Microsoft’s AI lead puts Amazon cloud dominance on watch – Cloud
Upcoming quarterly reports from US tech giants may show Microsoft is closing the gap on cloud-computing market leader Amazon.com as more businesses switch to its…
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Australian Federal Police start search for CISO – Security
The Australian Federal Police is looking for a new chief information security officer following the departure of Tim Spiteri. The force said in a recruitment…
Gov asked to encourage LEOsat pitches – Telco/ISP
The federal government has been asked to tweak the conditions for co-funding of telecommunications infrastructure in regional and remote Australia to make it possible to…
Robot rise lifts safety for Kiwi crane company – Partner Content
McLeod Cranes hires artificial intelligences to take heat out of safety incidents When things go pear-shaped with a 350-ton crane — and operators are…
Melbourne’s free city wi-fi poised for major upgrade – Networking – Telco/ISP
Melbourne’s free city wi-fi is set for an upgrade, almost a decade after it was first piloted by iiNet. VicFreeWiFi was launched in 2016 and…
La Trobe University seeks new CISO – Security
La Trobe University is on the hunt for a new CISO following the recent departure of Andrew Morgan. La Trobe University. La Trobe previously hired…
US charges, sanctions Iranians linked to Revolutionary Guard cyber command – Security
The US government has announced criminal charges and sanctions against four Iranians over an alleged multi-year cyber campaign targeting more than one dozen American companies,…
IBM nearing deal for HashiCorp – Cloud
IBM is nearing a deal to buy cloud software provider HashiCorp, according to a person familiar with the matter. Hashicorp’s stock surged 24 percent, giving…
Musk decries Australian court ‘censorship’ of X terror posts – Software
Elon Musk lashed out at Australia’s prime minister after a court ordered his social media company X take down footage of an alleged terrorist attack…
NAB expands CodeWhisperer access to 450 engineers – Cloud – Software – Finance
NAB had to make unspecified changes to its environment to address a lag in the delivery of code suggestions to developers trialling Amazon’s ‘pair programming’…
Macquarie’s banking division closes in on its public cloud target – Cloud – Finance
Macquarie’s banking division has clicked over the 96 percent mark for workloads running in public cloud, closing in on its 100 percent migration goal. Banking…
Informatica not in acquisition talks with Salesforce – Software
Data-management software firm Informatica is not currently engaged in any discussions to be acquired, the company said, after media reports of takeover interest from Salesforce.…