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Mobile first and the future of the workplace
Enterprise IT must embrace the mobile-first workplace or risk sliding into obsolescence, writes Ovum's Richard Absalom. [ + ]
Telstra plans $100m user-driven Wi-Fi network
Telstra has unveiled a $100m plan to build one of the world's largest Wi-Fi networks, primarily using participating customers' own connections. [ + ]
Connected living market could be worth $791bn by 2020
The ongoing Internet of Everything trend will create a future with trillions of connected devices, generating a total market opportunity of over $791bn by 2020, Frost & Sullivan predicts. [ + ]
Govt wants to help small businesses adopt cloud
The federal government has released a series of guides that it hopes will inspire small businesses adopt and use cloud computing services. [ + ]
EU court backs "right to be forgotten"
Google has been ordered by an EU court to remove links to two pages a Spanish man would rather the internet "forgot", in a case that could have major implications for all online companies. [ + ]
Human augmentation next on the CIO's to-do list
Human augmentation may seem to some like science fiction, but it's coming to the enterprise, and you need to start preparing for its eventual arrival. [ + ]
Australians clicked 27m malicious links in Q1
Australia ranked sixth in the world for users who clicked suspicious links during Q1, and fifth among countries hosting malicious URLs, according to Trend Micro. [ + ]
NBN Co enhances network for medium businesses
NBN Co has announced enhancements to the NBN aimed at allowing mid-sized businesses to take advantage of high-bandwidth applications such as VPNs and HD videoconferencing. [ + ]
Victorian govt's ICT strategy emphasises cloud, mobility, access
The Victorian Coalition government has released its ICT strategy for the next two years, which focuses on cloud, mobility and community access. [ + ]
IT sector won't be spared from Budget "pain"
The Coalition's Budget includes a number of planned cuts that could shake the ICT sector, including the elimination of grant programs, a lower R&D tax offset and a phase-out of government funding for NICTA. [ + ]
Australian IT leaders plan to hike data centre spend
Nearly 60% of Australian IT decision-makers expect to increase their data centre budgets by 5-10% in the next 12 months, with big data investments and virtualisation driving data centre growth. [ + ]
Govt to tender for common CMS based on Drupal
The Department of Finance will soon tender for a project to build GovCMS, a centralised system for managing government websites, and has proposed to mandate the use of Drupal and the public cloud. [ + ]
Customer privacy can be a business opportunity
Organisations are increasingly hungry for their customers' personal data. However, the need to keep this data private raises a host of limitations and legal considerations. [ + ]
Telstra Global widens European reach
Telstra Global has signed an interconnection agreement with GTS that will give it access to points of presence in five Central and Eastern European countries. [ + ]
IT budget cuts put Australia behind competitors
In its annual global survey of CIOs, Gartner Executive Programs found Australian IT leaders face significant challenges compared to their global counterparts. [ + ]
