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Eighty percent of incidents reported to the F5 Security Incident Response Team in Australia and New Zealand in 2021 so far were DoS (denial-of-service) attacks, according to a cyber attack research conducted by security and delivery company F5 in collaboration with Effluxio.

Automation technology provider Elenium Automation has appointed Paula Dwyer as its chairman.

Businesses of all sizes recognise there is valuable information hidden within their troves of data, yet AWS research identified 62% of ANZ organisations have a basic or beginner level of data maturity. AWS wants to help and today announced it has brought its free Data Lab program to this region. iTWire has already tested it out and can tell you what to expect.

COMPANY NEWS: DevOps company Sysdig launches its SaaS offering in Australia and New Zealand, expanding the company’s footprint in APAC.

A parliamentary panel has delivered a riposte to Commonwealth Bank chief executive Matt Comyn who has been pushing for the regulation of Apple Pay, saying it is not convinced that there is any need for regulatory intervention at this time.

The European Union is set to file an anti-trust suit against Apple over the NFC chip technology it uses for tap-and-go payments, a report claims.

The Technology Business Management (TBM) Council has formed an APAC chapter and appointed a regional advisory board loaded with executives from big-name Australian organisations.

Qualtrics has announced the expansion of its public sector operations to help governments across Australia and New Zealand improve the experiences they deliver to residents and employees. Qualtrics is used by over 150 government departments and agencies in ANZ, and over 750 globally.

Information technology (IT) channel companies in Australia and New Zealand are cautiously optimistic as they refocus on growth opportunities in 2021 and beyond after the unprecedented events of 2020, according to new research from non-profit tech industry trade association CompTIA,

Cyber protection firm Virsec is expanding its presence in the ANZ region with two key executive appointments, appointing IT veterans Rob Nobilo and Ben Burt as regional sales director and regional technical services director respectively.

Email security company Proofpoint has appointed Cisco ANZ cyber security director Steve Moros to lead its Asia-Pacific advanced technology group.

GUEST OPINION by Ashley Diffey, Country Manager – ANZ and Japan, Ping Identity: The societal changes that occurred during the past 12 months are undeniable, but what’s less talked about are the significant implications for data privacy. First, the massive shift to remote work changed the way data is accessed and secured. And a sharp rise in online transactions means more personal data is being exchanged, stored, and processed than ever before. Further, the amounts of personal data being collected by large technology companies continues to climb, shaking user trust.

The Australian and New Zealand IT and business services market grew 1.7% year-on-year in the first half of the year, the technology analyst company IDC says, adding that this was a major slowdown in annual growth.

Organisations are accelerating transformational technology programs during the global COVID-19 pandemic, with many shifting their digital transformation programs into high gear and on a path to accomplish in a few months what would normally have taken them years, according to new reseach.

GUEST OPINION* by Andrew Huntley regional director ANZ and Pacific Islands Barracuda: In the face of growing concerns over the spread of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), increasing numbers of Australian schools are closing and companies are encouraging employees to work from home.

GUEST OPINION* by Andrew Huntley regional director ANZ and Pacific Islands Barracuda: In the face of growing concerns over the spread of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), increasing numbers of Australian schools are closing and companies are encouraging employees to work from home.

Big four bank Westpac will finally catch up with the rest of the industry, making a commitment on Thursday to deliver Apple Pay for its customers by June next year.

Global analytics software provider, SAS, has been in campaign management and customer experience for over 15 years. It has now brought the SaaS edition to Australia and New Zealand offering fast access to comprehensive insights within 24 hours from signing up.

A Telstra outage hits ATMs and eftpos machines around the country on Thursday, with the problems beginning at about 3pm.

Three of Australia's big four banks have joined IBM and the Scentre Group - which looks after Westfield's properties - to launch a digital platform named Lygon which uses blockchain technology to manage bank guarantees that are often needed to lease a retail properly.