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1 in 5 enterprises have experienced an APT attack
Research shows one in five enterprises have experienced an advanced persistent threat (APT) attack, but only one in three could determine the source. [ + ]
Government said to shelve data retention issue
Mandatory retention of telecom records will reportedly not be among the national security reforms the Attorney-General's office plans to propose this week. [ + ]
PC sales finally show signs of stabilising
After two straight years of quarterly declines, global PC sales increased a marginal 0.1% during the second quarter, Gartner estimates. [ + ]
Academia and industry partner to boost network security
A US Department of Homeland Security-funded research institute is working with the Secure Decisions company to use visualisation tools to produce better security data analysis. [ + ]
1 in 4 Aust workers expect tech to make them obsolete
A quarter of Australian workers expect to be made redundant due to advances in technology, and a majority view temporary work as a good stepping stone to a full-time job, a survey shows. [ + ]
Wireless chip may boost data farm energy efficiency
A design for a chip that uses wireless transmission to send data between cores could improve energy efficiency at data farms by up to 20%, while also improving processing speed. [ + ]
Big data will drive data centre spending increase
Big data will drive data centre growth in Australia, with more than 75% of Australian organisations expecting to increase spending on data centre facilities within the year. [ + ]
Are zombie virtual machines coming to get you?
The ancient human instinct not to throw away anything useful is leading to VM sprawl - the rise of zombie virtual machines that refuse to die. [ + ]
National Map consolidates government geospatial data
The communications ministry and NICTA have launched the National Map Open Data initiative, a single map that contains a variety of government geospatial data. [ + ]
Implementing BYOD with a 802.11ac Wi-Fi network
Nudgee College in Brisbane recently made a massive change to its academic IT system, replacing ageing infrastructure such as servers and a fleet of college-owned notebooks. [ + ]
NBN Co pushes FTTB launch to 2015
NBN Co has officially pushed the launch date for its fibre-to-the-basement (FTTB) product from October this year to early 2015, but the company is "uncommitted" to the new date. [ + ]
NZ emerging as key nearshoring location for Australia
Cultural and commercial similarities and the promise of discounts of up to 30% make New Zealand an ideal nearshore outsourcing option for Australian businesses, Ovum argues. [ + ]
Half of enterprise devices are ageing or obsolete
Product refresh cycles have slowed to a crawl worldwide due to the lingering effects of the financial crisis, with more than half of the devices on enterprise networks past end-of-sale, a report shows. [ + ]
Google revamping Android with L update
Google's Android L update will introduce more than 5000 new APIs, support for 64-bit processing, a redesigned UI and other significant changes. [ + ]
Is HP's Helion the missing link in cloud evolution?
Technology powerhouse Hewlett-Packard has revealed its plans for the groundbreaking Helion portfolio with the announcement of US$1bn investment in Cloud Computing. [ + ]
