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PhD student's wildlife-monitoring drone wins award

A Massey University PhD student's innovative drone for monitoring New Zealand's endangered yellow-eyed penguins has won the Innovate 2018 competition.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Wed, 5th Dec 2018

Software-as-a-Service

Local industry trends match global technology pattern

Labour shortages and rising costs are pushing construction firms towards telematics, with 79% already using the software to track fleets and cut fuel use.

By Michael Curreen • 3 min read • Fri, 30th Nov 2018

Health and Safety

Are stone kitchen benches the new asbestos?

Doctors warn a surge in silicosis cases among stonemasons could overwhelm lung transplant services as Queensland intervenes.

By Michael Curreen • 2 min read • Tue, 27th Nov 2018

Global Stories

Australian stories

Malware

DanaBot banking Trojan: How to protect your organisation

DanaBot is a Trojan written in the Delphi programming language that includes banking site web injections and stealer functions.

By Tim Bentley • 3 min read • Wed, 5th Dec 2018

Fintech

Xero celebrates 1m subscriber milestone

Xero surpasses goal of one million subscribers in New Zealand and Australia, with $1.51bn worth of transactions passing through its platform.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Wed, 5th Dec 2018

Network Infrastructure

Vertiv's 5 most noteworthy data centre trends for 2019

Vertiv has placed particular emphasis on edge computing being the 'epicentre' of innovation in the data centre space.

By Ashton Young • 4 min read • Wed, 5th Dec 2018

Unified Communications

Mitel partners with Aussie distributor to bring UCaaS to ANZ

Mitel has signed a master agent agreement with Tradewinds Brokerage to expand its unified communications as a service (UCaaS) market in ANZ.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Tue, 4th Dec 2018

Physical Security

Mega-merger aligns physical & digital security across ANZ

A mega-merger forms Optic Security Group, uniting six firms across ANZ with combined revenues of AUD $100 million, aiming to bolster security solutions.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Tue, 4th Dec 2018

Data Protection

News Corp's email bungle a harsh lesson in data privacy

News Corp's data privacy woes deepen as a staffer's email error reveals sensitive redundancy and salary details, sparking concerns over internal security.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Tue, 4th Dec 2018

Storage

Exclusive: Should ANZ businesses change their perspective on the cloud?

NetApp's cloud data services SVP, Brendon Howe, discusses the company's cloud strategy and partnership with AWS in an interview with IT Brief.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 5 min read • Mon, 3rd Dec 2018

Network Infrastructure

AVI Networks makes play for ANZ channel

Avi Networks expands into Australia and New Zealand with new regional VP George Tsoukas and plans to announce a distributor for the region soon.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Mon, 3rd Dec 2018

Unified Communications

Vertiv to build AU$35 million submarine cable landing station

The cable landing station, located in Maroochydore, will help deliver Australia's fastest data connection to Asia.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Mon, 3rd Dec 2018

Commerce Commission

NZ Telco Forum responds to ComCom report complaint numbers

Earlier this week, a Commerce Commission report stated that telecommunications had the most complaints of any industry - the TCF isn't convinced.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Thu, 29th Nov 2018

Health Technologies

Healthcare-specific smartphone released to local market

Wavelink's Spectralink Versity clinical smartphone is specifically designed to tackle the particular needs of the healthcare industry.

By Ben Moore • 2 min read • Thu, 29th Nov 2018

Law

Huawei & Spark get slugged again: GCSB terminates proposed 5G network plans

This afternoon the GCSB denied Spark's proposal to deploy Huawei 5G equipment across its future Radio Access Network.

By Sara Barker • 4 min read • Wed, 28th Nov 2018

Virtual Private Networks

Norton VPN adds New Zealand server

The new local server will help users protect personal information and securely access private information while on the go.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Wed, 28th Nov 2018

Unified Communications

Video comms tool key to wiping out hepatitis C in Australia

Project ECHO is set to eradicate hepatitis C in Australia by 2028 using Zoom to connect rural GPs with specialists, enhancing patient care and diagnosis.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Tue, 27th Nov 2018

Stories from Other Regions

Australian stories

Small Business

Govt announces cybersecurity grants for SMBs

The Australian Government introduces a $10M cybersecurity initiative, offering grants to SMBs and boosting CREST ANZ's capacity to enhance digital security.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Mon, 3rd Dec 2018