Giant Japanese telecommunications carrier Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation has swallowed up its Dimension Data business in the merger of its communications and security businesses into one US$11 billion global unit to be headquartered in London.

The security credentials of IT services supplier Hewlett Packard Enterprise have taken a severe battering with the revelation that it served as the gateway for alleged Chinese hackers to gain access to about major technology firms.

The Federal Government's release of a hosting strategy last week appears to be an attempt to prevent the issue of data sovereignty being raised as an election issue.