Deakin University will deploy AppSense Environment Manager to improve its network logon experience, as well as significantly reduce profile corruption and reliance on group policy. [ + ]

Optus is using small cells to provide satellite-based mobile coverage in remote areas of NT, while the WA government has funded a new mobile tower to address a mobile blackspot along the Great Eastern Highway. [ + ]

According to research by Worldpay, a group of Australian shoppers account for 92% of all spending on physical goods purchased online, despite the fact that they represent only 13% of the population. [ + ]

Domino's Pizza and Flirtey launched a drone delivery service via a demonstration delivery flight in Auckland yesterday. [ + ]

A guide for the implementation of governance of enterprise IT (GEIT) has been released by global IT association ISACA. [ + ]

Data and email security company Mimecast is investing in improving Australian cyber resilience after experiencing strong growth in the market. [ + ]

The collaboration between Kaspersky Lab, Intel Security and Dutch and European police to combat ransomware has scored a victory against the WildFire strain. [ + ]

CompTIA will partner with ELEVACAO Foundation to help students get 'pitch ready' for the nationwide Young ICT Explorers competition judging. [ + ]

Australia's ResApp Health and Clevertar, along with New Zealand's oDocs, have all secured awards from Steve Wozniak as part of Talent Unleashed 2016. [ + ]

Equinix has opened its latest International Business Exchange (IBX) data centre in Sydney, known as SY4. Centrally located, phase one of the new US$97m facility provides a total capacity of 1500 cabinets. [ + ]

Lenovo has agreed to pre-load Microsoft productivity apps on select Android-based devices as part of an expanded collaboration between the companies. [ + ]

Kogan.com more than doubled its expected profit growth for FY16 and exceeded its revenue forecast by 5%, due in part to the purchase of Dick Smith's online operations earlier this year. [ + ]

Visiting Centrify executive David McNeely believes it is time to address the fact that passwords are the weak link in security, responsible for the majority of data breaches. [ + ]

Despite early hiccups, Medibank Private expects to complete the implementation of a new core policy management system next year. [ + ]

According to a report by the Grattan Institute, the percentage of recent Australian IT graduates who have secured full-time employment is at its lowest since 1982. [ + ]