Demand for ICT executives has risen markedly with the latest employment report pushing the demand in February up by 16% to its highest level since 2012.

South Australian battery company Redflow has completed the first ZBM2 batteries using battery stacks made by its new Thailand factory as it readies for shipment to customers.

Putting its Chapter 11 bankruptcy woes behind it, California-based unified communications company Avaya has closed its acquisition of contact-centre-as-a-service provider, Spoken Communications.

More than 1.7 million people were affected by 327 power outages in 2017, according to a new report which says overall power outages in Australia increased by 19% , with Queensland overtaking New South Wales as the top blackout state after Cyclone Debbie caused devastation along the east-coast in March.

With layered approaches to digital transformation and IoT driving cyber security, spending is predicted to grow 33% from 2018 to an annual figure of US$134 billion over the next four years.

Six satellite industry associations have set up the Global Satellite Coalition to function as an international group through which targeted initiatives will be co-ordinated and implemented with support from hundreds of member companies.

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