Saint Ignatius College, a co-educational Catholic school in Drysdale, Victoria, is currently trialling 30 iPod Touches amongst Year 7 students and five first-generation iPads.

Australians love to place bets online but little do some punters know of the dangers lurking in cyberspace. Melbourne-based internet betting and entertainment website Sportsbet.com.au found out about these dangers the hard way when in 2009 the company was the target of a distributed denial of service attack (DDoS).

NSW IT outsourcer The Missing Link has plans to grow its enterprise business with the acquisition of the infrastructure division of Artis Group.

With the death rattle of internet protocol version 4 (IPv4) getting louder, a key proponent of the protocol's successor has warned IT managers not to take a "lock down" approach to migration.

Brisbane-based fibre infrastructure provider, i3 Group, has claimed that the National Broadband Network (NBN) could be built at a fraction of the current cost estimates of $40 billion if alternative broadband systems were deployed.

Global hardware vendor Dell has confirmed reports revealed in March that it is building a data centre and solutions centre in Australia.

Westpac has warned that malicious emails discovered earlier this week are still being churned out to customers.

Wi-Fi may be the networking method of choice among apartment blocks cropping up in increased numbers in Australia’s major cities, however increased reliance on wireless internet is resulting in more security risks, according to Layer 10 Consulting.

If there was a Rugby Union god, the Brumbies would be praying to the deity now.

Data breaches, compromised social networks and mobile device security are the biggest problems facing enterprises, according to security experts.

Data loss prevention remains a priority security concern for Australian companies, despite reported slowed growth in the area, according to some security experts.

Melbourne IT has advised of an increase in domain name 'cyber squatting', with large Australian financial companies and government agencies falling victim to phishing attempts as a result of the lack of foresight.

Coutts Communications has come out strongly in favour of more satellites over Australia to aid the National Broadband Network (NBN) rollout to remote areas.

Westpac has reported that fake emails claiming to be from the bank and including a malicious link are in circulation.

Security patching must move beyond the computer to the smartphone as more security cracks appear in the devices, according to local security experts.