Industry News
Microsoft cleared to close $35bn LinkedIn acquisition
Microsoft has secured EC approval to complete the US$26.2bn purchase of professional social network LinkedIn, after agreeing not to pursue practices that would discriminate against rival services. [ + ]
SimpliVity and Huawei partner on hyperconvergence technology
SimpliVity has made its OmniStack technology available on Huawei FusionServer. [ + ]
Google aims for 100% renewable energy by 2017
Google expects that by next year its global operations, including its vast network of data centres, will be running on 100% renewable energy such as wind and solar power. [ + ]
Base2Services to open office in the US
Australian DevOps as a service company base2Services has revealed plans to establish a US presence to help serve its growing North American customer base. [ + ]
NASA and Zuckerberg Media expand CeBIT line-up
More guest speakers have been added to the conference program for CeBIT Australia, which will be held in Sydney in May 2017. [ + ]
Fast broadband will improve Christmas cheer, finds nbn
A new research report released by nbn suggests that Australian internet usage will increase 30% over Christmas when compared to the same time last year. [ + ]
Australian start-ups supported by CSIRO fund
A $200 million CSIRO Innovation Fund will commercialise early-stage innovations from CSIRO, universities and other publicly -funded research bodies. [ + ]
Sydney and Melbourne awarded for green office program
The City of Sydney and City of Melbourne have been recognised at the C40 Cities Awards for their CitySwitch Green Office program. [ + ]
Affordable internet access supported by Microsoft grants
Microsoft will continue to provide grants to those organisations that work to improve affordable internet access to underserved markets. [ + ]
Investorist closes $3.3m funding round
Investorist, a Melbourne-based B2B property marketplace founded by Jon Ellis, has completed a $3.3m funding round to further its international expansion goals. [ + ]
Vertiv to replace Emerson Network Power
Emerson Network Power has commenced the process of rebranding itself as Vertiv, while also appointing a new CEO. [ + ]
Far-west Queensland gets connected
Towns in Barcoo and Diamantina, Queensland's westernmost shires, are now connected to the Telstra network thanks to 600 kilometres of new fibre-optic cable. [ + ]
Digital currency protected by new industry code
The first Australian Digital Currency Industry Code of Conduct has been launched by the Australian Digital Currency and Commerce Association (ADCCA). [ + ]
Sky Muster NBN reaches 46K users
The Sky Muster NBN satellite service has overtaken the interim satellite service (ISS) in terms of the number of connections, over a span of just seven months. [ + ]
Android malware infects over one million Google accounts
New Android malware called Gooligan is infecting 13,000 vulnerable devices every day. [ + ]
