Computer Daily News 
The Australian chairman of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has hit back at claims by a Labor MP that his company is effectively controlled by Beijing and poses a national security risk. The strong defence by chairman Jon Lord followed an attack on the company by Labor’s Michael Danby in Federal Parliament. It comes as Parliament considers … Read more
Electrical and electronic goods retailing across Australia experienced a small downturn in April while most other household goods trading rose, according to the latest retail trade figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The ABS figures show in-store electrical and electronic goods retailing was down 0.1 percent in April. Online retail was doing rather better, with … Read more
NEC has won a $4.7 million contract to supply NSW Police with up to 1000 smartphone-compatible portable fingerprint scanners. The scanners will allow officers to register and verify identities on the go, removing the need to return to their stations. The scanners will also alert them to outstanding warrants and other information on suspects. They … Read more
A number of sensitive Federal Government and corporate networks – including some holding highly confidential plans for a geostationary communications satellite – have been penetrated by sophisticated cyber attacks, according to an ABC Four Corners investigation. Austrade and the Defence Department’s elite Defence Science Technology Group, have both suffered significant cyber infiltrations by hackers based … Read more
A former deputy secretary at the Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development has been charged over his role in the failed software project Ultranet, which reportedly has cost taxpayers up to $240 million. Darrell Fraser has been charged by the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) with five counts of obtaining property by deception and … Read more
Customer relationship management (CRM) has become the largest software market, both worldwide and within Australia, according to the Gartner market research organisation. In Australia it is now “easily the largest software category, with revenue forecast to grow 20.6 percent to reach A$2.2 billion in 2018,” according to a new Gartner report. It’s a similar story … Read more
Australian organisations reported 63 data breaches in the first six weeks of the Turnbull Government’s mandatory notification system, under which all major organisations must promptly report all breaches. It that rate continues, Australia can expect to see more than 500 breaches reported across Australia by the end of the year. But that number could rise significantly … Read more
The Australian Privacy Foundation has called on the Federal Government to beef up privacy protection “without delay”, starting with legislation that would enable people whose privacy has been wrongly disregarded to take the offender to court and gain compensation. It says such legislation has been recommended by a succession of law reform bodies, and suggests … Read more
Movus, a Queensland start-up that has developed technology for monitoring electric motors and anticipating failures, has secured $4.8 million in Series A funding from Blackbird Ventures, Telstra Ventures and Skip Capital. Movus’s FitMachine system comprises a sensor that attaches magnetically to the motor and monitors vibration, noise and temperature. Data is passed to a Movus … Read more
Construction has commenced on the 9500km Japan-Guam-Australia Cable System (JGA), with completion expected in the fourth quarter of 2019. The cable will be owned by a consortium comprising RTI Connectivity, AARNet, Google, Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) and NEC. ASN and NEC are building the system. JGA South, the segment between Sydney and Piti in Guam, … Read more