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The Verizon Business 2021 Data Breach Investigations Report (2021 DBIR) examines more breaches than ever before, and sheds light on how the most common forms of cyber-attacks affected the international security landscape during the global pandemic.

Australian healthcare leaders believe Australia’s healthcare system has shown resilience in the face of the pandemic, but that their hospital or healthcare facility needs to invest in predictive healthcare technologies.

Organisations in Australia are forecast to spend about A$5.1 billion on information security and risk management in 2021, about 7.3% more than in 2020, the technology analyst firm Gartner says, adding that global spend is likely to be about US$150.4 billion, a rise of 12.4%.

More than 600 technicians employed by the NBN Co, the company rolling out Australia's national broadband network, will walk off the job on Wednesday as part of a national day of action.

A number of Chinese smartphone brands, which dominate the Indian market, may take a sharp hit due to the COVID-19 crisis that has engulfed the world's second largest phone market.

Global professional services firm Accenture has acquired Australia’s Electro 80, a leading provider of operational technology (OT) for resources clients in Australia, including mining, energy, engineering, construction and utilities companies.

Global smartphone shipments are on the up in Q1 2021, 27% YoY, as "key regions subdue the pandemic", although with COVID-19 still out there and causing havoc in India, the rest of the year's results from Canalys and others will no doubt be watched closely by the world's smartphone makers.

COVID-19 has forever changed how companies operate, and what may work before may not be applicable into the future. Konica Minolta suggests three key areas to make companies ready this 2021: cost management, purchasing and procurement, and resourcing.

Smartphone sales in Europe grew by 6% in the first three months of 2021 following a difficult 2020, the technology analyst firm Counterpoint Research firm says, adding that despite this figures are still down due to ongoing COVID-19 challenges.

According to a report authored by Frost & Sullivan and commissioned by audio technology brand EPOS, an excellent audio technology is crucial to hybrid learning, and poor audio can result to frustration, stress, and embarrassment.

A survey conducted by Unisys reveals that while leaders and employees agree that hybrid working is more productive, they feel it is not aligned on what is required to achieve it.

Remote support software specialist LogMeIn is claiming that it contributed to avoiding as much as 63 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions through its customers’ use of GoToMeeting and GoToWebinar during the first year of the pandemic - between April 2020 and March 2021 - compared to daily commuting and business travel for company meetings.

Seventy three percent of Australian CIOs plan to extend salary increases to their tech employees in 2021, according to a new salary guide from one recruiting firm.

Global spending on blockchain solutions will rise to US$6.6 billion (A$8.5 billion) this year, an increase of more than 50% compared to the pandemic year, the technology analyst firm IDC says.

Accenture report identifies economic impact of the buy-now-pay-later platform Afterpay in 2020

Online job advertisements on the site SEEK in March showed a rise of 75% year-on-year, the company says, offering a reminder that March 2020 was the month when the pandemic first had an effect on the job market.

Spending on IT in the Asia-Pacific region, excluding Japan, is expected to grow by about 4.9% and reach US$924 million (A$1.2 billion) this year, and US$1 trillion by 2024, the technology analyst firm IDC says.

Global revenue from the sales of semiconductors in 2020 reached US$466.2 billion, an increase of 10.4% year-on-year, the technology analyst firm Gartner says.

The number of devices in use globally will total 6.2 billion in 2021, the technology analyst firm Gartner says, adding that this includes PCs (laptops and desk-based), tablets and mobile phones.

There have been 86.93 million brute-force attacks on systems in Australia through the Windows Remote Desktop Protocol between February 2020 and February 2021, the global security firm Kaspersky has found.