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• Overcoming your data management woes

  Tech execs discuss how they're making better use of and protecting their data in a hybrid cloud world.

• In pictures: CIO roundtable - Overcoming your data management woes

  Senior tech execs gathered at Sydney's Rockpool restaurant to discuss strategies to make better use of and protect data in hybrid cloud environments. The luncheon was sponsored by Lenovo.

• Jobs up for grabs: MTIA seeks CIO for newly created role

  The Major Transport Infrastructure Authority (MTIA) is seeking an experienced chief information officer for a newly created position within the Office of the Director-General.

• AI firm takes ‘Quantium’ leap in hyperconverged data space

  Over three years into the role and Quantium IT director, Craig Taylor, says he hasn’t got comfortable - and that’s a good thing considering the state of flux and constant change in the IT industry. In particular, the data science and AI realm that Taylor lives and breathes.

• Financial institutions inefficient in handling data

  Data distribution is fraught with inefficiencies across the financial services sector, exposing companies and customers to financial, regulatory and commercial risk, according to research.

• ​2017 will be the year of AI: alternative intelligence

  Like many of you, I feel that I’ve spent most of January drinking from the fire hose of fake news and alternative facts about the changing political world order.

• The ‘logic’ and IT magic behind animated movie making

  ​Animal Logic, the Australian-based digital studio behind movies such as Babe, The Great Gatsby and Happy Feet, knows a thing or two about data management.

• Microsoft, Salesforce.com join $US5.3 billion Informatica buyout

  Data-integration giant Informatica has made itself a private company in a $US5.3 billion deal that includes investments from Microsoft and Salesforce.com.

• DataTorrent tackles complexity of Hadoop data ingestion

  While the buzz around big data analysis is at a peak, there is less discussion about how to get the necessary data into the systems in the first place, which can involve the cumbersome task of setting up and maintaining a number of data processing pipelines.

• OwnCloud's new encryption framework gives enterprises more flexibility

  It's no secret that security has been a tripping point for enterprises considering cloud storage, but OwnCloud on Tuesday took a fresh step toward alleviating such concerns with the addition of a new encryption framework.

• Data silos limit insights and raise costs: IDC

  Data silos within Asia Pacific organisations are raising IT costs and security risks, while limiting the ability of organisations to make insight-based decisions, according to IDC research released on Tuesday.

• New Box Governance tool helps companies manage sensitive data

  Continuing its efforts to woo enterprise users in heavily regulated industries, Box on Monday announced a new add-on tool for its cloud storage service that's designed for managing sensitive data.

• SAP Hana users warned of security vulnerability

  Hard on the heels of the release of a newly updated version of SAP Hana, a security researcher has warned of a potentially serious vulnerability in the in-memory platform.

• SAP steps up its IoT push with new Hana, analytics releases

  Aiming to better equip enterprises for big data and the Internet of Things, SAP on Tuesday rolled out a host of new features in its Hana platform and predictive-analytics portfolio.

• SAP previews new analytics tools for IT, business users

  SAP has made no secret of its desire to be front and center in the trend toward easy-to-use analytics tools, and on Tuesday the company offered a glimpse at several upcoming capabilities for different types of enterprise users.