Category: ITnews

Microsoft to host cyber security summit after CrowdStrike-induced IT outage
26
Aug
2024

Microsoft to host cyber security summit after CrowdStrike-induced IT outage – Security

Microsoft will hold a summit in September to discuss steps to improve cyber security systems, after a faulty update from…

Swinburne University appoints first chief data analytics officer
26
Aug
2024

Swinburne University appoints first chief data analytics officer – Software

Swinburne University of Technology has appointed Anthony Perera as its first chief data analytics officer (CDAO). Anthony Perera, Swinburne University…

DTA creates ongoing CIO role
23
Aug
2024

DTA creates ongoing CIO role – Strategy – Training & Development

The Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) has made a move to recruit a permanent chief information officer, after bringing in a…

Mike Lynch, acquitted in US trial and found dead at sea, was British tech trailblazer
23
Aug
2024

Mike Lynch, acquitted in US trial and found dead at sea, was British tech trailblazer – Software

Mike Lynch, the tech tycoon who died when his luxury yacht sank off Sicily, spent more than a decade building…

Google to help build cyber protection for Australian infrastructure
22
Aug
2024

Google to help build cyber protection for Australian infrastructure – Security

Google and Australia’s national science agency CSIRO will join hands to develop digital tools that automatically detect and fix software…

Super Retail Group spending on automated warehouse and IT reaches up to $63m
22
Aug
2024

Super Retail Group spending on automated warehouse and IT reaches up to $63m – Software

Super Retail Group has spent $63 million on the construction of a new automated distribution centre and other technology initiatives….

BoQ digitisation efforts linked to hundreds of job cuts
22
Aug
2024

BoQ digitisation efforts linked to hundreds of job cuts – Cloud – Software – Finance

Bank of Queensland Group has directly linked plans to cut “up to 400 full-time equivalent roles” to its ongoing digital…

Medibank's data breach costs anticipated to reach $126m by mid-2025
22
Aug
2024

Medibank’s data breach costs anticipated to reach $126m by mid-2025 – Security

Medibank is expecting to have completed “the vast majority” of its cyber security uplift following a 2022 data breach by…

Meet ChatIT, CBA's AI-enabled IT support chatbot built with Azure services
22
Aug
2024

Meet ChatIT, CBA’s AI-enabled IT support chatbot built with Azure services – Cloud – Software

Commonwealth Bank has shed light on a generative AI-enabled IT support chatbot that broke cover last week, revealing it is…

Top US oilfield firm Halliburton hit by cyber attack
22
Aug
2024

Top US oilfield firm Halliburton hit by cyber attack – Security

Top US oilfield services firm Halliburton was hit by a cyber attack, according to a person familiar with the matter….

IAG migrates 2 million customers to new insurance engine
21
Aug
2024

IAG migrates 2 million customers to new insurance engine – Cloud – Software – Finance

Insurer IAG has moved more than 2 million customers onto its new core insurance engine. Nick Hawkins, IAG The ASX-listed…

Cleanaway hits halfway in $100m IT and digital transformation
21
Aug
2024

Cleanaway hits halfway in $100m IT and digital transformation – Hardware – Software

Cleanaway Waste Management has reached the halfway point in a four-year IT and digital transformation while also putting data analytics…