Gov reveals AI plan as Home Affairs pursues industry briefings
The federal government has designs on more flavours of generative AI for use in agencies as part of a whole-of government plan timed to match industry briefings held by Home Affairs this week. Minister for Finance Senator Katy Gallagher said that the government would provide public servants with guidance on how to use ChatGPT, Claude, […]
AFP boosts private cloud with $20m Dell deal
Australian Federal Police has started upgrading its private cloud capacity in anticipation of future system modernisation projects. The AFP told iTnews that its current hardware was approaching end-of-life and not fit to underpin its bigger upcoming projects at the agency. The force said it needed to avoid the risk of end-of-life hardware failures and ensure agency demand […]
Westpac factors post-quantum cryptography prep into “secure router” rollout
Westpac will spend the next year deploying new “secure routers” to its 550 branches, with post-quantum cryptography preparations playing a part in its decision. Westpac’s Wayne Bonnet on stage at Cisco Live. General manager of secure network services Wayne Bonnet told Cisco Live in Melbourne that the bank is upgrading from Cisco 4000 series integrated […]
David Jones sets target for legacy platform wind-down
David Jones expects to be able to phase out an ageing hodgepodge of legacy integration platforms and consolidate them on Workato’s enterprise iPaaS offering within a year. The retailer has been running the legacy platforms and their siloed systems and data in parallel with the Workato platform since around October 2021. It’s been keeping some […]
Monash University pilots graph database tech to map research ecosystem
Monash University is piloting graph database technology to track relationships between researchers, publications and equipment with the aim of improving return on research investment. Monash University’s Clayton campus iStockPhoto The Melbourne-based university has developed a centralised platform on Amazon Web Services to help users more easily find information across its research ecosystem, using multi-modal generative […]
M365 portal buckling as demand for Copilot refunds soar
Microsoft is struggling to meet customer demand for refunds related to its Copilot AI agent add-on to M365 after announcing the offer early yesterday. “Customer support wait times were higher than expected following our refund offer yesterday. Our team has been working hard to respond to customers and the volume has now subsided,” a Microsoft […]
Samsung triple zero handset firmware mystery deepens
The mystery over how 71 Samsung mobile phones were delivered to Australian consumers with firmware problems that might leave users high and dry when trying to make distress calls has deepened. Furthermore, Samsung contacted iTnews stating that the number of handsets known to have the firmware problem stands at 71, confirming Telstra’s initial statement to […]
Optus fast-tracks network operations insourcing from Nokia
Optus has revealed that it will accelerate plans bring network functions currently outsourced to Nokia back in-house in response to September’s triple zero outage on its network. Chief executive Stephen Rue revealed the move as part of his opening remarks to a parliamentary inquiry into the incident today. “In May the board approved a proposal […]
Vocus scores three new federal government contracts
The federal government has awarded Vocus three telecommunications contracts valued at around $6 million over the next three years. The three contracts, with the Digital Transformation Agency (DTA), the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC), are for internet services across each agency. The contracts with DFAT […]
ACMA cracks down on mobile 000 ‘camp-on’ failures
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has tightened mobile phone testing standards and imposed new network equipment monitoring rules on carriers as the fallout over recent emergency call failures continues. The regulator has created a new mobile phone testing industry code that will require carriers to subject handsets to special tests designed to see how […]