Today on iTWire | This Afternoon Scammers target middle-aged, older Australians as scams hit record monthly high By Staff Writer Middle aged and older Australians suffered the brunt of scams in September with those aged 45 to 54 the hardest hit financially during the month… Read more... OPPO releases low-budget 4G device A16s for a change By Sam Varghese Chinese smartphone vendor OPPO has shunned new technology for once and released a 4G phone, the A16s, which will retail for $249. Read more... Twitch TV claims no passwords exposed in massive data leak By Sam Varghese Amazon-owned video streaming service Twitch TV appears to now be in damage control mode over the leak of 125GB of data which was reported last… Read more... Melton City taps Assetic to manage its financial portfolio and assets By Kenn Anthony Mendoza Melton City was able to preserve the current health of its assets and has saved more than $2.5 million and has potential to save up… Read more... How a Google search could end up endangering a life By Sam Varghese A Google search summary of measures to be carried out after a seizure left out the words "do not", resulting in instructions that could well… Read more... WhatsApp to start offering back-ups for encrypted chats By Sam Varghese The Facebook-owned messaging platform WhatsApp has added an extra layer of security to the app which offers its two billion users end-to-end encrypted messaging. Read more... CT becomes CTO at Brighten Home Loans By Stephen Withers Non-bank lender Brighten Home Loans has appointed Craig Thompson to the role of chief technology officer. Read more... German developer Ettrich's dream, KDE, is now 25 years old By Sam Varghese The first advanced desktop environment for Linux users, KDE, has completed 25 years in existence, a testimony to the fact that free software is very… Read more... iTWire TV iTWireTV interview: eftpos announces eQR code payments platform with support of big Aussie banks, supermarkets and fintechs GUEST INTERVIEW: Eftpos has announced that some of Australia's most iconic banks, retailers and FinTechs – CommBank, NAB, Coles, Woolworths, Azupay, Beem It and Merchant… Read more... iTWireTV Interview: Crestron's Max Davies talks hybrid work, unified communications, video and more! GUEST INTERVIEW: In business for nearly 50 years, Crestron today has incredible range of audiovisual, automation and integration technologies for business, education, government, enterprise, the… Read more... iTWireTV Interview: CyAN VP Peter Coroneos explains why laws are needed to protect ethical zero-day cyber research The formation of a global partnership to ensure legal protections for good faith (bona fide) zero day researchers has been enacted by the Paris-based not-for-profit… Read more... iTWireTV Interview: Hyperscalers' George Cvetanovski talks open hardware benefits, big cost savings and plenty more GUEST INTERVIEW: Hyperscalers is the Australian next-gen open-OEM solving IT's complexity, eliminating proprietary hardware and software vendor lock-ins, delivering better technologies at competitive pricing. Doing… Read more... iTWireTV interview: Rashays' Rami Ykmour brandishes serious anti-COVID cachet with amazing new restaurant-friendly safety products GUEST INTERVIEW: The Rashays cachet isn't just for top quality dining across an incredible 30 Rashays Family Restaurants, but now extends into bringing two game-changing… Read more... Vendor News Instaclustr adds PostgreSQL to managed platform in public preview PostgreSQL joining Cassandra, Kafka, Redis, and other open source data technologies as a fully- and expertly-managed service part of Instaclustr’s growing platform COMPANY NEWS by Instaclustr: … Read more... Wham, bam, SolarWinds SAM keeps you ahead of server and application downtime REVIEW PROMOTION Any business network with more than a handful of devices needs a good systems and applications monitoring tool. It will proactively alert you… Read more... Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Indonesia Taps 8x8 CPaaS to Enhance Mobile Experience for Business-to-Business (B2B) Customers in Indonesia Deploys 8x8 SMS API to Ensure Mobile App Security with One-Time Password (OTP) Multi-Factor Authentication COMPANY NEWS: Cloud communications platform provider 8x8 (NYSE: EGHT) has… Read more... Tecala Ranked on Channel Futures MSP 501—Tech Industry’s Most Prestigious List of Global Managed Service Providers COMPANY NEWS: Tecala, Australia’s award-winning technology services and IT consulting provider, has announced that it has been named as one of the world’s premier Managed… Read more... ExtraHop Experts Contribute Network Detection and Response Expertise to MITRE ATT&CK Framework Cybersecurity knowledge base expands to support evolving security landscape COMPANY NEWS: ExtraHop, the leader in cloud-native network detection and response (NDR), today announced that ExtraHop… Read more... Talend extends APAC presence with cloud data infrastructure in Australia to serve customer growth Helps customers maintain data sovereignty requirements and improve organisation's data health COMPANY NEWS: Talend (NASDAQ: TLND), a global leader in data integration and data integrity,… Read more... Upcoming Webinars SAP opens its doors to host the Effect innovation experience EVENT INVITATION: SAP is opening the doors of its offices to invite you to share, create, listen, connect, and grow during its Effect innovation experience. Read more... EVENT INVITATION Juniper to show how you can have the best network experience during Oct 19 webinar WEBINAR INVITE: Juniper says you can deliver the best IT and user experiences, and the key is visibility of every user, device, and application, on… Read more... EVENT INVITATION Dialog to host Google Workspace webinar on Oct 28 WEBINAR INVITE: Dialog's Cloud and Emerging Technologies practice is hosting a webinar on October 28 where leading Google Australia executives will discuss and explain the… Read more... Future Crunch and Troy Hunt keynote upcoming annual ISACA Conference Oceania 2021 EVENT INVITATION: Explore the ever-changing technology trends in cybersecurity and IT risk through the three-day virtual conference. Read more... EVENT INVITE: Should TV move: 600 MHz, the long tail, and the government’s media reform green paper Telsoc is inviting viewers to watch and listen media and communications consultant Giles Tanner’s discuss a government proposal in light of the hybrid view of… Read more... ConnectWise Announces 2021 IT Nation Conference Schedule Company unveils conference dates and locations for the year; In-person events to follow COVID-19 protocols COMPANY NEWS by ConnectWise: ConnectWise, the leading provider of intelligent… Read more... Watch Now: Flexible IT Innovation: Taking A Data-Driven Approach To Scale And Complexity Watch Now: Hitachi Vantara and Innovatus Media invite you to watch a replay of the digital discussion on "Building the Right Channel Ecosystem" Read more... Reimagining Midrange Storage for Business Resilience and Success in the Digital-era WEBINAR WATCH NOW: IDC & Hitachi Vantara Reimagining Midrange Storage Read more... |
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