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Content delivery network and cloud provider Akamai Technologies has said it will embed cloud computing capabilities into its huge edge network.

Tech and digital salaries continue to steady out but remain strong for key skillsets such as cybersecurity and AI, according to the latest salary guide report from recruitment sector company Talent.

Company filings sentiment was slightly up by 3.1% year-on-year (YoY) in the first quarter of 2023, with the improvement extending across all industries - and technology industry sentiment increasing with discussions around themes such as cloud and Generative AI experiencing a significant increase, according to a new report from one data and analytics company.

Australians are closing the skills shortage gaps and adapting to the new digital era, according to the fourth annual Global Skills Report released by online learning platform Coursera which also shows that out of 100 countries, Australia’s global ranking has improved since last year, jumping from 40th to 39th in technology skills.

GUEST OPINION: Since cloud computing became a mainstream concept in the mid-2000s, businesses of all sizes have been focused on the benefits it can deliver.

COMPANY NEWS: Climate change is becoming a high profile topic all around the world -- it is a Pandora’s box that will continue to unleash complex consequences that are increasingly challenging for humanity to assess and cope with.

Corporate IT and cybersecurity training provider DDLS has appointed Sally McDonough as general manager of its start-up company, the Australian Institute of ICT (AIICT).

Technology workforce development company Pluralsight has closed its acquisition of cloud skills development platform A Cloud Guru.

Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei has developed a smart customs solution designed to facilitate digital transformation of the customs industry.

Nokia and long-standing partner Elisa have completed a live commercial trial of a claimed world’s first 1 Terabit clear-channel interface deployment to efficiently scale Elisa’s network to support new applications and access technologies.

A new survey has found "less than half (47%) of surveyed organisations in Australia and New Zealand are very confident in securing their part of the cloud-based responsibility model".

Where is the money in the move to cloud computing? What's profitable and what isn't?

GUEST OPINION by Brian Holder, General Manager Sales and Marketing at Tecala: Since first rising to prominence in the late 1990s, cloud computing has become a key component of many company’s IT infrastructures. The benefits it offers in terms of cost, performance, global scale and manageability are well understood and documented. But for many organisations the key challenge they face with the cloud is how they should configure the different architecture and service offerings into a reliable, stable and secure foundation for their business.

IBM is partnering with the NSW Department of Education’s STEM Industry School Partnerships Program and the NSW Cyber Security Innovation Node in an initiative designed to bolster school students and teachers’ cybersecurity and cloud computing knowledge.

Today, Microsoft is taking the next giant leap in cloud computing – to space. I am excited to share the work we are doing to make Azure the platform and ecosystem of choice for the mission needs of the space community with Azure Space. The space community is growing rapidly and innovation is lowering the barriers of access for public- and private-sector organizations. With Azure Space we have ambition to make space connectivity and compute increasingly attainable across industries including agriculture, energy, telecommunications, and government.