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Google's Federated Learning tech gets privacy enhancements

We look at the new differential privacy library that Google has open-sourcedMore

Air taxis won't be coming any time soon, says report

“The Jetsons are not as far-fetched in this area as you may think. These issues are very likely to be resolved well before 2062."More

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DataRobot launches centralised machine learning hub

Following the acquisition of ParallelM, DataRobot augments its enterprise AI platform with centralised deployment, monitoring, and governance for machine learning models.More

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From predator to high-risk vaccine: Sophos tracks WannaCry's evolution

An analysis of around 2,000 WannaCry samples from 2018 shows they were adapted to bypass the famous kill switch, but unable to encrypt data.More

GitHub amps up vulnerability reporting capabilities

Why businesses need a strategy to combat the enemy within – Ping Identity

The true extent of cloud inertia’s effect on your organisation

Voyager responds to rising bandwidth usage with 100 Gbit upgrade

Whitepaper: The IT directors’ guide to application modernisation

Zoom named Leader in Meeting Solutions Magic Quadrant

How to empower IT professionals with key decision-making information

A cohesive RMM, PSA, and IT Documentation solution enables you to manage all essential MSP functions from a single pane of glass.More

Zscaler and CrowdStrike partner on cloud and endpoint protection

CrowdStrike’s AI-powered Threat Graph will integrate with Zscaler’s cloud security platform to provide customers with real-time threat detection and automated policy enforcement.More

Understanding the shifting paradigm of the threat landscape

“The ability of threats to persist has made the whole idea of prevention obsolete.”More

Sumitomo Chemical chooses Workday to bring HR vision to life

With Workday HCM, Sumitomo Chemical will unify a wide range of the company’s HR functions in one single system.More

IoT devices lacking basic security assessments

Research firm Independent Security Evaluators (ISE) found 125 vulnerabilities in 13 IoT devices, reaffirming an industry-wide problem of a lack of basic security diligence.More

Huawei Cloud’s four steps to successful AI implementation

"To successfully implement AI, we must coordinate four key roles: clear business scenarios, ISVs/SIs, devices/processes, and AI platforms.”More

Google rolls out new Anthos capabilities for cloud

Anthos now features Service Mesh that connects, manages, and secures microservices; as well as Cloud Run for Anthos, which enables organisations to run stateless workloads on a fully-managed Anthos environment.More

20 by 2020: Oracle Cloud's ambitious global expansion

Oracle has bold plans to launch 20 new cloud regions by 2020, equating to one region every 33 days for the next 15 months.More

Business looks to expand mainframe capabilities in AI, Blockchain

"The latest generation of mainframe technology will now run the same cutting-edge applications and services as cloud infrastructure."More

Gartner: Blockchain to be “transformational” within a decade

Gartner’s 2019 Hype Cycle for Blockchain Business shows that blockchain will have a transformational impact across industries in 5 to 10 years.More

Microsoft and Walt Disney Studios form innovation partnership

The companies are collaborating to pilot new ways to transform content workflows in the Microsoft Azure cloud.More

Rapid data growth becoming major business challenge

StorageCraft research reveals rampant data growth, and inadequate IT infrastructures are a source of global concern and risk.More

Soft skills increasingly important for IT career growth – SolarWinds survey

SolarWinds conducted a survey and had responses from 177 technology professionals from across the globe, including those from public and private sectors.More

Artificial intelligence to play crucial role in NZ way of life

"We need to consider AI in all sectors, including health, education, agriculture and banking. AI will be useful in almost every way of life in New Zealand."More

Smarter customer service starts with intuitive phone systems

Aircall’s phone system has features like automatic call logging, in-call note taking, and real-time dashboards to make the most of your customer support resources.More

Mobile-first communications lead to huge productivity gains, study shows

“The slow adoption of most corporate-issued collaboratiokn platforms and the lack of support for secure mobile messaging should be a waeup call to business leaders that they need to view mobile first as their primary employee communication and collaboration channel."More

DXC appoints new leader following Mike Lawrie retirement

"I am looking forward to leveraging these strengths and my proven operational playbook to accelerate the execution of our growth strategy."More

Rackspace welcomes two new senior Asia Pacific execs

Sean Girvin succeeds Darryn McCoskery as managing director of Rackspace Australia and New Zealand; and Sandeep Bhargava steps into a newly created role as managing director of Asia-Pacific Japan.More

Lack of investment in talent biggest barrier to martech adoption - Adobe

While Retail, Manufacturing and Wholesale industries responded with the greatest understanding of the value of marketing technology, Government and Tourism sectors are lagging behind.More

