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• The top tech players that paid zero Aussie tax in 2015-16

  The ATO reveals top earning tech companies in Australia that paid no tax while still reporting taxable income in the financial year ending 2016.

• Give Aussie cyber firms a fair go, says government growth network CEO

  ​The CEO of the government's Australian Cyber Security Growth Network today implored hundreds of IT professionals to give Aussie security firms a fair go.

• Govt joins Atlassian and MiT in regional IT skills push

  The Federal Government takes IT skills push to the region through a partnership with Atlasssian and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

• Atlassian HipChat breach prompts mass password reset

  An attack affecting Atlassian’s HipChat platform that may have seen users’ information compromised has prompted a mass password reset for the company’s services.

• ​Fleet grabs $5M to blast nanosatellites into space

  Australian space startup, Fleet, has secured $5 million in funding to launch a constellation of nanosatellites that will connect the world’s 75 billion devices by 2025.

• Leaders discuss transformation and innovation: AWS panel

  ​Innovation and the use of cloud technologies is changing industries across Australia. Just ask Atlassian co-founder and co-CEO, Scott Farquhar, who said the move towards a cloud-centric digital world promises significant opportunity for Australia, a country historically saddled by the “tyranny of distance.”

• Do you wish your boss was more...dead?

  Research finds that Apple’s former boss was the second most popular choice of CEO to serve under, after Virgin Group founder Richard Branson.

• Government lures Atlassian security chief to new cyber centre

  The federal government has hired Atlassian’s former director of security, Craig Davies, as chief executive officer at its new Cyber Security Growth Centre.
  

• ​How 4 companies created successful workforce diversity programs

  MYOB, REA Group, Envato and Atlassian are leading the way in building more diverse teams.

• Tech dominates young rich list

  ​This year’s BRW Young Rich List is dominated by players in the technology sector with the 27 of the 100 richest Australian’s under 40 involved in the industry.

• ​Only 50 per cent of businesses are ‘innovative active’: Kim Carr

  Government talk about agility and innovation is quite worrying for some Australians, and only 50 per cent of businesses are ‘innovative active’, Labor’s Kim Carr told the National Press Club on Monday.

• Atlassian takes JIRA beyond the development world

  Atlassian's JIRA project-tracking tool has long been a popular choice among developers creating new software, but on Tuesday the company revealed a broader strategy by releasing three new editions tailored for different audiences.

• Why half your projects will fail this year

  If you believe the statistics, around 61 per cent of the projects you work on this year will fail.

• Building a digital business

  The world has gone digital and there will be 30 billion devices connected to the Internet by 2020. This means that businesses of all sizes need to create compelling digital strategies that improve interactions with customers.

• The Aussie start-up with a culture you would kill for

  David Gee takes a walk around Atlassian’s Sydney digs and discovers a few things about how to create winning products and keep customers.