the continuing shift to the cloud, location-free workplaces and wearables are some of the technology trends forecast to strengthen in 2015, according to a survey of Australian CIOs and IT decision-makers. [ + ]

The Australian Senate last week passed laws that would allow ASIO to monitor every device on the internet; Michael Brown has been appointed permanent CEO of Symantec, replacing sacked former-CEO Steve Bennett. [ + ]

High-quality, low-cost sensors have entered the market, putting biometrics in the hands of consumers for the first time. But availability doesn't necessarily translate to viability. [ + ]