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26July, 2024

CrowdStrike Reveals Cause of Global IT Outage 

By |July 26th, 2024|2, Home Slider, IFIP, Uncategorized|0 Comments

A bug in a program used to test software updates was the cause of Friday’s mass global IT outage, cyber security company CrowdStrike has said in its first review of the incident, offering $US10 Uber Eats gift cards to “teammates and partners” who assisted the US firm.
The company – whose software update crashed around 8.5 million […]

26June, 2024

Nominate Now for the David O’Leary Award

By |June 26th, 2024|2, 2024, Home Slider, IFIP|0 Comments

Nominations for the David O’Leary Award will close on 9th August. The award, offered by IFIP IP3 (International Professional Practice Partnership), acknowledges an individual or organisation that has promoted and demonstrated Professionalism (Professional Practice), worked as an Ethics Evangelist, and/or made strides in fostering diversity among ICT practitioners.

The criteria includes: 

Professionalism – demonstrated commitment to […]

28May, 2024

IFIP President Applauds Ground-Breaking WIPO Treaty

By |May 28th, 2024|2, 2024, Home Slider, IFIP|0 Comments

IFIP President Anthony Wong has congratulated WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) and its leader Daren Tang on the first WIPO Treaty to address the interface between intellectual property, genetic resources and traditional knowledge with provisions specifically for Indigenous Peoples and communities.

“This is a great breakthrough after a journey of 25 years,” said Mr Wong, who is a technology […]