Industry News
HCF invests in Curo for senior wellbeing
A $1 million investment from HCF will assist Curo Technologies in bringing its aged care technology to the Australian market. [ + ]
Empired partners with RAA on new digital platform
The Royal Automobile Association of South Australia (RAA) and Empired have partnered to build a new digital platform, designed to help RAA deliver on its digital transformation strategy. [ + ]
Network access policies must be updated for IoT
Gartner has urged organisations to update their network access policies and enforcement practices to address the growing number of IoT devices requiring access to the enterprise network. [ + ]
Nutanix appoints new A/NZ region lead
Nutanix has appointed Howard Fyffe as managing director of its Australia and New Zealand business, following the move of outgoing MD Wayne Neich to a new Asia–Pacific role. [ + ]
NEC announces program for talented tech grads
NEC Australia is inviting technology graduates to join its 2017 graduate program, which is a structured combination of job experience, coaching, workshops, performance planning and feedback. [ + ]
Dell completes acquisition of EMC
The merger of Dell and EMC to form Dell Technologies has produced what the new company claims is the world's largest privately controlled technology firm. [ + ]
IoT and smart city alliance Hypercat opens Aussie chapter
The federal government will work with Hypercat Australia, the local chapter of the UK-based industry alliance Hypercat, to help establish a global standard for the IoT and smart cities. [ + ]
Box, Google aim to transform work in the cloud
Enterprise content platform Box has entered a cloud collaboration alliance with Google, involving integrating the platform with Google Docs and Google Springboard. [ + ]
HPE to sell software division to Micro Focus for $11.5bn
HPE has announced plans to spin off and merge its non-core software assets with Micro Focus, creating one of the industry's largest pure-play enterprise software providers. [ + ]
Accenture names new business lead for Australia and NZ
Accenture has appointed Robert Easton to lead the company's business in Australia and New Zealand. [ + ]
IoT test network launches in Sydney
The new KPMG-IoTAA Barangaroo Community gateway will allow any nearby IoT developers to connect devices for free for testing and development purposes. [ + ]
NEXTDC to open second Sydney data centre
NEXTDC has launched a $150m capital raising to fund the development of a second Sydney data centre, with roughly double the potential capacity of its existing Sydney facility. [ + ]
Telsyte research reveals smart device trends
The sale of smartwatches has grown by 89% while the smartphone market has flattened, according to a study undertaken by Telsyte. [ + ]
CSIRO launches SME grant program
A CSIRO early-career researcher grant program for small and medium businesses (SMEs) has just commenced. [ + ]
TorrentLocker spoofing AusPost, AFP to fool victims
Recently studied TorrentLocker attack campaigns have used spoof web pages from major organisations, including Australia Post and the AFP, to lure victims into downloading the ransomare. [ + ]