Big Tech looks to turn the corner on cloud – Cloud
US tech giants could signal an end to the nearly year-long slowdown in their cloud businesses as signs of economic resilience encourage clients to boost…
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Google owes US$338.7 million in Chromecast patent case – Software
Google violated a software developer’s patent rights with its remote-streaming technology and must pay US$338.7 million ($502.7 million) in damages, a US federal jury has…
Police Bank lands new CIO – Finance – Training & Development
Police Bank has appointed experienced fintech leader Lyndall Bushell as its new chief information officer. The bank officially announced the news via LinkedIn. It said Bushell…
Afterpay uses four key systems to back its support function – Software
Afterpay is using four key platforms to help new members of its customer service teams to get up to speed quickly and be serving customers…
GovERP program cost hits $265 million – Software
A large-scale program to set up a common SAP enterprise resource planning (ERP) system for the federal government has cost $265 million so far. The…
US antitrust enforcers target mergers by Big Tech – Strategy
New draft guidelines released by US antitrust enforcers lay the groundwork for tougher scrutiny of planned mergers by Big Tech companies like Amazon.com and Google.…
CBA-backed Little Birdie creates browser extension – Finance – Software
CBA-backed Little Birdie has launched a new browser extension, capable of searching and tracking the prices of millions of products online. Commonwealth Bank of Australia…
Microsoft agrees to offer cloud security logs for free – Security
Microsoft is expanding its suite of free security tools for customers, following criticism that it was charging clients to protect themselves against Microsoft’s mistakes. The…
Cyber strategy has cost Home Affairs $2.8 million so far – Strategy – Security
The government’s 2023-2030 Australian cyber security strategy has so far set the government back just over $2.8 million, with no strategy yet to show for…
Emergency patch for ColdFusion zero-day – Security
Adobe has issued an out-of-cycle software patch for its ColdFusion software after security researchers found a previous patch was incomplete, and being exploited in the…
Endeavour Group seeks national coordination of ‘harm minimisation’ tech at gambling venues – Software – Security
Endeavour Group has called on state and territory governments to coordinate a national approach to using technology – facial recognition or otherwise – to combat…
Telstra proposes to cut around 472 roles – Telco/ISP
Telstra is proposing a “net reduction” of 472 roles, which would be achieved by making a higher number of individuals redundant but offsetting some of…