Industry News
Gartner advises enterprises to prepare for Windows 11
Gartner is advising infrastructure and operations leaders to create a timeline for evaluation and migration to Windows 11, and planning to run pilots in 1H22. [ + ]
Microsoft and Domino's sign strategic agreement
Microsoft has announced a three-year strategic technology and services agreement with Domino's Pizza Enterprises. [ + ]
Teacher shortages occurring across NSW
Teacher shortages are now already evident throughout NSW, according to the Independent Education Union (IEU). [ + ]
UNSW to provide vouchers for cybersecurity SMEs
Technology-rich start-ups, scale-ups and SMEs can now receive up to $50,000 of matched funding, as part of UNSW's COVID-19 TechVoucher program. [ + ]
ACCC will not oppose Microsoft's purchase of Nuance
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will not object to the proposed $26.95bn purchase of Nuance Communications by Microsoft. [ + ]
Mandiant confirms rebrand from FireEye to Mandiant, Inc.
Cybersecurity solutions provider Mandiant has completed its name change from FireEye, Inc. to Mandiant, Inc. and changed its Nasdaq stock ticker symbol to MNDT. [ + ]
Wi-Fi 6 adoption reaching new heights
More than four in five service providers, vendors and enterprises worldwide surveyed by the Wireless Broadband Alliance have adopted Wi-Fi 6 or will by end-2022. [ + ]
Comms Connect program draws industry heavyweights
In a highly anticipated return to live events, Comms Connect Melbourne 2022 has drawn the industry's brightest to present on pressing industry topics. [ + ]
Government awards $5.7m in manufacturing grants
Ten manufacturers will share in $5.7m in grant funding as part of the latest round of the federal government's Commercialisation Fund project. [ + ]
HSC students permitted a 'study bubble'
NSW Health advice now allows HSC students to study at school with four of their peers, during the lead-up to their exams. [ + ]
Cradlepoint appoints new Senior VP of Sales for APAC region
Cradlepoint has appointed industry veteran Nathan McGregor as its new Senior Vice President of Sales to drive growth in the Asia–Pacific region. [ + ]
Qld innovation hubs could lift economy by $11bn
The Queensland Government is preparing an innovation strategy based on research finding that boosting the state’s innovation hubs could create 80,000 new jobs. [ + ]
IBM names four Aussie finalists in 2021 Call for Code challenge
Four Australian teams have been selected among the finalists of the 2021 Call for Code Global Challenge, launched by IBM with support from the Linux Foundation. [ + ]
NSW schools to return to classrooms earlier
All NSW students will return to onsite lessons by 25 October, the NSW Government has announced. [ + ]
Space race for STEM students
A prestigious space race competition has been won by a student team from Toronto High School. [ + ]
