Stephen Withers

Melbourne

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Information technology (IT) in Australia & New Zealand

Aug 1, 2024 | computerweekly.com | Aaron Tan |Stephen Withers |Svetlana Sicular |Bill Goodwin

News 02 Aug 2024 How CrowdStrike is leveraging AI to empower security teams CrowdStrike CTO Elia Zaitsev explains how the company’s multi-agent AI architecture can help to enhance analyst efficiency and tackle cyber security challenges Continue Reading News 31 Jul 2024 API attacks surge by 65% in APAC, fuelled by rapid digitisation Akamai's report reveals a significant rise in cyber attacks on web applications and APIs in the region over the past year, with financial and commerce sectors...
Pure makes storage even more as a service, and adds data resilience as a service

Oct 9, 2023 | itwire.com | Stephen Withers

All-flash storage specialist Pure Storage will pay power and rack space costs for Evergreen//One storage as a service (STaaS) and Evergreen//Flex subscribers, has added new service level commitments to Evergreen customers, and introduced Pure Protect disaster recovery as a service.
Wider regional role for New Relic's Leonidas

Oct 4, 2023 | itwire.com | Stephen Withers

Observability specialist New Relic has promoted Jason Leonidas to the role of vice president for the South Pacific region. "The formation of the South Pacific Region represents a significant strategic pillar for the New Relic business in Asia-Pacific moving forward, and brings together the maturity of our ANZ business and the high growth potential of our vibrant ASEAN market," said New Relic APJ senior vice president Kris Day.
Beware of YouTube stream-jacking: Bitdefender

Oct 4, 2023 | itwire.com | Stephen Withers

Security specialist Bitdefender warns of a rapid increase in YouTube stream-jacking attacks that involve either re-directing followers of a popular channel or taking full control of it. The goal of the stream-jackers is usually to trick viewers into sending cryptocurrency. In channel impersonation attacks, the criminals set up YouTube livestream pop-ups in followers' feeds that promote generally the same content as the real channel.
5G subscribers willing to pay premium for 'quality service', Ericsson report finds

Oct 3, 2023 | itwire.com | Kenn Mendoza |Stephen Withers

One in five 5G smartphone users seeking differentiated 5G service experiences such as quality of service for demanding applications are willing to pay CSPs to enjoy value-added connectivity, according to research from Ericsson ConsumerLab. The report 5G Value: Turning Performance into Value found 5G provides found there is a demand for 5G.
Lozada takes over as country manager at Ascom

Oct 3, 2023 | itwire.com | Stephen Withers

Healthcare and mobile workflow solutions provider Ascom has promoted Roberto Lozada to the role of ANZ country manager. Lozada joined Ascom in February 2023 as head of sales. He previously worked as general manager of 3M's healthcare business group in ANZ, and spent 12 years at Medtronic, most recently in the role of senior business director. Earlier in his career Lozada worked for Procter & Gamble in Mexico, UK, and Japan.
Adobe brings Photoshop to Google Chromebook Plus

Oct 3, 2023 | itwire.com | Stephen Withers

Adobe Photoshop on the web will soon work on Google Chromebook Plus devices, while Adobe Express will run on all Chromebooks, including Chromebook Plus devices. Photoshop on the web is already available to all Photoshop users, and includes the core editing tools from the desktop version, and more. On Chromebook Plus devices, it gains Adobe Firefly-powered features including Generative Expand and Generative Fill to extend images beyond their original borders and to add or remove objects.
AusNet revamps employee management with IBM and SAP

Oct 2, 2023 | itwire.com | Stephen Withers

Australian energy network business AusNet expects to save $2.1 million over the next five years thanks to SAP SuccessFactors. AusNet has engaged IBM Consulting to help replace its legacy employee time record, organisational and position management information system with SAP SuccessFactors. The plan is to consolidate 38 business processes from three systems into one in a ten-month project.
L├ínluas offers TechnologyOne cloud migration guide

Oct 2, 2023 | itwire.com | Stephen Withers

A survey by TechnologyOne specialist Lánluas Consulting has found a third of its clients are still using the software on premises even though support ends in September 2024. Just under half of those surveyed are using TechnologyOne wholly in the cloud. So it is not surprising that 28% of respondents say cloud migration is their top priority in 2023.
ZTE, AIS, MediaTek achieve 5G RedCap 2.6GHz

Oct 2, 2023 | itwire.com | Kenn Mendoza |Stephen Withers |Sam Varghese |Gordon Peters

Information and communication technology solutions provider ZTE, Thai mobile operator AIS, and Taiwanese fabless semiconductor company MediaTek has validated what it claimed to be the 5G RedCap at 2.6GHz in Southeast Asia conducted last August.