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The biggest enterprise technology M&A deals of the year

CIO Business Intelligence

Technology and telecommunications deals accounted for more than one-fifth of that, according to Shearman & Sterling. KBMax allows buyers to configure a product online and instantly see 3D renderings and dimensioned drawings of what they are buying. It certainly started off that way, with Microsoft agreeing to pay $68.7

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List of the world’s top female futurists (Update #5)

Trends in the Living Networks

She led a research project on the Future of Data and investigated topics such as 3D printing, social enterprise, and the evolving role of the state. This powerful combination has helped her become one of Australia’s leading futurists in the telecommunications space. Twitter: @GayemarieBrown. Sandra (Sandy) Burchsted.

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How Australia became the test bed for tech regulation

The Verge

If you use the telephone in Australia, your telephone line can be tapped, according to a communications act that happened in 1970, that bound telecommunication providers to allow governments to listen in on phone calls, if they have a warrant and those types of things.