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Slow News Weekly for Friday 27 April 2018

This week may have been short, due to the commemoration of ANZAC Day, but the week was definitely not short on news. From more revelations at the banking royal commission […]

dotmailer announces new omni-channel features

dotmailer has announced new omni-channel features aimed at enhancing its existing marketing automation platform. These new capabilities aim to help build conversations with customers that can run across multiple channels […]

Telstra Ventures partners with GitLab

Telstra Ventures, the investment arm of Australia’s leading telco Telstra, have announced their investment and partnership with GitLab. According to Mark Sherman, Managing Director for Telstra Ventures, the only software […]

The public sector’s transformational journey

Public sector organisations are facing increasing pressures to digitally evolve in order to meet the demands and expectations of modern citizens. In his Q&A with Gov Tech Review, Richard Fiddis, Managing […]

Is your career AI proof?

Is your career AI-proof? With the advancement of technology, several jobs are at risk of replacement by automation. Tomorrow’s office of finance is likely to change dramatically as the need for […]

Control is critical to contain cyber attacks in New Zealand

With data breaches and cyber-attacks increasingly becoming a major concern for organisations, New Zealand is the next country in line expected to make data breach notification mandatory. In light of […]

Slow News Weekly for Friday 6 April 2018

Even though it’s a short week Dave Burton has found plenty to discuss in today’s Slow News Weekly. From serious debates over clean energy at the Monash Forum, the beginning of […]

Stuck in the middle: how ‘grey websites’ highlight the importance of DNS decision-making

According to a recent Neustar survey, 82 per cent of APAC-based organisations reported experiencing at least two DDoS attacks within the past 12 months, and nearly 45 per cent being […]

Ivanti launches new innovative Hub and Bot app

Adding to its extensive product portfolio, Ivanti has released a new cloud-delivered artificial intelligence (AI) application for service management. With Hub and Bot capabilities, Ivanti’s new app will deliver an […]

IPv6-Based Attacks Are A New Thing To Worry About

Last month Neustar experienced it’s first live IPv6 attack on their UltraDNS network. Speaking to Anthony Caruana for Lifehacker, Wesley George, Principal Engineer at Neustar explains what the escalation of […]