Telstra joins 11 telcos and Ericsson to form new company – Networking – Software
Ericsson has created a new company for selling network software tools it has created a joint venture to sell software with a dozen telecom operators,…
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NEXTDC to raise $2.9 billion in debt – Finance
NEXTDC has launched debt syndication worth $2.9 billion to facilitate further expansion and acquisition of data centres in the Asia Pacific region. The data centre…
Australia threatens fines for social media giants enabling misinformation – Security
Australia will fine internet platforms up to five percent of their global revenue for failing to prevent the spread of misinformation online, joining a worldwide…
ATO looks to “unattributable exploration” of social media and the internet – Security – Software
The Australian Taxation Office is to buy software to enable “unattributable exploration” of social media and of “surface, deep and dark” web properties. The software…
Qantas is embedding secure-by-design practices across the group – Security
Qantas is tackling a broad range of cyber security activities this financial year, including embedding secure-by-design practices across the group and automating “key cyber capability”.…
Government’s use of AI to be examined – Software
The government’s use of artificial intelligence is set to be examined by a wide-ranging new federal inquiry. The Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit…
How Australian Organisations Can Balance Access and The Broader Security Question – Partner Content
The complexity of access has become a major challenge that is keeping CISOs up at night. Unfortunately, while the solutions to address the problem are…
Meet the finalists of the inaugural iTnews Benchmark Awards: Security – Benchmarking Change – Security
The inaugural iTnews Benchmark Awards: Security will celebrate the work of Australian security leaders including CISOs and CSOs for their work in driving effective cyber…
Ex-Google exec said goal was to ‘crush’ competition – Software
A Google executive told colleagues the goal for the company’s then-nascent online advertising business in 2009 was to “crush” rival advertising networks, according to evidence…
FCC chair wants more competition to Starlink – Telco/ISP
US Federal Communications Commission chair Jessica Rosenworcel wants to see more competition to SpaceX’s internet satellite constellation Starlink. Elon Musk’s Starlink controls nearly two thirds…
Transurban using AI to aid toll collection – Software
Transurban is using artificial intelligence to help it bill toll road users whose e-tags aren’t detected or recognised as the vehicle passes under a collection…
Whitehaven Coal set new IT foundations for two mines in six months – Cloud – Software
Whitehaven Coal set up IT systems and a remote operations centre from scratch within six months for two metallurgical coal mines it bought from BHP-Mitsubishi…