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Information technology (IT) in Australia & New Zealand

• March 29, 2020 29 Mar'20

  Australian government unveils Covid-19 app

  Australia’s federal government has launched the Coronavirus Australia app to keep Australians updated on the latest developments in its fight against the coronavirus outbreak

• March 27, 2020 27 Mar'20

  Huawei to boost Kunpeng ecosystem in cloud play

  Chinese tech giant will shell out $200m this year to build an ecosystem around its Arm-based processor to bolster its position in the cloud computing market

• March 26, 2020 26 Mar'20

  Developed APAC states most exposed to cyber risks

  Singapore, South Korea, Japan, Australia and New Zealand have the highest exposure to cyber risks, but they are also the most prepared to deal with cyber attacks, study finds

• March 25, 2020 25 Mar'20

  Coronavirus takes toll on IT spending in Asia

  The economic fallout from the Covid-19 outbreak is expected to slash the growth rate of the region’s IT industry to just 1.2% this year

• March 25, 2020 25 Mar'20

  Australia inks digital economy pact with Singapore

  Australia’s digital economy agreement with Singapore will pave the way for data transfers and other digital trade opportunities

• March 23, 2020 23 Mar'20

  Seek ditches pagers for cloud service in IT operations

  Australian employment marketplace Seek is doing away with pagers in favour of PagerDuty’s cloud-based digital operations platform to scale up its IT operations in Asia and Australia

• March 19, 2020 19 Mar'20

  IT Priorities 2020: ANZ firms to spend more on cyber security

  Over half of respondents in Australia and New Zealand plan to invest more in cyber security, especially in key areas such as data loss prevention

• March 17, 2020 17 Mar'20

  Nutanix expands virtual desktop service in APAC

  Nutanix has expanded its Xi Frame virtual desktop service to five more cloud regions in Asia-Pacific amid the Covid-19 outbreak

• March 13, 2020 13 Mar'20

  China ahead of Australia and Japan in data maturity

  Chinese firms are ahead of their peers in the Asia-Pacific region in tapping the potential of data, study finds

• March 11, 2020 11 Mar'20

  ANZ firms ill-prepared to deal with tech issues

  More than two in five businesses in Australia and New Zealand are hearing from customers about major technology issues, affecting productivity and staff morale, new study finds

• March 10, 2020 10 Mar'20

  Inside Oracle’s cloud strategy

  Oracle may be late to the cloud infrastructure and platform game, but it believes it has what it takes to carve out a bigger slice of the Asia-Pacific’s cloud market

• March 08, 2020 08 Mar'20

  Google to open new cloud regions in India and Australia

  New cloud regions in Delhi and Melbourne underscore Google’s resolve to carve out a bigger slice of Asia-Pacific’s cloud computing market

• March 04, 2020 04 Mar'20

  Australian government pulls plug on cloud certification programme

  The Australian Signals Directorate is closing its cloud services certification programme to allow for more home-grown suppliers

• March 01, 2020 01 Mar'20

  Data breaches in Australia showing no signs of abating

  Compromised login credentials and human error were the most common causes of data breaches reported under Australia’s notifiable data breach regime from July to December 2019

• February 27, 2020 27 Feb'20

  WikiLeaks founder Assange is well enough to participate in extradition proceedings, says judge

  A judge dismissed claims that Julian Assange’s vulnerable psychological state would prevent him from taking part in his extradition hearing to face espionage and computer misuse charges in the US