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• ACT prepares to launch Centre of Data Excellence

  05-06-2018 08:21
  The ACT government’s Office of the Chief Digital Officer (OCDO) is preparing to launch a Centre of Data Excellence that will help the Territory's directorates and agencies better leverage data analytics.
  
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• Ziften brings Linux, MacOS threat intelligence to Windows ATP

  05-06-2018 07:00
  Endpoint security specialist Ziften has joined Microsoft’s Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) Advanced Hunting project, further integrating protection for Windows, MacOS and Linux environments.
  
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• Opening up about our cyber security ‘war stories’

  05-06-2018 05:36
  Australia has reached an important milestone by enacting the Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Act, or, as it is better known, mandatory breach notification.
  
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• ACCC could monitor performance of NBN fixed wireless service

  05-06-2018 04:57
  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) says it engaged in a “few exploratory talks” with the federal government about expanding its broadband monitoring project to cover NBN fixed wireless services.
  
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• Vodafone CFO decamps to Foxtel

  05-06-2018 03:10
  Vodafone Hutchison Australia’s chief financial officer, James Marsh, is leaving his role after half a decade at the telco.
  
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• Westpac ‘hybrid platform’ cloud play delivers savings, CIO says

  05-06-2018 02:06
  Westpac Group chief information officer Dave Curran says that the shift to an “offsite private cloud” built and operated by IBM from the vendor’s data centres is paying off for the bank.
  
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• Apple combats iPhone throttling backlash with new iOS 12 features

  05-06-2018 01:26
  The moves announced by Apple amount to focusing on keeping its base of 1.3 billion users satisfied with their devices and catching up with some competitors.
  
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• Total virtual currency sales jump in 2018 but monthly trend slows

  05-06-2018 01:13
  Virtual currency sales ballooned to US$9.1 billion so far this year, exceeding the $6.6 billion total for all of 2017, a financial technology data provider reported on Monday, but it said the monthly trend actually showed a slowdown if the two biggest offerings are excluded.
  
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• Microsoft buys GitHub for US$7.5b - should developers be concerned?

  05-06-2018 01:04
  Microsoft has acquired GitHub for US$7.5 billion in Microsoft stock. Github's 85 million code repositories and 28 million users make it the internet’s largest code repository. Microsoft will hope to accelerate its growth, attract further developers to the Microsoft range of platforms and integrate GitHub with the Azure cloud that is central to the company's strategy.
  
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