Fuji Xerox wins multi-agency government contract

Fuji Xerox has won a competitive tender to provide the federal government’s Department of Human Services with dynamic content publishing software and services to be used by Centrelink, Medicare Australia, and Child Support.
 

Finite grows its government business

Specialist IT recruiter, Finite IT Recruitment Solutions, has stormed ahead with business growth over 2010-2011, particularly in the government sector, writing contracts across all if its business segments to the tune of $50.6 million and ensuring a third placed ranking in the recruitment sector this year, according to a labour hire report just released.
 

Government puts up $249m for industry research

The federal government has put up $249 million in a package designed to help Australian industries become more competitive and create new job opportunities through the cooperative efforts of university researchers, business and industry.
 

GBST strengthens board with new appointment

Australian-listed global financial services industry technology provider, GBST, has appointed the president of Boeing Australia and South Pacific and the current president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia, Dr Ian Thomas, to its board of directors.
 

Carr told 'carpe diem' on cloud computing

A high level advisory committee to the Federal Government has called for immediate action to exploit what it says is a window of opportunity for Australia to be a global leader in the creation and adoption of Cloud computing innovation.
 

ACCC plans to enact dating sites scam guidelines

Sometimes the hottie on the 'find-me-a-lifelong-partner' website is not what they claim to be.  That's fine if all it costs you is a few drinks at the local bar; not so fine if you're thousands out of pocket.
 

Customs deploys RFID system from HID Global

The federal government has deployed RFID technology from secure identity solutions vendor, HID Global, at the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service to help the service achieve real-time tracking of its extensive armoury.
 

Will IT suffer more from government spending cuts?

As the federal government announces spending cuts in its mini-budget, will the public servants who implement government policy chance their arm at real productivity improvements enabled by technology, asks one analyst firm, or will they will just implement yet another round of slashing running costs?
 

New flight simulator set to take off

More realistic, safer and less expensive flight simulation is now available for training commercial, fighter and helicopter pilots with new technology announced today by Federal Minister for Innovation Kim Carr.
 

Australia, China open dedicated research fund

Australia-China research collaborations will benefit from an additional $18 million over the next three years, with the opening of a dedicated Australia-China Science and Research Fund (ACSRF) this week.