Industry News
LEDC opens edge data centre in Dubbo
Leading Edge Data Centres has opened the third of 26 planned edge data centres, a new $7.7m facility in Dubbo. [ + ]
NRL streamlines IT operations
Australia's National Rugby League (NRL) has selected Freshworks' cloud-based IT service management software. [ + ]
CGI to acquire Aussie tech consultancy Unico
IT and business consultancy firm CGI has announced that its subsidiary, CGI Technology and Solutions Australia, will acquire Unico. [ + ]
Instaclustr teams with Uber to support Cadence
Canberra-based Instaclustr will be supporting Uber's open sourced Cadence business process automation platform. [ + ]
Visa to introduce botnet detection requirement
Australia will next year become the first market in the world in which Visa will require e-commerce payment providers to adopt botnet detection capabilities. [ + ]
Equinix launches PE3 data centre in Perth
Equinix has opened a new International Business Exchange (IBX) data centre in Perth, named PE3. This is Equinix's 18th data centre in Australia. [ + ]
AIIA supports QUT to boost Qld's ICT skills
More than 1340 Queenslanders have participated in the AIIA and QUT co-designed ICT micro-credentialing courses in the past 12 months. [ + ]
NEXTDC announces edge data centre network
NEXTDC has launched the first in a planned series of edge data centres for regional Australia — the SC1. [ + ]
Dedicated science rooms for all primary schools
A dedicated science room will be built into all newly constructed WA primary schools from 2024. [ + ]
YourDC and Aussie Broadband deliver dark fibre build
Aussie Broadband has partnered with YourDC to roll out 112 km of 360-core dark fibre throughout the greater Adelaide area. [ + ]
Learning operating system designed by educators
TMRW, a scalable learning operating system (LearnOS) for global education, has been developed to help bring education to every child in the world. [ + ]
ACCC reveals increase in mobile data fees
Broadband and mobile prices have increased in 2020–21, with consumers not using the extra data or higher speeds that they're paying more for, according to the ACCC. [ + ]
Consent survey for parents closing soon
Almost 3000 parents and carers have completed an online survey about how they can be supported to talk about consent with their children. [ + ]
Equinix to expand Equinix Metal to Melbourne
Equinix has announced plans to enhance its Equinix Metal bare metal cloud platform, and to expand its availability to Melbourne and five other metros next year. [ + ]
MuleSoft launches API management capabilities
MuleSoft has added new capabilities to its Anypoint Platform, designed to give organisations better control over the creation and management of APIs. [ + ]
