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Government 2.0 Taskforce seeks ideas
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: ExchangeDaily

2009-07-23 19:48:32
The Australian Government's Government 2.0 Taskforce has released an issues paper to solicit contributions to help it advise the Government on how to make best use of new Web 2.0 technologies.


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NSW logo a no go? Design your own, win $1,000
Written By: David Swan
Section: Information technology news

Category: E-Government

2009-07-22 01:15:17
Is it a lotus..? Is it a waratah..? No, it’s the new NSW Government logo! Crowdsourcing website DesignBay.com has launched an unsanctioned $1,000 contest to re-design the recently bungled NSW Government logo.



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Oconics wins $3.6 million Hansard contract
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry

Category: Deals & Wheels - Contracts

2009-07-20 23:38:24
Business software developer Oconics has won a $3.8 million contract to redevelop and support the Hansard system that publishes proceedings of  Australia’s federal parliament.
 


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How did Atul Dwivedi hack the RAAF web site this week?
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news

Category: Security

2009-07-16 09:09:58
Indian techie, Atul Dwivedi, defaced the Royal Australian Air Force website this week, posting a message on the front page as a warning to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. How did he do it?


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NBN coming to Tasmania: first tender called
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Networks

2009-07-16 01:00:57
The first stage of the National Broadband Network (NBN) deployment is about to begin in earnest with the release of a tender for the supply of fibre optic cable.


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NIH, Wikimedia work toward better online health and medical information
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Internet

2009-07-15 02:24:34
For the first time, the Wikimedia Foundation is working with a health sciences institution to improve the availability of online health and medical information.


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Objective contract with WA parliament
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry

Category: Deals & Wheels - Contracts

2009-07-14 04:00:30
Objective Corporation has inked a contract with the Western Australian Government to provide an enterprise document records management system to the WA Parliament.


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More funding needed to boost digital economy growth
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news

Category: Market News

2009-07-13 23:29:51
The foundations for a strong digital economy in Australia are already in place, according to the Australian Computer Society, but it has urged the federal government to allocate more funds in future budgets to facilitate further growth in the technology sector.


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Contract wins come in for Unisys
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry

Category: Deals & Wheels - Contracts

2009-07-09 05:44:01
Unisys has secured a raft of new or extended contract wins for this year in Australia as local companies continue to spend, albeit wisely, on IT services during the economic downturn.


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Cybercrime threatens digital economy progress, warns ACS
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: News feature

Category: Security

2009-07-07 04:52:24
The Australian Computer Society has warned that cyber crime poses a major threat to the progress of Australia’s digital economy, as it calls on the federal government to consider developing vendor agreements & investing in R&D in security technologies.


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Storage contract for Spectrum Data
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry

Category: Deals & Wheels - Contracts

2009-07-07 04:25:59
SpectrumData has won a half-million dollar storage contract with Geoscience Australia, Australia’s national geoscience research and information organisation.


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Internet boost for remote indigenous communities
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Internet

2009-07-02 03:07:55
Federal, state and territory governments have agreed on a program to improve internet access and provide basic computer training for remote indigenous communities.


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New chief for CSC Oz health services
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology people

Category: Appointments

2009-07-02 01:10:39
IT services group, CSC has appointed a 15-year industry veteran to lead its healthcare business in Australia as it pushes its services as part of the federal government’s e-health agenda.


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CSG wins multi-million dollar government contract
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry

Category: Deals & Wheels - Government

2009-07-02 00:34:54
IT services group, CSG is to deliver an online portal and support services to students in Victorian state schools under a $64.6 million, four year contract with the Victorian Government.


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First NBN backbone tenders called
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Networks

2009-06-30 21:32:09
Although the Federal government previously suggested that the National Broadband Network (NBN) rollout would begin in Tasmania, the first round tenders are all for mainland facilities.


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Chinese government gets an Internet ban right for once
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology feature

Category: Virtualisation

2009-06-30 07:41:44
Is the latest Chinese government Internet ban actually a good thing for a change? Ask most gamers and I reckon the answer would be a resounding yes.


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Objective grabs $10 million UK government contract
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature

Category: Virtualisation

2009-06-28 23:17:35
Australian-listed IT services group, Objective Corporation has secured a $10 million software and services contract with the Welsh Assembly Government to deliver an enterprise-wide solution over five years.


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ABS selects Expand and VMware
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature

Category: Virtualisation

2009-06-23 04:22:50
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has completed its implementation of an organisation-wide virtualisation strategy with the selection of Expand Networks to deploy its WAN optimisation technology.


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ACS calls for incentives to attract ICT investment to NSW
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature

Category: Virtualisation

2009-06-22 00:43:32
The Australian Computer Society wants greater government incentives in New South Wales to attract investment in the state’s ICT industry.


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Northern Territory contract win for PKBA
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature

Category: Virtualisation

2009-06-20 23:19:35
IT and telecommunications services vendor, PKBA, has won a contract to deliver  integrated voice and data conferencing  solutions to 30 remote locations throughout the Northern Territory for CouncilBiz, a subsidiary company of  eight of the Territory’s local government councils.


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