The New South Wales Government has again thrown its support behind consortiums in the IT industry, enticing them to develop new mobile technology solutions to build the State’s digital economy and improve the effectiveness of government services.

Sydney based managed services company ac3 has announced it is offering a new service, initially targeted at NSW Government agencies, that will allow them to hand over the management and security control of their mobile phone fleet.

The NSW Government has set up an Industry Taskforce to develop a Digital Economy Industry Action Plan for the state and has allocated $3 million over two years to support creative digital content projects.

The NSW Government has announced the composition of its ICT industry advisory panel opting for seven well-credentialed members of the ICT establishment with nary a maverick outlier amongst them.

The Sydney Opera House made a mockery of the launch of the Digital Sydney initiative on Monday night, suffering what one organiser described as a technical meltdown, and leaving the NSW Deputy Premier and assembled throng cooling their heels in a queue for over half an hour. On a night that was supposed to celebrate Sydney's technical prowess, there was a distinctly analogue flavour.

Remember Steven Bradbury – the ice skater who won gold when he was the last man standing? Well there’s a sense of the Steven Bradburys about the race to supply the NSW Government with its data centres as a key bid member in the Leighton camp has now pulled the plug.

Local software developers will be given the opportunity to turn NSW Government information on public transport, energy use and the environment, into innovative apps for community use.

The NSW Government has extended a WiFi service launched last June on Manly Ferries - and provided using New Zealand company Tomizone - to most of the ferries in its fleet.

The Australian Centre for Broadband Innovation, a joint initiative between the NSW Government, CSIRO and NICTA has opened in Marsfield, Sydney.

The NSW Government has given data centre operator, Global Switch the green light to build a new $300m data centre in Pyrmont on the fringe of the CBD, adjacent to its existing data centre.