IT Management

How to stop a data lake turning into a data swamp

10 November, 2014 by Teradata | Supplied by: Teradata Australia Pty Ltd

Organisations are beginning to understand the benefits of data lakes, but careful implementation of an effective metadata layer is needed to prevent those lakes from turning into swamps.


Geek Weekly: Our top weird tech stories for 6 November

06 November, 2014 by Jonathan Nally

This week: Heathrow's infamous baggage system fails again, Virgin Galactic was likely brought low by a simple lever, naughty 'CHAPS' to blame for Britain's banking breakdown, the Japanese don't like the idea of self-driving cars, and tiny robots shaped like scallops could soon be invading your body.


Boards falling behind on digital transformation

04 November, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Less than 20% of company boards worldwide have technology-capable members, leaving them at risk of losing out in the digital era, according to QUT doctoral student Elizabeth Valentine.


White House hacked; Telstra CIO quits; Two Australian eHealth data breaches

04 November, 2014 by Andrew Collins

Hackers have breached unclassified White House networks in an attack that was reportedly discovered in October; Telstra's CIO Patrick Eltridge has resigned after four years in the role; and Australians' personal health information was potentially exposed in two separate data breaches during the 2013-14 financial year.


Australia leads the way with uptake of DevOps

03 November, 2014 | Supplied by: Rackspace Technology

Most 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-Embling

La 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 Nally

This 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 Collins

Claims 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-Embling

iiNet 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 Collins

As 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, 2014

This 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-Embling

Australian 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 Collins

TPG 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 Initiative

The Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative facility has been awarded $6.6m by the state government, ensuring its world-leading technology research stays in Victoria.


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