Australia's largest telco Telstra has put pen to paper with the signing of a conditional agreement to take up a 25% equity interest in the US$300 million trans-Pacific Southern Cross Cable Network (SCCN).

Buzz Aldrin once pointed to today's mobile phones as one of the technologies delivered by space race, but there are plenty more globally pressing problems that can be solved using space data and capabilities.

Customer relationship management software provider Salesforce is planning to add 1,000 new jobs in Sydney over the next five years, and will house its employees in a new building – Salesforce Tower – which it is developing in the city.

While analytics vendor Qlik's roots are in the second generation of business intelligence – visual analytics – the company is moving ahead with generation three: a combination of fully integrated analytics and machine learning, CTO Mike Potter told iTWire.

A lack of relevant skills, fear of the unknown and the quality of data produced by AI are three factors that could impede the adoption of artificial intelligence by businesses, the technology research firm Gartner says.

Security vendor LogRhythm is offering a new plan for its NextGen SIEM (security information and event management) product that offers a set price regardless of the amount of data or the number of events recorded.

Data management specialist Cohesity has released Cohesity SmartFiles as an alternative to conventional NAS products.

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