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Plantronics Eyes Growth After $2B Polycom Buy

Audio electronics manufacturer, Plantronics, has today closed its $2 billion acquisition of Polycom – a deal set to significantly expand its Unified Communications and Collaboration (UCC) ecosystem. Plantronics CEO, Joe...

News, Services, Technology

Outrage Over Claims That Telstra Backed Health Start-Up Shared Patient Data

HealthEngine, a Telstra-backed online appointment-booking service, has been sharing medical information with personal-injury law firm Slater and Gordon, according to an ABC report. The information has reportedly been used for...

Technology

New MacOS Mojave Gets A Dark Side

Apple has revealed its new MacOS Mojave with the company highlighting its new Dark Mode which focuses on user content. The new Dark Mode transforms a users desktop to a...

Computers and Laptops, Home Office, News, Technology

NSW Wallopers To Carry NEC Portable Fingerprint Scanners

NEC has won a $4.7 million contract to supply NSW Police with up to 1000 smartphone-compatible portable fingerprint scanners. The scanners will allow officers to register and verify identities on...

Technology

Chinese Attacks Penetrating Oz Government Nets: ABC

A number of sensitive Federal Government and corporate networks – including some holding highly confidential plans for a geostationary communications satellite – have been penetrated by sophisticated cyber attacks, according...

Networking, Technology

CRM Now Software Market Leader, Oz Revenue To Hit $2.2bn: Gartner

Customer relationship management (CRM) has become the largest software market, both worldwide and within Australia, according to the Gartner market research organisation. In Australia it is now “easily the largest...

Industry, Networking, Technology

‘Train-wreck’: Privacy Team Calls For Tougher Legislation Down Under

The Australian Privacy Foundation has called on the Federal Government to beef up privacy protection “without delay”, starting with legislation that would enable people whose privacy has been wrongly disregarded...

Industry, Technology

Telstra Ventures Et Al. Back Qld IoT Start-Up Movus

Movus, a Queensland start-up that has developed technology for monitoring electric motors and anticipating failures, has secured $4.8 million in Series A funding from Blackbird Ventures, Telstra Ventures and Skip...

Industry, Technology

Government Plans Crackdown On Data Sharing By Aussie Groups

The Turnbull Government is preparing to introduce strict new rules on data sharing by Australian-based banking and telecommunications companies. This follows a number of international data-sharing scandals, most recently the...

Networking, Technology

Oz Tablet Sales Plateau, iPad Sales Gain Traction

Australian tablet sales for the second half of 2017 have plateaued rising only one per cent with 1.65 million devices sold according to the Telsyte Australian Tablet Computer Market Study 2018....

Industry, News, Technology