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Intel building US's first exascale supercomputer

Tue, 19th Mar 2019
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Intel and the Department of Energy are building potentially the world's first exascale supercomputer, capable of a quintillion calculations per second.
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Clinicians network to address IT in healthcare

Tue, 19th Mar 2019
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New Zealand clinicians form the Clinical Informatics Leadership Network to tackle IT issues in healthcare, fostering clinical leadership and sharing expertise.
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Cloud application attacks in Q1 up by 65% - Proofpoint

Mon, 18th Mar 2019
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Proofpoint found that the education sector was the most targeted of both brute-force and sophisticated phishing attempts.
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Adobe study finds ANZ marketers aren't very good at their jobs

Mon, 4th Mar 2019
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40% of local consumers think the promotional offers they receive just aren't the right ones for them. That figure is higher than the global average of 33%.
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NZ among the world's countries with the fastest internet

Fri, 1st Mar 2019
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The latest data from OECD's broadband portal has found that New Zealand is punching well above its weight in high-speed fibre.
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'Immature' firms struggling to manage credential compromise

Thu, 28th Feb 2019
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Many firms overlook securing privileged credentials, despite 74% of breaches involving compromised access, revealing a worrying immaturity in PAM practices.
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Spending on public cloud services to reach US$160b in 2019

Thu, 28th Feb 2019
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The bustling public cloud services and infrastructure markets in aggregate are set to undertake substantial growth this year.
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Microsoft HoloLens 2 more 'immersive' than ever

Mon, 25th Feb 2019
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The original HoloLens was released in 2016 but since then, mixed reality has come a long way, according to Microsoft's Julia White.
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CyrusOne invests in further Silicon Valley expansion

Wed, 20th Feb 2019
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The company has announced it has purchased an additional 8 acres of land in Santa Clara, with plans to expand its presence.
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IDC: Growth in ICT spend driven by cloud infrastructure

Tue, 12th Feb 2019
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Service providers account for a growing share of ICT spending, led by a surge of cloud infrastructure spending, according to IDC.
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Norwegian security firm thwarts state-sponsored attack by APT10

Mon, 11th Feb 2019
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Norwegian cybersecurity firm Visma, aided by Recorded Future and Rapid7, foils alleged cyberespionage attack by Chinese state-sponsored group APT10.
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Huawei to Poland: 'We'll build a cybersecurity centre if that's what it takes'

Fri, 8th Feb 2019
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Huawei says it will build a cybersecurity centre in Poland if that's what it takes to convince the world that it's a trustworthy organisation.
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France grants first approvals for automated surveillance UAVs

Tue, 5th Feb 2019
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France's Directorate-General for Civil Aviation (DGAC) has given approval for the first fully-automated surveillance drone to be operated in France.
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Yubico report reveals troubling password behaviour

Wed, 30th Jan 2019
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Some shocking results include that 57% of respondents who have experienced a phishing attack have not changed their password behaviours.
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UK security startup Barac sets sights on America

Tue, 22nd Jan 2019
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British cybersecurity start-up Barac has opened its first office in Boston and appointed Peter Christou as its first EVP global sales.
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Experian, Audiens team for Italian data insights

Tue, 22nd Jan 2019
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Information services provider Experian and data management firm Audiens are partnering to drive insight from data on the Italian market.
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IoT's rapid rise fuelling an explosion of data

Tue, 15th Jan 2019
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IDC expects global annual spending on IoT to exceed US$1 trillion by 2022, driving huge demand for data centres.
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LogRhythm announces eight cybersecurity predictions for 2019

Mon, 14th Jan 2019
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LogRhythm unveils eight cybersecurity predictions for 2019, forecasting rises in fatal car hacks, bio-identifier use, and cloud-based ransomware compromises.
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Hyperscale data centres surging globally, 132 more on the way

Thu, 10th Jan 2019
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Global demand for data surge fuels a boom in hyperscale data centres, with 132 new facilities set to bolster the current 430, a rise led by Amazon and Google.
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Industry cloud market forecast for 'unusual' growth

Mon, 17th Dec 2018
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IDC predicts industry cloud solutions will reach USD $45.4 billion in 2019, with rapid growth driven by sectors like healthcare and manufacturing.