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Worldwide spending on Internet of Things (IoT) security will reach $348 million this year, a 23.7% increase from 2015 spending of $281.5 million, as the IoT global market continues to grow rapidly.

The nbn, which is building Australia’s broadband network, has announced a new tiered model for its wholesale Connectivity Virtual Circuit (CVC) charge with a price as low as $11.50 depending on the average CVC bandwidth that industry provisions to all end users.

Now available in Australia, Nuance says its new Dragon Professional Group software helps ‘organisations and departments boost productivity and competitiveness.’

An ACMA-commissioned Newspoll survey from February contains ‘some valuable insights for industry in the design of mobile products and the delivery of spend management alerts.

The number of connected M2M devices in Australia will grow to somewhere between 25 million and 50 million by 2020, as electronic devices like smartphones, tablets, set-top boxes and game consoles fuel activity with the Internet of Things (IoT).

Australia’s chief defence scientist says the defence force needs to leverage advances in technology to maintain its capability edge.

Talks today between the federal government and business leaders have set in train initiatives to strengthen measures to combat cybersecurity threats across Australia.

Ballarat’s Federation College has been chosen as the second pilot site for an IBM-supported school-industry partnership to help students enter the workforce job-ready.

Getting a job and pursing a career path in different business or industry sectors may depend on the strength or weakness of a particular industry, and a newly released national report shows that 13 out of 18 industries have recorded growth in employment numbers over the last two years.

A joint initiative by government, industry and the National Science and Technology Centre, Questacon, has given students from secondary schools in three states experience with the cutting-edge of design technology.

Australian taxi app and mobile payments provider Ingogo has revealed the biggest industries where Australians are using apps to replace traditional services.

The jobs outlook for IT professionals looks considerably brighter for this year after a relatively flat 2014, with a newly published report showing that new staff hirings in the technology/digital sector are on the rise.

The Australian Computing Society (ACS) has ‘welcomed the announcement of the Science portfolio being reintegrated and placed with the Industry Minister.’

Despite avoiding a drop off in October, demand for executives in the IT sector dropped 9% in November, continuing a three-year period of generally flat demand in the technology industry.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is launching a new initiative to further enhance its efforts, with industry and business, to identify and warn of malware infecting devices on the Internet.

Expedia's proposed takeover of Wotif will seemingly go ahead after Australia's competition watchdog, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, announced it will not oppose the acquisition.

Honeywell has just released the latest version of its Experion PKS Orion process control solution, while reminding companies that today’s global business environment requires organisations to be “more flexible and responsive to the changing supply and demand conditions.”

The University of South Australia and Hewlett Packard have announced a partnership which will see HP expand its workforce in the state by more than 400 people.

A new breed of industrial robots and ICT systems could transform Australia’s manufacturing sector, creating safer environments and more efficient factories, according to a CSIRO whitepaper.

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