How machine data helps Shazam remain 'app store royalty'
​Shazam is one of the most popular mobile apps in the world. The company earlier this month announced it had reached a billion downloads – half of which came in the last two years –​ and, for the first time, turned a profit. And it's the data that did it.
Gallery: Splunk's seventh annual user conference
5000 Splunkers come together for machine data search and analytics platform's .conf 16 at Walt Disney World, Florida
Splunk's CTO on 'cybernomics' and the last mile of analytics
​When Splunk's CTO Snehal Antani delivered his keynote at the company's seventh annual user conference in Orlando last week he called on the audience to "walk back in that office with a strut".
Werner Vogels on the rise and rise of AWS in Australia
The customers around the table are gushing in their praise for Amazon CTO Werner Vogels. One puts his arm round the Dutchman's broad shoulders to pose for a selfie: "If that's ok? I've got to get one."
Optus expands cyber offering with Palo Alto Networks
Optus Business is collaborating with Palo Alto Networks to expand its managed security services offering.
Yahoo hack could affect Verizon deal, says Centrify exec
​Yahoo's massive data breach in which at least 500 million user accounts have been hacked may be "the straw that breaks the camel's back" and complicate its planned sale to Verizon, says Centrify.
Govt cyber advisor shares concerns over Australia's critical infrastructure
​An expert, who advised the prime minister ahead of the government's Cyber Security Strategy, has shared his grave concerns about the security of critical infrastructure in Australia.
Senator Stephen Conroy resigns
​Senator Stephen Conroy has announced his resignation from parliament in a speech tabled last night that named the NBN has his 'greatest contribution'.
NSW GovDC Marketplace mastermind to depart
​Before the arrival of Dr Pedro Harris to the NSW Department of Finance, Services and Innovation, the state government's data centre landscape was fragmented and unwieldy.
Creeps, trolls and death fantasies: The weird new world of social VR
For social VR's small but growing population, anything is possible. The tricky part is figuring out what's acceptable.
Open APIs or be doomed, says Visa
​Financial institutions that fail to make their APIs available are 'doomed', says Visa's ANZ head of product Rob Walls.
Context aware and emotionally intelligent: The future of voice assistants
"Conventional systems focus on artificial intelligence. But there's other types of intelligence – emotional intelligence," says Dr. Mark Johnson of VoiceBox Technologies. "We're trying to build systems that will be much more context aware."
Desktop recorder to capture risky employee behaviour launches in Australia
​A product that records 'admissable in a court of law' quality videos of employees when they break cyber security policy is launching in Australia.
Government sees potential 'quantum ecosystem' in Australia
Industry, innovation and science minister Greg Hunt says that the government's support for quantum computing research will not only maintain Australia's competitive edge in the "global race to build a quantum computer", but also help grow a local "quantum ecosystem" and industry.
Australia's commercial space program blasts off with Sydney start-up
"It's the first space mission to the ISS for this entire country," explains Solange Cunin, CEO and co-founder of Quberider.
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