Australia has a deadline of 15 December to decide whether it will supply a cable link to Norfolk Island, with the official ground-breaking ceremony for the Hawaiki undersea telecommunications cable taking place on Wednesday.

And now for some more security fear porn. Globally, 35% of people have at least one unprotected device, leaving their home networks vulnerable to ransomware, malicious websites, zero days, phishing attacks and botnets.

Independent iron ore mining operation Roy Hill has selected Promapp to support its drive for continuous process improvement in over 20 different departments that all use a diverse range of systems to manage processes.

Backup and recovery vendor Dropsuite is set to list on the Australian Securities Exchange after raising the minimum subscription of $5 million in a capital raising which sought up to $8 million to fund investment in technology and the creation of new software solutions.

Got one of those smart thermostat thingies that keeps the house warm? Don’t forget that it may just operate all year long and with serious consequences to family pets.

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