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Information technology (IT) in Australia & New Zealand

• August 22, 2017 22 Aug'17

  SAP Ariba gaining ground in APAC

  Companies like Woolworths and DuluxGroup in Australia are using the cloud-based service to reduce procurement costs and risks

• August 14, 2017 14 Aug'17

  Higher IT salaries in Australia and New Zealand amid talent crunch

  IT professionals in Australia and New Zealand are earning more compared with last year, a TechTarget survey has found, but more needs to be done to address the gender gap

• August 03, 2017 03 Aug'17

  Keeping Australia’s aeromedical service connected to the cloud

  The Queensland section of the Royal Flying Doctor Service has improved its access to cloud apps without spending more on bandwidth

• July 14, 2017 14 Jul'17

  Australia to push ahead with decryption plans

  The Australian government remains undaunted in requiring tech firms to provide access to encrypted communications in law enforcement efforts

• July 13, 2017 13 Jul'17

  The dawn of a new era for Dell EMC

  Dell EMC’s Paul Henaghan is no stranger to industry consolidation, having worked for tech companies that were acquired by Oracle and Software AG. Here, the president of Dell EMC in South Asia and Korea shares what it is doing to streamline its ...

• July 12, 2017 12 Jul'17

  Australia’s Whispir dials into global market

  Fast-growing cloud-based communications service provider expects to more than double its workforce within a year, and grow its business in the double-digit range

• June 30, 2017 30 Jun'17

  Dreamscape to merge with Singapore hosting provider in regional expansion

  The Australian hosting provider will tap Vodien’s infrastructure to address the needs of mobile-first businesses in Southeast Asia that are going online for the first time

• June 29, 2017 29 Jun'17

  Petya ransomware hits Aussie businesses

  The latest ransomware attack has reached Australia’s shores, prompting calls to dump on-premise IT infrastructure for the cloud

• June 28, 2017 28 Jun'17

  Singapore authorities issue alert on Petya ransomware

  The country’s emergency response team has called for users to boost their cyber defences as the Petya ransomware rages through IT systems in Asia and Australia

• June 21, 2017 21 Jun'17

  Pirated software used to spread malware in APAC

  A regional study by a Singapore university has found that counterfeit software distributed through discs and file-sharing networks is plagued by malware

• June 20, 2017 20 Jun'17

  NTT Docomo turns to SAP Hana to boost customer experience

  Japanese telco NTT Docomo rolls out in-memory database in eight months to analyse data from retail outlets and customer call centres in a bid to improve service levels

• June 16, 2017 16 Jun'17

  Australia’s decryption plan seen as untenable

  Experts say efforts to get technology and social media firms to cooperate with the authorities in decrypting communications will be hard to achieve

• June 14, 2017 14 Jun'17

  Mobile data traffic in ASEAN, Oceania to grow 11-fold by 2022

  The expansion of 4G and IoT networks in ASEAN and Oceania will lead to a data deluge and drive cellular subscriptions to new levels

• June 06, 2017 06 Jun'17

  Digital economy to contribute 7% of Australia’s GDP

  Besides improving living standards, digital technologies could also lead to a resurgence of manufacturing in Australia

• June 01, 2017 01 Jun'17

  Australia’s Icon Group taps IBM Watson to boost cancer care

  Watson for Oncology will provide oncologists with medical information and treatment options to support clinical decision making

• May 17, 2017 17 May'17

  SAP wants to be cloud leader in APAC by 2020

  The business software supplier expects its cloud portfolio to contribute at least a third of its revenues in a region that includes key markets such as Australia, Japan and Southeast Asia

• April 06, 2017 06 Apr'17

  New subsea cable to connect Australia and Southeast Asia

  The Indigo submarine cable will provide additional capacity to mitigate disruptions caused by fibre cuts, as well as meet the growing demand for internet services in the region

• April 05, 2017 05 Apr'17

  Australia’s Commonwealth Bank unveils data analytics platform

  Free platform made available to bank’s customers at a time when only 34% of the country’s SMEs are making data-driven decisions

• March 31, 2017 31 Mar'17

  How IT can be more defensible

  A renowned Google engineer calls for the IT industry to build devices capable of being defended and for enterprises to take a balance sheet approach in managing risks

• March 24, 2017 24 Mar'17

  Serco uses HR technology to cut recruitment bill

  International outsourced services supplier Serco is investing in HR recruitment technology to help it hire 15,000 to 20,000 people a year

• March 24, 2017 24 Mar'17

  Cisco unveils new Spark collaboration platform in APAC

  Spark will be the future platform for integrating all of Cisco’s collaboration technologies, according to a Cisco regional executive

• March 15, 2017 15 Mar'17

  APAC topped the world in number of cyber attacks in 2016

  The prevalent use of pirated software is one of the possible reasons for the APAC region’s poor showing in Trend Micro’s annual study on the state of cyber security

• March 03, 2017 03 Mar'17

  Businesses blame rivals for DDoS attacks

  Industrial sabotage is considered to be the most likely reason behind a distributed denial of service attack, a study has revealed

• February 24, 2017 24 Feb'17

  UK IT professionals wanted in New Zealand capital city as part of recruitment campaign