Enterprise cloud complexity making IT performance 'extremely' difficult to manage

Digital transformation, migration to the enterprise cloud and increasing customer demands have tech leaders looking to AI for the answer More

Why digital transformation needs to extend beyond the IT department - Nintex

It’s no longer just technology decision-makers who are automation-literate but frontline staff as well.More

Citrix and Palo Alto Networks team up on SD-WAN protection

The collaboration aims to enable easy deployment and management of next-generation firewalls within Citrix SD-WAN.More

New Schneider tool helps discern value of Li-ion

Schneider Electric’s TradeOff Tool delivers detailed cost and energy advantages of lithium-ion cells versus VRLA batteries.More

How MSPs can choose solutions that don’t drain ROI

MSPs today are expected to align IT with business strategy, digital transformation and still stay competitive while providing room for scalability and growth.More

You’re invited: Digital Transformation and Making Effective Change

Designed and delivered by the Australian Graduate School of Management, the ACCELERATE DX Program promises to deliver practical Digital Transformation tools and thought leadership.More

MSPs: Here’s key to managing IT more effectively and securely

As businesses become increasingly mobile and fast moving, unified IT has gone from being a luxury to becoming an absolute necessity for all small and medium-scale organisations.More

How to manage Windows 10 like a smartphone

If only a business’ Windows 10 endpoints could be managed with the same simple, intuitive toolsets as smartphones.More

Time to include multi-factor authentication in your cybersecurity strategy - WatchGuard

Enterprises looking to reduce the risk of cyber-compromise or attack need to think about adding multi-factor authentication technology to their arsenal.More

Flexible consumption models the way to customer's hearts

“Several factors suggest that flexible consumption offerings for on-premises IT will continue to attract new customers and generate growing revenue for vendors and service providers."More

Five ways robotic process automation is improving the public sector – FTS Data & AI

The robots are coming, but they should be welcomed with open arms, rather than fear and trepidation.More

Cisco outlines future of Webex & contact centre solutions

"More and more AI and ML will be integrated into our solutions over the coming months as we work to offer phenomenal customer experiences that lead and define this industry."More

Does your security team need a boost from an MSSP partnership?

Rackspace’s e-book has a practical set of protection measures, providing a framework for security decisions relevant to data centre and cloud infrastructure.More

Securing your network at every point with an adaptable security fabric - Fortinet

The most effective method to ensure optimal network functionality is to employ consistent security.More

Beyond deployment: Making AWS work for your use case

If you’re a business that wants to understand how to save time with your technology, AWS actively seeks those optimisations and gets your technology to work in ways it couldn’t work before.More

Tech not a threat: NZ must embrace change

"New Zealand is not coping with enough tech change and the current tech changes are too slow and too few."More

Thales announces expanded access management capabilities

New adaptive authentication, single sign-on and application visibility capabilities have been made available for Thales SafeNet Authentication Service customers.More

Fujitsu takes consumer prediction up a notch

New technique leverages AI to offer optimised strategies for professionals in areas including marketing, manufacturing, healthcare, and finance.More

Google report unlocks AI's power for social good

"As more social sector organisations recognise AI’s potential, we all have a role to play in supporting their work for a better world."More

HPE offers new way of accelerating AI & ML lifecycle

HPE is throwing its weight behind a new way to shrink the time required to deploy machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) workloads from months to mere days.More

Chorus receives Gender Tick, moves toward greater pay equity

The company has introduced policies focussed on gender and pay equity and the development of female leadership.More

NZ mid-size businesses battle productivity & growth stagnation

New Zealand’s mid-size businesses aren’t quite up to scratch compared to their counterparts overseas, with productivity and profit growth both letting them down.More

A10 Networks launches proxy for secure access and visibility into SaaS apps

The CAP solution ensures that access to SaaS applications and data is secured while maintaining centralised visibility across sanctioned and unsanctioned applications.More

VR boom shows no sign of slowing

The virtual reality market will exhibit a 42.2% CAGR, as big brands move to offer an advanced user experience says Fortune Business Insights.More

Interview: Stratus CTO talks edge computing for industrial automation

“From the very beginning, our goal has always been to remove the complexity from achieving high availability and we’re doing this even more efficiently now with the introduction of our new Edge platforms."More

IoT a hot topic in cybercriminal underbelly

"We've lifted the lid on the IoT threat landscape to find that cybercriminals are well on their way to creating a thriving marketplace for certain IoT-based attacks."More