Category: ITnews

Suncorp
12
Feb
2025

Suncorp “spins up” new team for core platform modernisation – Cloud – Software – Financial Services

Suncorp is assembling a program team ahead of deploying a new insurance policy technology platform in Australia. The insurer announced…

NBN Co's fibre upgrades reach record high
12
Feb
2025

NBN Co’s fibre upgrades reach record high – Telco/ISP

NBN Co upgraded “more than 217,000” premises to full fibre in the back half of last year, a significant increase…

HR uses of AI may be classified
12
Feb
2025

HR uses of AI may be classified “high-risk” in Australia – HR – Software

A federal inquiry has asked the government to classify HR systems that use AI technology “high-risk” and require “meaningful consultation…

Australia, US, UK target Zservers over Lockbit ransomware attacks
11
Feb
2025

Australia, US, UK target Zservers over Lockbit ransomware attacks – Security

The United States joined Australia and Britain in targeting Russia-based Zservers service provider for its role in supporting the Lockbit…

Four Russians arrested in Phobos ransomware crackdown
11
Feb
2025

Four Russians arrested in Phobos ransomware crackdown – Security

Four Russian nationals, who were suspected of deploying a variant of Phobos ransomware to extort payments from people in Europe…

Microsoft to adjust Office-Teams pricing in bid to avoid EU antitrust fine
11
Feb
2025

Microsoft to adjust Office-Teams pricing in bid to avoid EU antitrust fine – Software

Microsoft has offered to widen the price differential between its Office product sold with its chat and video app Teams…

TPG Telecom recovers after data centre outage
11
Feb
2025

TPG Telecom recovers after data centre outage – Networking – Telco/ISP

TPG Telecom has attributed a widespread outage on Monday evening to a failure of mains and backup power at one…

Salesforce plans US$500m in AI-related investments in Saudi Arabia
11
Feb
2025

Salesforce plans US$500m in AI-related investments in Saudi Arabia – Cloud

Salesforce plans to invest US$500 million ($796.5 million) in Saudi Arabia related to artificial intelligence, as countries compete to secure…

WA Education boosts cyber function
10
Feb
2025

WA Education boosts cyber function – Training & Development – Security

Western Australia’s Department of Education has increased its IT security resourcing with the appointment of Prashant Singh as manager of…

Treasury M365 Copilot review estimates 13-minute efficiency gain needed to justify licence cost
10
Feb
2025

Treasury M365 Copilot review estimates 13-minute efficiency gain needed to justify licence cost – Software

Treasury has estimated that a Microsoft 365 Copilot licence for a “mid-level” government staffer could pay for itself if it…

Australia Post HR transformation leader exits
10
Feb
2025

Australia Post HR transformation leader exits – HR

Australia Post’s head of people services Laura Cheail has left after a decade at the service in a variety of…

Bunnings crunches 10 years of weather data for retail localisation
10
Feb
2025

Bunnings crunches 10 years of weather data for retail localisation – Cloud – Software

Bunnings has analysed a decade’s worth of Australian weather data to help personalise its customer marketing and in-store merchandising efforts….