REA Group appoints a new CTO – Training & Development
REA Group will have a new chief technology officer from October as a replacement for Chris Venter, whom it was revealed had a “severe accident”…
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Defence needs help to “win in a networked domain”, says SoftIron – Cloud – Security
Defence lacks the “skills, capabilities or innovations required to fight and win in a networked domain” where threats posed by offensive cyber are increasing, the…
Gov writes off Centrelink calculation engine project after $191m spent – Finance – Software
The government has written off a $191 million investment sunk into building a new entitlements calculation engine for Centrelink, with “nothing to show for it”…
Toll Group signs on to SAP ‘sovereign cloud’ services – Cloud
Toll Group has emerged as one of the first enterprise users of “sovereign cloud” services that SAP has stood up for Australia. President of government…
Meet Zenbleed, a speculative execution bug hitting AMD processors – Security – Hardware
Seasoned bug-hunter Tavis Ormandy of Google has let loose a microcode bug in a range of AMD processors which he said allows attackers to get…
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…
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…