Victoria is likely to be the state hardest hit by the National Australia Bank’s plans to cut up to 4,000 jobs from its operations nationally over the next three years.

The laying of the Hawaiki cable system from Sydney and then across the Pacific Ocean is poised to get underway, with more than 6500km of undersea fibre-optic cable on board the TE Subcom cable ship Responder berthed in the harbour city.

Two technology experts have proposed a solution to the current NBN mess, whereby customers would pay about the same as they currently do but avoid the congestion and speed issues that have led to a massive rise in the number of complaints.

IBM has completed the acquisition of Australian-based innovation consultancy Vivant Digital as it moves to boost its own global digital agency IBM iX.

Chip maker Qualcomm has filed yet another suit against Apple, this time accusing the latter of breaking a software licence contract in order to benefit Intel in the making of broadband modems.

Digital signature provider DocuSign plans to start offering its services from within Australia next year.

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