Communications, networking, and cloud solutions provider Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise (ALE) has partnered with engineering, installation, and maintenance solutions provider Fredon to enhance the smart and digital building sector in Australia.



Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) hyperscale data centre specialist AirTrunk has opened its second data centre in Tokyo, AirTrunk TOK2 (TOK2), scalable to over 110 megawatts (MW).

Microsoft has released patches for two zero-day vulnerabilities being exploited in the wild, along with fixes for another 57 CVEs on its monthly Patch Tuesday.

The ACS, formerly the Australian Computer society, which claims to be the professional association for Australia's technology sector, has welcomed the IT and STEM measures in the Federal Budget.

Science and Technology Australia has welcomed the strategic investment by the Federal Government, announced in the budget, to increase diversity in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, carry out a review of the R&D system, and open up a pathway to incentivising business to help the country reach a 3% of GDP target for R&D to secure the nation’s future.

In November, Singtel Optus will get a new chief executive when the current chief executive of the NBN Co, Stephen Rue, switches seats and takes over the reins of Australia's second biggest telco.

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Josh Martinez, newsletter editor, iTWire