| Today on iTWire | This Afternoon TIBCO Jaspersoft now for Docker Written by Ray Shaw Tibco’s containerised embedded analytics solution now plays well with the industry leading containerisation platform Docker, allowing sysadmins to build, ship, and run distributed applications, whether… Read more... NSW adopts strategy to spur innovation Written by Sam Varghese The NSW government has set aside $10 million from its Jobs for NSW agency to increase the network of start-ups and incubators, and also earmarked… Read more... Microsoft Sydney flagship store gets Virtual Santa for Xmas Written by Ray Shaw Whether they’ve been naughty or nice this year, children and their parents are invited to Microsoft Store, Pitt Street Mall, Sydney, to sit with Mrs.… Read more... Ransomware attacks on businesses on the increase in Australia, APAC Written by Peter Dinham Businesses in Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia have paid an average ransom of $11,781 to ransomware attackers, with some businesses paying a ransom… Read more... Oracle helps fund childhood cancer research Written by Ray Shaw Oracle and Western Sydney University have teamed up on visual analytics research. Read more... Netgear’s new AD router is thrice as fast as AC Written by Ray Shaw The ink is barely dry on the new Wi-Fi 802.11 AD standard, but Netgear has released its Nighthawk X10 to take advantage of the AD… Read more... New RadioApp goes live with 250 radio stations Written by Peter Dinham The radio industry has joined forces to launch a new mobile app — RadioApp — which live streams programmes from 250 radio stations in Australia… Read more... Ransomware attacker has his email hacked Written by Sam Varghese An attacker who hit the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency with a ransomware attack last week appears to have been dealt a dose of his… Read more... New coalition to fight for ‘fair-go’ for comms services in rural, regional Australia Written by Peter Dinham A new, coalition to fight for better communications services for Australians living in regional, rural and remote areas of the country has been formed by… Read more... ANZ Bank victim of new phishing attack Written by Ray Shaw ANZ, just like many other Australian banks, is suffering from a new socially engineered phishing attack aimed at its users. Phishing has become the most… Read more... HP Z2 Mini workstation for CAD and power users Written by Ray Shaw HP has released an amazingly small, Intel Xeon, NVIDIA Quadro-powered workstation designed for power users. It has AutoCAD, SOLIDWORKS, Vectorworks and 20 professional CPU/graphics-hungry applications. Read more... Web archive plans Canada mirror after Trump election Written by Sam Varghese The non-profit Internet Archive, that has been archiving the Web for the last two decades, has started seeking donations to create another mirror in Canada. Read more... This Morning Vocus shares plunge by nearly a quarter Written by Sam Varghese Vocus Communications lost nearly a quarter of its value on Tuesday with shares plunging to $4.35 down from a high of $9.19 in May. Read more... Ex-White House tech leader Cochran joins Acquia Written by Peter Dinham US-based global provider of cloud-based, digital experience management solutions, Acquia, has appointed former White House and US State Department technology leader, Tom Cochran, as vice-president… Read more... George Fischer takes on top job at Verizon Enterprise Solutions Written by Peter Dinham US telco and global communications giant Verizon has elevated former sales chief George Fischer to president of Verizon Enterprise Solutions (VES). Read more... Cloudera, Contexti, AWS deliver advanced big data solution to Seven West Media Written by Peter Dinham Global data management and analytics provider Cloudera, in partnership with Australian analytics company Contexti and Amazon Web Services, has deployed an advanced big data solution… Read more... MyStateBank launches new Internet banking platform, mobile banking apps Written by Peter Dinham Tasmanian banking group, MyState Bank, has launched a new Internet banking platform and mobile banking apps in another step in the bank’s ongoing digital transformation. Read more... 'We must crack hard-to-solve security challenges' Written by Ray Shaw Intel Security says cyberattacks are now on three fronts – on-premise, in the cloud, and through the Internet of Things. It identifies many hard-to-solve challenges. Read more... ‘We were first to market’: Unlockd retort to Optus Xtra ads for mobile launch Written by Peter Dinham Melbourne-based telecommunications service provider Unlockd is claiming Australian first-mover rights on advertising on mobile phones in return for giving users extra data, after Optus announced… Read more... BAE launches free cyber risk assessment tool Written by Ray Shaw BAE Systems has launched its free cyber risk assessment tool specifically aimed at Australian small business to help them prepare for “when, not if, they… Read more... Veriluma turns chaos into order Written by Ray Shaw Australian company Veriluma is pioneering a new branch of advanced analytics – prescriptive analytics is dedicated to finding the best course of action for any… Read more... Sponsored Announcements A Bumper Christmas eClub Event Celebrates 20 Years of Offis Multi-Cloud Services Sydney cloud services company Offis is celebrating its twentieth birthday in the only way it knows how: filling a room with some of the smartest… Read more... Yellowfin, La Trobe University launch partnership with analytics challenge award Australian-based global business intelligence (BI) and analytics software vendor, Yellowfin, has officially launched its industry partnership with La Trobe University with the presentation of the… Read more... The Secrets to True Innovation - Amazon Futurist HB Siegel to Visit Australia Amazon may once have been ‘just’ an online bookseller, but how should anyone describe the company today? Its ever-growing retail operation aside, Amazon has also… Read more... Which JavaScript Framework is Best for You? A JavaScript framework has become one of the preferred backbones in building a website. As it would be nigh on impossible to evaluate all of… Read more... Influential Futurist H.B. Siegel (Pixar/ILM/Amazon) Comes to Sydney H.B. Siegel’s current job title of Principal Investigator might sound rather mundane, like some kind of local school inspector. However, once you learn his employer… Read more... Analytics vendor Yellowfin to enable infographics and beautiful dashboards with 7.3 launch Global Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics software vendor, Yellowfin, has positioned itself as the leading modern BI platform for creating code-free analytical applications, purpose-built analytic… Read more... |
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