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Good afternoon,

Today we feature two stories based on a panel discussion with two of Australia's biggest IT buyers, the Commonwealth Bank's Michael Harte and Westpac's Bob McKinnon. The two have starkly contrasting views on cloud computing, but agree in their opposition to Federal Government plans for a common IT banking platform.

We also have the first of what we hope to be weekly malware threat reports provided by the folks at West Coast Labs detailing what nasties they've caught in their Sydney honeynet. We hope you find this a valuable resource.

WikiLeaks remains in the headlines too - with a column penned by Greens Senator Scott Ludlam and news that the US Air Force is banning access to news publications covering the cablegate leak.

-- Brett Winterford
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"A common IT platform need not mean a replacement of individual banking systems. Think of a solution similar to that of DNS. Every bank could have a DNS style server caching these portable account numbers along with the bank and account in which they are directed to. Changes to the portable account numbers for those moving between banks could propagate out to the individual banks. I believe ..."


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TODAY ON ITNEWS

Strategy
Harte, McKinnon square off over cloud computing

By Brett Winterford | December 15, 2010

Australia's IT industry giants lay their cloud cards on the table

 
 
Security
Sydney honeypots attract morphing botnet malware

By Brett Winterford | December 15, 2010

West Coast Labs reports new strains of Allaple, Virut.

 
 
Telco/ISP
Man charged with stealing $110k of Telstra copper

By Ry Crozier | December 15, 2010

Newcastle man charged.

 
 
Software
CBA, Westpac CIOs condemn bank reforms

By Brett Winterford | December 15, 2010

No gains for consumers from common IT systems.

 
 
Security
US Air Force blocks NYT, Guardian over WikiLeaks

By Staff Writer | December 15, 2010

Access to classified material not allowed.

 
 
Security
WikiLeaks, the internet, and the future of secrets

By Scott Ludlam | December 15, 2010

Greens Senator Scott Ludlam opines on WikiLeaks.

 
 
Oddware
Robotic sleeves improve thought-controlled computing

By Liz Tay | December 15, 2010

Scientists build artificial muscle feedback system.

 
 
Networking
Internode spends $1.4m on data centre upgrade

By Staff Writer | December 15, 2010

New high-density space.

 
 

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