The Victorian Government has boosted funding for the Geelong region information and communication technologies (ICT) cluster, ICT Geelong with $100,000 which will allow the organisation to build on past achievements and assist the continuing development of the ICT sector in the region over the next two years.

The Victorian Government is seemingly frenetic at the moment as it pursues its goal of establishing Victoria as Australia’s technology hub, trotting out announcement after announcement about new initiatives, or investment in the state, by ICT companies. And, New South Wales is up there too, competing vigorously with its Victorian rival and, for that matter, every other state or territory.

The Victorian Government has welcomed the impending investment and expansion in Victoria by professional services firm, Cordelta, which has committed to creating 50 new jobs in the state by the end of 2013.

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.

The Attachmate Group of companies today opened its Asia Pacific headquarters in Melbourne, committing to create 40 new highly skilled jobs. The Attachmate set up in Victoria comes in the wake of the government's release of its $85 million plan to promote and support ICT-enabled innovation in the state.

The Victorian Government has unveiled its new $85 million plan to support continuing growth, development and global competitiveness in Victoria’s ICT sector, and promote ICT-enabled innovation across the state’s economy.

The Victorian Government continues to push its credentials as a technology-savvy government and to ramp up its efforts to promote Victoria as a ‘globally sophisticated ICT market’, to attract new investment in the tech sector and to deliver e-services to the community utilising high-speed broadband and the NBN.

A tele-health project launched by the Victorian Government today has the potential to deliver medical diagnosis to patients in regional areas of Victoria without the need for them to travel to Melbourne or other major centres to access specialist healthcare.

ICT solutions company, Data#3, has opened its new integration centre in the Melbourne suburb of Braeside, creating an additional 25 new jobs in Victoria.

Power companies in Victoria will pass on increased electricity charges to households following the Australian Energy Regulator’s decision approving $1.1 billion in expenditure for the operators to install smart meters across the state.