Hafnium was discovered by the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Centre. In a blog by Tom Burt corporate vice president customer security and trust at Microsoft stated a state-sponsored threat actor identified by the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Centre (MSTIC) that itsare calling Hafnium. Hafnium operates from China, and this is the first…
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Modernising healthcare provider in Queensland
Australian healthcare provider transforms the its organisation. Queensland-based not-for-profit organisation, Mater has gone on a sweeping modernisation program that is transforming the way the organisation provides care to almost 600,000 patients annually across its healthcare network. With a network of hospitals across Queensland and a Mater atHome service that provides…
Read MoreIndonesian Ministry of Agriculture strengthens data-driven agriculture ecosystem
From building a collaborative platform, capturing agriculture datasets to building machine learning models. The Ministry of Agriculture for the Republic of Indonesia recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Microsoft to empower smallholder farmers with technology-oriented solutions that will help them increase income using ground-breaking, cloud-based technologies, machine learning…
Read MoreBank of New Zealand plans large technical migration
Part of its parent company’s five-year strategic partnership to develop a multi-cloud ecosystem underpinned by Azure. Bank of New Zealand has signed up as the latest customer to Microsoft’s flagship New Zealand-based data centre. The agreement will see a large number of BNZ applications migrated to Microsoft’s Azure cloud, assisting…
Read MoreTransport NSW moves away from legacy and into the Cloud
Supporting 15,000 people as they transitioned to working from home during the pandemic. A major digital transformation being undertaken by Transport for NSW, the New South Wales state government agency for transport, has seen it move away from legacy and into the cloud – using Office 365, Teams, Telstra Calling…
Read MoreOpenNetLab empowers AI-assisted networking research
The application of AI technology in the networking field, has many challenges. Microsoft has set up OpenNetLab, an open networking community and platform in collaboration with multiple universities in Asia, including academia from China, Korea and Singapore. OpenNetLab is a network research community project. Its aims to promote the application…
Read MoreThe woman behind Pertamina’s digital integration
Creating a modern digital workplace at Indonesia’s state-owned energy company. Nicke Widyawati is no stranger to hard work, having started her career early while still studying industrial engineering at the Bandung Institute of Technology. But as the President Director of Indonesia’s state-owned energy company, Pertamina, the COVID-19 pandemic has given…
Read MoreAPAC cloud predictions for 2021 and beyond
Renewed culture of innovation, the need to embrace opportunity and quickly respond to market challenges . Cloud and cloud-centric operating models have grown to become integral components of the modern IT environment. With the COVID-19 pandemic being one of the first crisis of the cloud era, all cloud promises –…
Read MoreEmbracing innovation and accelerating opportunities
Renewed culture of innovation, the need to embrace opportunity and quickly respond to market challenges . Despite the challenges faced due to the ongoing global health crisis and the country’s first recession in 30 years, 45 per cent of Australian businesses believe COVID-19 has presented them with an opportunity to…
Read MoreSolarWinds hack extends into 2021 for Microsoft
Investigation revealed attempted activities beyond just the presence of malicious SolarWinds code in Microsoft environment. During the final weeks’ of 2020 cyber security firm, FireEye announced it had suffered a cyber-attack through a malware inserted into network management software provided to customers by the tech company SolarWinds. At the time…
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