Articles
Optus teams with FireEye to tackle APTs
Optus Business and FireEye have partnered to offer joint-managed security services, open two advanced security operation centres and research APTs targeting APAC firms. [ + ]
Technology innovator returns to Australia to lead CSIRO
Dr Larry Marshall has been appointed the new chief executive of the CSIRO, bringing with him 25 years' experience as an international technology entrepreneur and the founder of six successful US companies in biotechnology, photonics, telecommunications and semiconductors. [ + ]
CIOs rethinking leadership styles in the digital era
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. [ + ]
Avoid the dangers of an accidental cloud architecture
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. [ + ]
Vertigan wants to split NBN Co; ACMA slaps iiNet, Dodo on the wrist; Alcatel sells enterprise division for $290m
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. [ + ]
HP to split up into two companies
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. [ + ]
Finding the middle ground for zero-day vulnerabilities
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. [ + ]
South Australia awards network management contract to NEC
NEC Australia has won the contract to manage, maintain and support the central and local data networks of all South Australian state government agencies. [ + ]
More ICT firms set up new headquarters in Victoria
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. [ + ]
Geek Weekly: Our top tech stories for 2 October
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. [ + ]
Windows 10 designed for enterprise customers
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. [ + ]
LMA to build APAC ICT engineering hub in Melbourne
Lockheed Martin Australia has picked Melbourne to be the location of its new Asia-Pacific ICT engineering hub. [ + ]
Cisco's Intercloud project gets 33 new partners
New cloud providers, builders and aggregators have signed on for Cisco's project to build an internet-scale network of connected clouds. [ + ]
Data centre consolidation saving US govt $3.8bn
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. [ + ]
Key technology trends for CIOs in 2015
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. [ + ]
