Australia leads the way with uptake of DevOps
03 November, 2014 | Supplied by: Rackspace TechnologyMost medium-to-large organisations in Australia have realised the business benefits of implementing a streamlined approach to the IT and development teams, or DevOps.
When did IT become the cool industry?
03 November, 2014 by Catriona Walkerden*The IT industry has room for a diverse workforce, diverse leadership and the best of talent regardless of gender, age and specialisation.
La Trobe taps SAP to support strategic plan
30 October, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingLa Trobe University is deploying SAP's Simple Finance and Lifecycle Management suites as part of a five-year strategic transformation plan.
Geek Weekly: Our top weird tech stories for 30 October
30 October, 2014 by Jonathan NallyThis week we look at ANZ's embarrassing spreadsheet fail, a $200m rocket that went nowhere, Elon Musk's fear of demons, James Cameron's fear of the SkyNet and how to prevent hackers from switching off your pacemaker.
Kids at risk after data breach; ACCC ignores $11bn NBN payments to Telstra; Cisco sells majority of VCE stake to EMC
28 October, 2014 by Andrew CollinsClaims of a data breach involving the personal information of hundreds of asylum seekers have been reported to the AFP; the ACCC will ignore payments that Telstra receives from its $11.2 billion agreement with NBN Co; and EMC has confirmed it will buy the majority of Cisco's stake in VCE.
iiNet to fight 'speculative invoicing' discovery claim
27 October, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingiiNet will oppose a discovery request filed to the Federal Court from the owners of the Dallas Buyers Club IP over concerns the information would be used for legal extortion of some of its users.
Big data skills to pay the big data bills
27 October, 2014 by Andrew CollinsAs the amount of machine-generated data begins to outstrip human-generated data, the availability of skilled big data experts is not keeping up. How should enterprises tackle the growing skills gap?
Geek Weekly: Our top weird tech stories for 23 October
23 October, 2014This week we report on the error that led to a 'Pink Panther' crook being released early, the coming 'epidemic' of big data 'false positives', millions of internet-connected critical infrastructure devices that are wide open to hacking and ASIO accidentally monitoring itself. Oh, and some cool robot videos.
Australian companies less satisfied with big data
21 October, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingAustralian business leaders are significantly less likely than the global average to believe big data provides significant value, and to be satisfied with the results of their initiatives, a survey indicates.
Govt looks to split TPG, FTTB providers; Russians hack NATO, Ukrainian govt; 7m Dropbox passwords ‘leaked’?
21 October, 2014 by Andrew CollinsTPG would have to split its wholesale and retail operations in order to run its planned FTTB network under a plan drafted by the federal government; Russian hackers exploit Windows 7 to infiltrate NATO and the Ukrainian government; and Dropbox denies a 7-million password hack.
Victoria's science supercomputing facility gets $6.6m boost
20 October, 2014 | Supplied by: Victorian Life Sciences Computation InitiativeThe Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative facility has been awarded $6.6m by the state government, ensuring its world-leading technology research stays in Victoria.
Arcitecta to supply Mediaflux platform for RDSI
20 October, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingArcitecta has announced a deal to supply a data management platform for the Research Data Storage Infrastructure, a project to build a national database for Australian researchers.
Infrastructure management in the application economy
20 October, 2014 by Stephen Miles, VP, Service Assurance, CA Technologies Asia Pacific and Japan | Supplied by: CA TechnologiesAlmost 75% of business leaders in Australia say that custom-built applications are vital to their organisation's success, but far fewer have a strategy in place to meet these expectations.
Geek Weekly: Our top weird tech stories for 16 October
16 October, 2014This week we look at a UK government tax computer system that can't add up, continuing problems with Sydney's Opal transport card, a Tor router that keeps you anonymous on the 'net, US$110 million up for grabs for photonics chips, and cute but sinister swarming drones.
NSA spies in your company?; Twitter sues US government; Telstra pushes wholesale price increase
15 October, 2014 by Andrew CollinsLeaked documents suggest the US National Security Agency may have placed undercover operatives inside technology companies, Twitter has taken the US government to court over surveillance requests and Telstra wants to raise fixed-line rates by 7.2%.