Australian-listed software provider, TechnologyOne has formed a strategic partnership with Digital Mapping Solutions to jointly develop and sell integrated asset management and geographic information systems solutions.

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.

The scientist who developed the bionic ear, Professor Graeme Clark, has joined Australia’s Information and Communications Technology Research Centre of Excellence, NICTA, to lead a project aimed at developing technologies capable of providing new types of hearing implants that can improve various aspects of auditory perception for hearing loss patients.

Continued market growth and a heavy investment in R&D has paid off for enterprise software vendor, TechnologyOne, with the company achieving record revenues and profits in results announced today.

A student from Australia’s National Information and Communications Technology Research Centre of Excellence (NICTA) has been awarded for his work in developing a novel, low-cost transmission option for shorthaul optical links required for future infrastructure like cloud computing and video-on-demand from data centres and storage networks.

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.

Perth software development firm, Saleem Technologies, has snared a contract from Leighton Contractors to track and manage construction materials, using its Track’em software solution, for the company’s civil and underground works on the high profile and complex Gorgon project in Western Australia.

The Australian Computer Society Foundation (ACSF) will focus on software development projects and research for ICT companies now it has been recognised as an eligible research organisation under the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research’s Enterprise Connect, Researchers in Business program.

Australian customers appear set to benefit from the world’s first ERP solution embedded with IBM Cognos 10 – launched today at Information on Demand in Las Vegas – and delivered ‘out of the box’ by home-grown Australian developer, Pronto Software.

New South Wales company, Marathon Robotics, with the backing of the New South Wales Government, has snared a $57 million contract with the United States Marines to trial advanced robot technology for training soldiers in live firing exercises.