Home Affairs lays groundwork for IBM mainframe shift – Cloud – Hardware – Software
The Department of Home Affairs is laying the foundations for the expiry of its long-standing mainframe agreement with IBM under a new ‘Future Compute’ strategy.…
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RBA readies for CoreMod migration – Cloud – Hardware
Reserve Bank of Australia is gearing up for the migration phase of its core modernisation infrastructure program with work expected to commence this financial year.…
Apple, Amazon fight off US$600 million UK lawsuit over alleged ‘collusion’ – Cloud
Apple and Amazon have successfully fought off a mass lawsuit in the UK over alleged collusion between the tech giants to remove resellers of new…
AMP puts tech at forefront of new marketing delivery – Marketing
AMP has appointed a new chief marketing officer, Tina Cleary, with a view to “deliver more technology-led solutions to [its] customers”. Cleary, who has relocated…
Microsoft halts hiring in US consulting unit as cost-cutting measure – Cloud
Microsoft is planning to halt hiring in part of its consulting business in the US in a bid to cut costs, CNBC reported citing an…
Essential Energy accelerates digital push – Hardware – Networking – Software
Essential Energy is embarking on its next phase of technology transformation with a renewed focus on digital transformation and cyber security. The energy company has…
Biden signs executive order to ensure power for AI data centres – Hardware
US President Joe Biden signed an executive order to provide federal support to address massive energy needs for fast-growing advanced artificial intelligence data centres, the…
Macquarie to invest up to US$5b in Applied Digital data centres – Hardware
Macquarie is to take a 15 percent stake in US firm Applied Digital’s high-performance computing business and invest up to US$5 billion (A$8.1 billion) in…
US removes malware allegedly planted on computers by Chinese-backed hackers – Security
The US Justice Department said it has deleted malware planted on more than 4200 computers by a group of criminal hackers who were backed by…
Dept of Health and Aged Care picks Fay Flevaras as CDIO – Cloud – Hardware – Security – Software
The Department of Health and Aged Care has elevated Fay Flevaras to the role of full-time chief digital information officer (CDIO). Flevaras has previously spent…
Nvidia faces revenue threat from new US AI chip export curbs – Hardware
Nvidia faces a significant revenue threat due to the latest US export restrictions on artificial intelligence chips, designed to limit the global distribution of these…
Gov to give NBN Co up to $3bn to complete FTTN overbuild – Telco/ISP
NBN Co will receive up to $3 billion from the federal government and chip in $800 million itself to provide the last 622,000 premises stuck…