Apple's competitors are often forced to compete on price, because when it comes down to it, that's all they've got, but with the new 5G iPhone SE, the new M1-equipped 5G iPad Air, the new Mac Studio, the new 27-inch Studio display and the M1 Ultra processor, Apple boldly goes where no-one has gone before.



Search giant Google has announced it will acquire the security firm Mandiant for US$5.4 billion (A$7.4 billion) in an all-cash transaction, adding that the firm will join Google Cloud after the acquisition is complete.

Sydney-based quantum technology specialist Q-Ctrl has achieved benchmark experiments showing that its autonomous error-correction techniques give a 1000x increase the likelihood of quantum computing algorithm success on real hardware.

As the country nears an election, the Australian Information Industry Association has released its Federal Government Pre-Budget and Pre-Election Policy Submission 2022, urging to emphasise on innovation and emerging technologies.

NCS is moving to acquire Australia’s largest privately-owned IT services company, The Dialog Group, to better support the Australian public sector and enterprise clients in addressing their rising digital transformation needs. The acquisition comes at the tune of $325 million and will accelerate NCS' regionalisation strategy.

The New South Wales Public Safety Network has been expanded with the completion of new sites at Liverpool (south-western Sydney), Mt Mackenzie (New England) and Port Kembla (Illawarra).

And as always there's plenty more today, so for all the news please visit www.itwire.com.

Stephen Wiithers, newsletter editor, iTWire

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