Recent articles by Simon Sharwood

Melanoma Institute Australia creates secure workspace

Melanoma Institute Australia creates secure workspace

Researchers share patient records between hospitals and offshore researchers.
Simon Sharwood Oct 5 2018 7:05AM Security
Tardy Cisco could confuse Office 365

Tardy Cisco could confuse Office 365

Microsoft changed format of Office365 approved URLs list and Cisco blew the deadline.
Simon Sharwood Oct 3 2018 10:55PM Security
ANZ slashes mainframe bill with CPU monitoring

ANZ slashes mainframe bill with CPU monitoring

Five percent utilisation reduction across 30,000 daily batch jobs.
Simon Sharwood Oct 3 2018 11:57AM Financial Services
Cisco's WebEx Teams still wobbling, a week after wipeout

Cisco's WebEx Teams still wobbling, a week after wipeout

Edges closer to full restoration.
Simon Sharwood Oct 3 2018 10:30AM Cloud
Royal Commission scorns banks' compliance tools

Royal Commission scorns banks' compliance tools

Senior execs were flying blind, regulators turned blind eye.
Simon Sharwood Sep 28 2018 4:11PM Financial Services
Cisco Webex wipes out: goes down for more than a day

Cisco Webex wipes out: goes down for more than a day

CEO declares outage 'unacceptable' as room systems and apps crash, hard.
Simon Sharwood Sep 26 2018 4:28PM Cloud
Oracle turns Java up to 11

Oracle turns Java up to 11

Twice-yearly cadence seems to be working out.
Simon Sharwood Sep 26 2018 2:26PM Software
ACCC calls on Facebook, Google to speed scam ad takedowns

ACCC calls on Facebook, Google to speed scam ad takedowns

Celebrity-fronted fake ads generate hordes of complaints.
Simon Sharwood Sep 26 2018 9:20AM Security
New stored-value rules sought in regulators' Issues Paper

New stored-value rules sought in regulators' Issues Paper

Council of Financial Regulators wonders how Australia can handle the likes of AliPay.
Simon Sharwood Sep 25 2018 5:27PM Financial Services
Cuscal to retire card fraud platform, replace with AI

Cuscal to retire card fraud platform, replace with AI

New tool for NPP sniffing will spread its wings.
Simon Sharwood Sep 25 2018 4:30PM Financial Services
Microsoft punts passwords, LinksIn contacts to Outlook

Microsoft punts passwords, LinksIn contacts to Outlook

79 products revealed, inc. Clippy redux and cloud on-ramps galore.
Simon Sharwood Sep 24 2018 11:01PM Software
Linux devs ponder pulling contributions

Linux devs ponder pulling contributions

Open source legend Eric Raymond says threat is real as culture wars rear their ugly head.
Simon Sharwood Sep 24 2018 5:03PM Training & Development
Cisco video surveillance kit has hard-coded password

Cisco video surveillance kit has hard-coded password

Critical flaw means attackers could get root and then watch anything.
Simon Sharwood Sep 24 2018 4:03PM Security
ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie ejected

ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie ejected

Google-fu didn’t provide leadership the board wanted.
Simon Sharwood Sep 24 2018 10:24AM Strategy
Australian Antarctic bases stage real-time video darts comp

Australian Antarctic bases stage real-time video darts comp

Macquarie Island defeats Mawson Station.
Simon Sharwood Sep 21 2018 2:32PM Networking
Google loosens grip on mobile web

Google loosens grip on mobile web

Accelerated Mobile Pages get new governance, handoff to a foundation likely in future.
Simon Sharwood Sep 21 2018 11:48AM Software
VMware fixes bug it fixed then 'inadvertently' un-fixed

VMware fixes bug it fixed then 'inadvertently' un-fixed

Version control? They've heard of it!
Simon Sharwood Sep 20 2018 12:10PM Security
Linux developers adopt proper Code of Conduct

Linux developers adopt proper Code of Conduct

To replace brief, loose, ‘Code of Conflict’ inspired by 'Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure'
Simon Sharwood Sep 20 2018 7:00AM Software
Linus Torvalds apologises for 'hurtful' behavior, takes a break

Linus Torvalds apologises for 'hurtful' behavior, takes a break

"I know now this was not OK."
Simon Sharwood Sep 17 2018 3:25PM Secrets of CIO Success
Google 'internal experiment' changed settings on smartphones

Google 'internal experiment' changed settings on smartphones

Owners wondered why power settings turned on and then turned off again.
Simon Sharwood Sep 14 2018 4:12PM Security

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