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• Macquarie University to host gaming conference

  Macquarie University will host a three day video games event next month, aimed at debating game theory and exploring contemporary research in the area.

• Macquarie Uni to virtualize computer labs

  Macquarie University has flagged plans to virtualize many of its student computer labs from the second semester of this year, as part of a ploy to better utilise licensed software both on-premise at the university and remotely.
  

• Marc bails out Macquarie Uni on business intelligence

  Marc Bailey wants to kill the spreadsheet. At least, that’s what the research fellows at Macquarie University asked for when he first stepped on board as CIO in late 2009.

• Macquarie University deploys Oracle RAC

  If asked to determine which is of greater importance — the bar opening on time or keeping IT up and running — many university students would likely argue the former, but according to Macquarie University’s CIO, Marc Bailey, there are two occasions a year when the student response is universally IT: Exam results night.

• Macquarie University to 'wait and see' on the iPad

  The plethora of tablet PCs expected to flood the Australian market next year will see Macquarie University take a ‘wait and see’ approach on whether to standardise on Apple’s iPad for its staff and students.
  

• Commonwealth Bank served as training ground for global phishing attacks

  When international organised crime groups launched the first wide-scale phishing attacks in 2003, their targets weren’t the United States or the United Kingdom but actually the customers of one of Australia's major banks, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, according to a cyber crime researcher.

• Macquarie Uni Hospital IT infrastructure a "spaghetti" of systems

  The newly opened Macquarie University Hospital (MUH) may boast a number of Australian firsts in technology, but its IT infrastructure is a "spaghetti" of systems, according to chief information officer (CIO), Geoff Harders.

• In pictures: The tech behind Macquarie's new hospital

  Despite lacking a medical school a year ago, Macquarie University has become a hub of medical research overnight, with a brand new, state-of-the-art hospital, an advanced school of medicine, and it will soon play host to the global headquarters for Cochlear Limited and a hearing hub for varied deafness societies.

• Macquarie Uni completes Gmail rollout

  Google is back in the race to provide email services to educational institutions across the country with NSW-based Macquarie University announcing it will begin rolling out Gmail accounts to its 6000 research, teaching and administrative staff.