RMIT University has adopted the SAS Joint Certification Program, with the joint certificate recording students’ coursework using SAS software to solve real-world business problems.

Google, unsurprisingly, is the biggest slurper of data around the world, a study by security outfit Kaspersky has found, with the search behemoth ahead of all other companies that track users by a massive margin. In the Australia and New Zealand region, DoubleClick on its own had 15.51% of the market, with Google Analytics taking 5.22%. Google AdSense 2.47%, Google AdWords 2.39% and YouTube Analytics 1.17%.

Lobby group Internet Australia has told the Australian Government it is “deeply concerned” over its request to Facebook to halt plans to introduce strong end-to-end encryption in its messaging systems.