Government spending will cushion the Australian IT market from the worst effects of the global financial crisis, while the NBN roll-out will give the sector a medium and long term shot in the arm, a report from analysts Business Monitor International says.
Canberra's Datapod targets $150m global market
Tiny Canberra engineering outfit Datapod has unveiled a next-generation, modular data centre system that it expects to generate as much as $150 million in export revenue over the next five years.
ACMA scrutinises Indo 'terror' broadcaster
The communications watchdog has been asked to monitor a TV broadcaster suspected of being funded in part by paramilitary outfit Hezbollah for breaches of anti-terrorism standards.
Adam Internet takes bite out of Adelaide blackspot funding
Home-grown South Australian ISP Adam Internet has won a multi-million Government contract to roll-out a Wimax wireless network to service Adelaide broadband blackspots.
Former ALP staffer, lobbyist appointed to Tassie NBN Co
One of the four directors appointed yesterday to the Tasmania NBN Company board is a registered Canberra lobbyist and former ALP staffer with links to Communications Minister Stephen Conroy.
Fat but not obscene: NBN chief's pay packet
Kevin Rudd’s war on Fat Cat salaries has produced its first moderately overweight cat, with Government announcing a maximum salary of $1.95 million for new NBN Company chief executive Mike Quigley.
NBN Tassie gets directors - None in Tasmania
The Australian Government has appointed the first four Board directors to the Tasmania NBN Company joint venture with the Tasmania Government and Aurora Energy – with more to come as negotiations between the partners mature.
PM appoints new Broadband, Finance chiefs
As part of the biggest reshuffle of public service Mandarins in a decade, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has appointed a senior Victorian bureaucrat Peter Harris to take the reins of the department of Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy.
Gov 2.0 Taskforce embarks on 1.0 Roadshow
The Lindsay Tanner-appointed Government 2.0 Taskforce is preparing a very One-Dot-Oh road trip in the next three weeks, conducting open forums in capital cities across the country as it canvasses directly for ideas from the broad community.
NBN Co board meets, sorts out Tassie offspring
At the top of the agenda when the newly-appointed NBN Company board meets in Canberra today – after a brief photo-op with the Minister at Parliament House – will be the composition of the Tasmania NBN Company board.
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