NZ boosts conservation efforts with AI

The NZ government is using ‘digital twins’ and AI to save a rare parrot from extinction.

28 August, 2019

Queensland to unleash croc-spotting drones

The Queensland government plans to use drone technology to spot crocodiles and assist in rescues.

22 August, 2019

Cloud can drive productivity, innovation in government

While consumers are seizing new technology with both hands, in many cases governments are still only poking at it with curiosity.

1 August, 2019

Govt awards $550m in ICT contracts

The government has awarded almost $550 million in digital service contracts via its online sourcing platform.

18 July, 2019

Smart parking technology shows spots in real-time

New cloud technology that shows vacant parking spots could take smart parking to the next level, its developers say.

6 May, 2019

Governments should adopt hybrid cloud strategies

Inadequate funding and skill means governments will struggle to provide private cloud that meets user expectations or matches the innovation of public cloud providers, an analyst says.

4 May, 2018

More outsourcer mergers after HP Enterprise Services + CSC says Gartner

Amazon, Googler, VMware muscle-in.

31 May, 2016

Renewed CenITex out to sell itself after privatisation averted

Shared services back in black, headed to the cloud.

16 March, 2016

NSW government plugs into cloud ERP

Software mega fauna as a service

12 February, 2015

Microsoft launches local Azure cloud at public sector

Pricing visibility not yet share ware.

27 October, 2014

Telstra reshuffle lifts focus on cloud and government

By Julian Bajkowski A major organisational overhaul at Australia’s national carrier Telstra has reset organisational and executive reporting lines for the business unit that sells into government as the corporation seeks to grow its portfolio of communications and technology services. Announced this week at a shareholder briefing, the latest corporate realignment has created a new […]

25 October, 2013

Attorney General firmly spells out government cloud security policy

By Julian Bajkowski Federal Attorney-General, Mark Dreyfus QC has drawn a firm line in the sand over how government buyers can adopt cloud computing solutions by stipulating a comprehensive set of security and risk assessments agencies must now adhere to before buying externally hosted computing and data storage capacity. The Attorney General late Friday released […]

8 July, 2013

Conroy launches National Cloud Strategy

By Julian Bajkowski Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy has used his annual speech to the CeBIT conference to launch the federal government’s National Cloud Computing Strategy ahead of a looming election campaign where broadband enabled technologies are set to be a key battleground. The wide-ranging tome sets out a raft of policy actions that Senator […]

29 May, 2013

Amazon hopes for cloudy outlook from Canberra

By Julian Bajkowski Global cloud computing heavyweight Amazon Web Services (AWS) is mounting a concerted push into the federal government sector as agencies rapidly look for new ways to cut technology running costs while gaining the same sort of productivity and efficiency gains now being realised in the private sector. The company has revealed the […]

21 May, 2013