Vocus moves a step closer to being able to buy TPG’s fibre assets – Telco/ISP
Vocus has been cleared by the competition watchdog to buy TPG Telecom’s fixed-line business, transmission network and enterprise customer base in a $5.25 billion deal.…
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Home Affairs explores secure service edge – Security
The Department of Home Affairs is looking to adopt secure service edge (SSE) as part of efforts to modernise its security perimeter. The department is…
SAP chief and COO slip into Australia – Cloud – Software
SAP’s global CEO Christian Klein and chief operating officer Sebastian Steinhaeuser are in Australia this week, meeting customers and partners after attending the Australian Grand…
ANU finds new CISO – Security – Training & Development
The Australian National University has a new chief information security officer, with Julian Doak joining from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Doak spent nearly eight years…
Nvidia CEO Huang says chipmaker well positioned for shift in AI – Hardware
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company was well placed to navigate a shift in the artificial intelligence industry, in which businesses are moving from…
Meta vows to curtail false content, deepfakes ahead of Australian election – Software
Facebook and Instagram-owner Meta Platforms said its independent fact-checking program in Australia would help detect and remove false content and deepfakes, as it aims to…
Alphabet to buy Wiz for US$32 billion – Security
Alphabet will buy fast-growing startup Wiz for about US$32 billion ($50 billion) in its biggest deal ever, the Google parent said, as it doubles down…
Lion reorganises tech and cyber leadership – Training & Development
Beverage maker Lion has consolidated its IT and cyber leadership into a single role, now held by Ram Kalyanasundaram. Ram Kalyanasundaram, Lion Lion, which owns…
Quantum computing, AI stocks rise as Nvidia kicks off annual conference – Hardware
Shares of quantum computing and artificial intelligence companies rose as investors hoped that Nvidia would blow some life back into the beaten-down sectors with new…
Google expands Reddit partnership – Software
Google has expanded its partnership with Reddit amid concerns that the social media platform’s user growth relies heavily on traffic from Google Search. Redburn Atlantic…
“Reshaped” National AI Centre to be run by ex-Microsoft Australia CTO – Cloud – Software
The former chief technology officer of Microsoft Australia Lee Hickin is to lead the federal government’s “reshaped” National AI Centre. Lee Hickin, National AI Centre…
Optus stands up a unified data platform – Cloud
Optus has stood up a unified data platform that brings together data from across a number of repositories into an Azure-based ‘lakehouse’ environment running on…