4 countries including Australia issue statement to EU to prevent online child abuse
Australia, along with 4 other countries have issued a statement together declaring that the unintended consequences of the new EU Electronic Communications Code is putting children at risk. The four participating countries (apart from Australia) are the United States, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and...
Capgemini ANZ boss ascends to APAC leadership role
Multinational corporation Capgemini promotes Australia and New Zealand CEO Olaf Pietschner to Asia Pacific CEO as a part of a global restructure. Pietschner has been the ANZ boss for the past 4 years since 2017. In his new role, Pietschner will continue looking at ANZ...
Telecom giant Telstra hires DXC talent to accelerate South Asian expansion
Aussie telco Telstra appointed Geraldine Kor as its Managing Director for South Asia to drive the regional growth ambitions. Singapore-based Kor will be leading go-to-market operations in the key markets of Australia, New Zealand, India, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Philippines. Effective immediately, Kor will additionally...
50+ Aussie MPs hold social media platforms accountable for misinformation
More than 50 Australian Members of Parliament have joined a new parliamentary group which holds tech and social media giants responsible for the (mis)information they allow on their respective platforms. The name of the group is the Parliamentary Friends of Making Social Media Safe and...
New Australian-India Cyber Partnership Grants program starts application
The Australian government has now commenced applications for a new grant program aimed at encouraging collaboration on cutting edge cyber technology between Australian and Indian companies. The grants will be made available to Aussie organizations in collaboration with an Indian organization and vice versa. The...
Cognizant bolsters ANZ presence by acquiring Servian
US IT services firm Cognizant will be acquiring a Sydney-based transformation services company Servian for an undisclosed amount in an attempt to expand its capabilities in Australia and New Zealand. The deal will double Cognizant’s cloud and data team in the ANZ region and marks...
DCI Data Centers to build AU$400 million data center in Sydney
Introduction DCI Data Centers announces its plan to build its 3rd data center in Australia. The data center operator said that it has secured the Blacktown City Council’s development approval for the AU$400 million facility. The 36 Megawatt is expected to go live in Q4...
Australian MSP First Focus IT acquires solutions specialist Ordyss
First Focus IT, a Sydney-based managed service provider has announced the acquisition of Ordyss, a Brisbane-based Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) solutions provider. The Australian MSP didn’t disclose the sum at which it acquired Ordyss. First Focus IT said the acquisition will support its service...
Cloud integration software firm Talend hires new Vice President ANZ
Software vendor Talend has appointed Mark Fazackerley as its Regional Vice President Australia and New Zealand. Fazackerley, who formerly worked at Blue Prism as a Head of Partner Sales ANZ, announced his appointment via LinkedIn. His LinkedIn post said that he’s delighted to announce that...
Aussie front-end delivery platform Linc acquired by Cloudflare
American web infrastructure Cloudflare has completed the acquisition of Australia-based web front-end delivery platform Linc to accelerate its Cloudpages platform. Link is a robust automation platform for front-end developers and can be used to build web-based applications. Its software uses the Front-end Application Bundles (FAB)...
