Optus strikes deal with Airbus to deploy software-defined satellite ‘Optus 11’ in 2023
Australian telecommunication giant Optus has signed a deal with Airbus Defence and Space to launch Optus 11, a Ku-band software-defined satellite, in 2023. A statement from the telco said the launch will make Optus the first satellite operator in APAC region to launch an OneSat...
DXC Technology merges its A/NZ and Asia operations & leadership
Leading IT services and solutions company DXC Technology has announced it will merge operations and leadership arrangement of regions Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ) with Asia. The IT company assures there will be no lay-offs or changes in the day-to-day operations. The combined region will...
Data engineering firm BizCubed partners with Hitachi Australia to deliver PaaS
Introduction Hoping to deliver revolutionary smart Platforms-as-a-service in the Oceania region, Hitachi Australia has announced a strategic partnership with BizCubed. Through this solidified association, Australian data engineering company BizCubed and Hitachi Australia will co-create socially innovative cloud computing solutions. In addition to other software, the...
Leading Edge to invest $19.6 million towards a new data centre in NSW
Australia-based Leading Edge Data Centres has announced its investment in a new $19.6 million data centre in Newcastle and Hunter regions of New South Wales. The 1.5-megawatt data centre will serve as the home to four 375-kilowatt facilities. The data centre will provide cloud-based services...
Optus tests 5G mmWave spectrum at 4 locations in Sydney
Australian telco Optus is now testing 5G mmWave at 4 locations in Sydney. In a statement, the telecommunication giant said it has the approval of ACMA (Australian Communications and Media Authority) to run and test 5G millimetre wave technology that uses the 26 GHz band....
Siemens Pursues Telstra Customers for Pirated Software Use
Software company Siemens has made a move to go after 20 users behind IP addresses that it believes are using a cracked version of its Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software. The computer software company found these 20 users of pirated versions of its software are...
Rocket company Gilmour Space says space flights possible within 10 years
Gold Coast space rocket company Gilmour Space Technologies says flying to space will be possible 10 years from now without leaving the state. The Australian space company said this after a 45-second ‘hot fire’ test of their upper-stage hybrid rocket engine was successfully carried out...
Services Australia loses its CISO Narelle Devine to Telstra
Narelle Devine, Chief Information Security Officer of Services Australia, has decided to step away from her role to join telco giant Telstra. She will take over the role of CISO for Asia Pacific region July 27th onwards replacing Berin Lautenbach who left earlier in June. ...
Australian cyber startup Kasada raises $10 million to expand in the US
Kasada, an Australian cyber security company, has bagged funding of $10 million to expand its operations in the United States. Ten Eleven Ventures, a cybersecurity venture capital specialist, led the Series B round of funding, in addition to existing investors Reinventure (Westpac’s venture capital arm)...
NSW Govt plans Australia’s largest tech hub in Sydney
The NSW Government has announced Australia’s largest tech hub along with home-grown technology giant Atlassian pitching in as an anchor tenant. The tech hub will be in Sydney and will be known as ‘Tech Central’. The NSW Government will be investing an amount of $48.2...
