The NSW Government has launched the second stage of its purpose-built Silverwater data centre, and agencies from all departments have commenced migration to the new facility. [ + ]

Networking giant Cisco will cut up to 6000 jobs - 8% of its entire staff - as part of a "limited" global restructure in the 2015 financial year, the company announced last week. [ + ]

Indian e-learning provider Dexler Information Solutions has opened a new Australian headquarters in Melbourne, following its acquisition of Online Learning Australia earlier this year. [ + ]

Research conducted for the Australian Communications and Media Authority shows a huge jump in regional and rural mobile internet use since 2009. [ + ]

A new system developed by MIT researchers could reduce data-transmission delays across server farms by 99.6%. [ + ]

SAP and NICTA's Digital Careers program will invest $1.4m to expand the YICTE student competition to more states and age groups as they seek to seed the next generation of ICT talent. [ + ]

Telstra has announced the first investment from its new Global Applications and Platforms business - the $290m purchase of nearly all of streaming video and analytics company Ooyala. [ + ]

All it takes is a little bit of short-sightedness, bad luck and poor timing to cook up disaster. So how many network threats and weaknesses would you find in a security audit? [ + ]

Vocus Communications has arranged to buy ASG Group's Bentley Data Centre for $11.9m and become the IT vendor's preferred communications service provider. [ + ]

Telco industry body Communications Alliance will consult with the government on its planned data retention policy and seek to ensure any reforms protect the interests of ISPs and the public. [ + ]

A Russian gang has collected a cache of 1.2 billion unique credentials - pairs of emails and passwords - according to information security firm Hold Security. [ + ]

Telstra has a significant share of the fast-growing Asia-Pacific unified communications as a service market, but faces competition from regional and global rivals, Frost & Sullivan said. [ + ]

Organisations need to weigh up all the pros and cons of password managers to decide if they meet their needs, or whether SSO is a better option. [ + ]

Australia and New Zealand's share of the worldwide Digital Universe was 2.2% in 2014, but 55% of data in the ANZ market is not being protected. [ + ]

Apple and Samsung have agreed to end all patent lawsuits between each other outside of the US, including in Australia. But is it a sign of an end to the long and bitter legal war? [ + ]