The Online Trust Alliance (OTA) has found that privacy and vulnerability issues could have been avoided if device manufacturers had implemented the correct security and privacy principles. [ + ]

SAP has become the first multinational technology company to be awarded the worldwide Economic Dividends for Gender Equality (EDGE) certificate. [ + ]

A $1 million investment from HCF will assist Curo Technologies in bringing its aged care technology to the Australian market. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

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 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 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. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

Enterprise content platform Box has entered a cloud collaboration alliance with Google, involving integrating the platform with Google Docs and Google Springboard. [ + ]

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 has appointed Robert Easton to lead the company's business in Australia and New Zealand. [ + ]

The new KPMG-IoTAA Barangaroo Community gateway will allow any nearby IoT developers to connect devices for free for testing and development purposes. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

The sale of smartwatches has grown by 89% while the smartphone market has flattened, according to a study undertaken by Telsyte. [ + ]