  The government of New Zealand's capital city is looking for IT staff from around the world to address a skills shortage

• February 09, 2017 09 Feb'17

  Case study: Australia’s Salmat to go cloud-only after getting a taste for the technology

  Australian marketing company Salmat plans to move everything it can into the cloud following a highly successful initial SaaS implementation

• January 26, 2017 26 Jan'17

  Mixed feelings on Australian enterprise app market

  The enterprise mobile app development market is attracting big money despite a lack of corporate appetite

• January 26, 2017 26 Jan'17

  Security spending leaving data vulnerable, study finds

  Cyber breaches are increasing despite increased security spending, a study shows, highlighting that security investment decisions are not aligned with actual cyber threats

• January 23, 2017 23 Jan'17

  Singapore and Indonesia stand out for IT spend in Apac banking sector

  Singapore is the top spender on IT for banking of all developed economies in the Apac region, while Indonesia has the fastest growth rate in IT spending

• January 16, 2017 16 Jan'17

  Australian government technology suffers failure after failure

  Former government IT leader says Australia’s IT is so bad that if the government were a private sector organisation, it would fail

• December 05, 2016 05 Dec'16

  Top 10 ANZ enterprise IT stories of 2016

  Here is a rundown of Computer Weekly’s most popular ANZ enterprise IT articles for 2016

• November 28, 2016 28 Nov'16

  IBM blamed for Australian census website crash

  Computer giant reportedly pays $30m to Australian government as reports are released from two inquiries into DDoS attacks on census website

• November 09, 2016 09 Nov'16

  Australia’s IFC Logistics virtualises storage to prevent further outages

  Australian logistics firm moved to virtualised storage through a managed service after a serious outage

• November 02, 2016 02 Nov'16

  Australia and New Zealand IT pros on bigger salaries than UK equivalents

  Aussie IT pros are better rewarded than their counterparts in the UK, according to surveys

• October 25, 2016 25 Oct'16

  Australian IT spending to be near A$85bn in 2017

  Australian CIOs must plan digital platforms that can connect to customer and business networks – or risk losing customers

• October 10, 2016 10 Oct'16

  More virtualisation to come in mature Australian market

  Australia has been hailed as a rapidly growing market for mobile virtualisation

• October 04, 2016 04 Oct'16

  Demand rises for low-cost flash storage across Australia

  Flash storage gains popularity in Australia, as smaller organisations are attracted by lower prices and higher capacity

• September 12, 2016 12 Sep'16

  Australian council removes costly bottleneck with traditional storage architecture

  Redland City Council chose to return to a traditional storage architecture when it was struggling to get rates notices out in good time

• August 30, 2016 30 Aug'16

  Westpac bank launches Databank data protection service

  Australia's Westpac bank is offering organisations that share customer data a service that it says securely locks down personal information

• August 09, 2016 09 Aug'16

  PwC Australia uses gamification to teach cyber security lessons

  With the number of cyber incidents identified by Australian organisations more than doubling in the past year, PwC is using an online game to give enterprises first-hand experience of what it means to face a cyber attack

• July 12, 2016 12 Jul'16

  IBM sets up security centre in Canberra

  IBM leads the charge as large private businesses invest heavily in security resources across Australia in an attempt to close the security gap

• June 20, 2016 20 Jun'16

  Lower average cost of Australian data breaches is not a sign of comfort

  The average cost of a data breach to Australian organisations dropped in 2015, according to research

• June 15, 2016 15 Jun'16

  New Zealand calls for tech specialists

  New Zealand needs more IT professionals, and is hitting its targets through a mix of training existing residents and attracting new ones

• May 12, 2016 12 May'16

  Software-defined storage the power behind Monash University microscopes

  Australian academic institute uses the technology to help it deal with huge – and still growing – storage demands

• May 09, 2016 09 May'16

  Australian health sector an easy target for cyber criminals, says IBM

  A push to encourage greater adoption of electronic health records has raised the spectre of online record theft

• April 15, 2016 15 Apr'16

  Australian universities increase IT spending well above global average

  Australian universities are increasing their IT spending as they improve learning and operational efficiency

• March 18, 2016 18 Mar'16

  Australian girls believe online harassment is endemic

  There are clear signals that online threats against women and attempts to invade their privacy are becoming societal norms in Australia

• February 15, 2016 15 Feb'16

  Telstra is transforming Australian IT infrastructure

  Telco is transforming its IT operation to make better use of the cloud, data and application programming interfaces

• January 25, 2016 25 Jan'16

  Shout it out cloud: why Australian CIOs should use cloud to transform

  CIOs in Australia, like everywhere else, must look at the cloud options available or face being left behind

• January 22, 2016 22 Jan'16

  Crunch time for Australian CIOs as analytics platforms drive strategy in 2016

  CIOs in Australia and elsewhere will be expected to deploy technologies that promise to help them get more from the information they own

• December 09, 2015 09 Dec'15

  Australian police raid home of alleged Bitcoin inventor

  Australian police say a raid on a home in Sydney is not related to reports that the owner is the co-inventor of Bitcoin sitting on a fortune $415m