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Security specialist WatchGuard Technologies has appointed Simon Yeo to the role of senior vice president of operations.

Australian cloud technology specialist Versent has appointed Gavin Wilkie to the role chief financial officer, and Gabriele Famous has joined its board as a non-executive director.

UPDATED: Telstra CEO Andy Penn is retiring, and is being replaced by current CFO Vicki Brady.

Juniper Networks announced a university funding initiative to fuel strategic research to advance network technologies for the next decade.

Communication and collaboration specialist Dialpad has hired Prashanti Aduma as its first CIO.

Every Tuesday at 4.50pm, you can use your favourite radio app (such as the official RadioApp) to listen to Canberra's Radio 2CC 1206AM to hear Alex talking with Canberra Live host Leon Delaney on interesting tech topics of the week thus far!

Predicting technology trends is a challenging task—even more so coming out of a year where the world flipped in unforeseen ways. In 2020, circumstances accelerated years’ worth of digital transformation in mere months, bringing a profound and sustained impact to how we live and work. COVID-19 has expedited digital adoption in every business across every industry. It has also highlighted the critical role digital infrastructure and technology play in enabling business success. So, what can we anticipate in the coming year and beyond?

Cloud analytics company Teradata has appointed Keith Budge to the newly created role of APJ executive vice president.

The Australian National University’s Distinguished Professor and director of the 3A Institute at ANU, Professor Genevieve Bell, has been named the inaugural Engelbart Distinguished Fellow by SRI International for her trailblazing work on technology, artificial intelligence and culture.

Singtel has named Kelly Bayer Rosmarin as Optus chief executive designate.

A day after Internet Australia called on the Department of Home Affairs to publish more of the submissions to the Federal Government's encryption bill, an additional 232 submissions have been placed on the department's website, bringing the total to 343 at the time of writing (7.50am AEST Wednesday).

Internet Australia, a not-for-profit that claims to represent Internet users in the country, has urged Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton to intervene in what it characterises as "the inadequate consultation process" over the encryption bill that was presented to Parliament last month.

Cloud POS provider Vend has appointed Dave Scheine to the newly created role of country manager for APAC.

API connectivity specialist MuleSoft has appointed Mark Dao as its chief product officer.

Customer experience specialist Fifth Quadrant has appointed Claire Chow as customer experience and co-creation expert.

We most often hear about how many music tracks have been downloaded from the iTunes Store, but Apple has reached a milestone of a different kind: one billion pieces of educational content have been downloaded from iTunes U.

Commencing in January 2012, Stanford University is running a number of on-line based courses.  Dive in!  Be educated!

A first-of-its-kind study in the United States has shown that death rates in a hospital dropped significantly when a computerized physician order entry system was installed and efficiently used.