Australia scrapped satellite because new tech could ‘shoot it out of sky’ – Telco/ISP
Australia’s defence minister said a satellite program was scrapped because of the threat of new technology that can “shoot satellites...
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Defence cancels GEO satellite comms project – Telco/ISP
Defence has cancelled a multi-billion dollar project for a geostationary earth orbit (GEO) satellite communications system that Lockheed Martin was...
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Gov agencies to bring $49m tech delivery back in-house – Strategy – Training & Development
Federal government agencies are set to bring $49 million worth of technology services in-house as part of a push to...
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Westpac ramps up its Unite technology simplification – Financial Services – Software
Westpac has consolidated the number of initiatives in its Unite “technology simplification” program from 85 to 61, with 39 now...
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AMP hires leader for small business digital unit – Software – Financial Services – Training & Development
AMP has turned to Woolworths to hire a leader for its new small business digital banking division. The new business...
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Endeavour Group to switch exec running tech split from Woolworths – Strategy
Endeavour Group has named Harinder Saluja as its new chief transformation officer, overseeing the program to separate from Woolworths systems and...
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Regulators raise questions about siting data centres at power plants – Hardware
Costs and reliability concerns related to the burgeoning trend of building energy-intensive data centres next to US power plants were...
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Self-proclaimed bitcoin inventor faces contempt of court case – Software
An Australian computer scientist who claimed he invented bitcoin was accused of contempt of court after he filed a 911...
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ATO seeks new CIO amid technology delivery shake-up – Cloud – Hardware – Networking – Security – Software – Storage
The Australian Tax Office has broadened its hunt for a new chief information officer to fill the role vacated by...
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Country Road Group uplifts store planning project focus – Governance
Country Road Group has set up a central hub based on monday.com to manage and coordinate store and department store...
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RedLine and META infostealers disrupted by global operation – Security
A combined effort by international authorities, including the Australian Federal Police, has disrupted the operations of two prolific infostealers used...
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Western Sydney Uni’s IT systems compromised again – Security
Western Sydney University has revealed an unknown attacker had access to its student management system and data warehouse for a...
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