The YourDC data centre at Edinburgh Parks has become the first in Australia to receive a TIA-942 Rated-3 certification from Enterprise Product Integration (EPI). [ + ]

Third-party Oracle and SAP support services company Rimini Street has expanded its workforce in the A/NZ region by 52% and opened a new office in Melbourne. [ + ]

Fujitsu Australia will provide a range of services to TAFE Queensland under a $60m ICT support contract. [ + ]

Qualcomm has revealed plans to acquire NXP Semiconductors for US$47bn ($61.8bn) in the chip industry's largest acquisition to date. [ + ]

The Red Cross Blood Services said human error was at fault for exposing information on 550,000 blood donors in what could have been Australia's largest leak of personal data to date. [ + ]

Commonwealth Bank and Alipay will collaborate to make it easier for Australian customers to pay for goods over Alibaba's e-commerce websites, and to let Chinese tourists use Alipay in Australian brick-and-mortar stores. [ + ]

FinTech Australia's first Collab/Collide summit will explore new regulatory and technology developments in the FinTech sector and what they mean for Australia's FinTech ecosystem. [ + ]

The number of algorithm-based patent applications has surged thirty-fold over the past 15 years as companies seek to protect their information assets and analytic models. [ + ]

The ACCC has released a discussion paper exploring whether to declare a domestic mobile roaming service, which would let consumers use other mobile networks when outside of their provider's footprint. [ + ]

Apple's latest line of MacBook Pro notebooks replaces the function keys with a full-colour, multitouch Touch Bar interface. [ + ]

Consumer NZ will no longer be recommending Fitbit fitness trackers, calling their reliability into question. [ + ]

Microsoft has announced new products in its Surface line of computing devices and a free Windows 10 update targeted at creative professionals. [ + ]

Job search marketplace Hired has opened a new regional headquarters in Melbourne as part of its launch into the Australian market. [ + ]

The CGI 2016 consumer survey has revealed that consumers want digital financial services from their financial institution. [ + ]

A new Australian Research Council research and development centre has been established at Deakin University. [ + ]