Data from Sophos suggests that Australian businesses falling victim to a ransomware attack coughed up an average of nearly $10 million in 2023. [ + ]

Australian SMEs are interested in more automation, as paying staff takes up to one week. [ + ]

The most common issues of concern for parents and carers in Australia have been highlighted by a new report. [ + ]

High school students will be able to experience what it is like to study STEM in a university setting under a new science program. [ + ]

Students in the Willoughby local government area have had their recycled rubbish turned into plastic rulers, as they learn about the circular economy. [ + ]

Vertiv's new SmartAisle 3 modular micro data centre platform uses the power of AI to maximise energy efficiency and minimise set-up times. [ + ]

Start Beyond and the University of Newcastle have entered a partnership that will see VR-based learning used for speech therapy training. [ + ]

A new series of short films is being released by Curtin University, exploring how AI is reshaping traditional teaching paradigms. [ + ]

HPE's Aruba Networking has announced the launch of a line of Wi-Fi 7 access points that exceed the requirements of the Wi-Fi 7 standard. [ + ]

Veeam has arranged to augment its cyber extortion incident response capabilities with the acquisition of Coveware. [ + ]

Cradlepoint NetCloud SASE has been designed to combine SD-WAN and zero trust networking security capabilities into a single platform. [ + ]

Cognizant and Microsoft will collaborate to develop AI applications harnessing the power of Microsoft 365 Copilot that target specific industry verticals. [ + ]

Innovation heavyweights headlining Queensland's Digital Festival. [ + ]

A recent study shows US organisations are seeing obstacles to realising and measuring GenAI's full value. [ + ]

Cyber resilience provider Commvault plans to leverage its acquisition of Appranix to help customers more rapidly recover from a successful ransomware attack. [ + ]