Industry News
NT Police wins iAward for face recognition project
Watch House, a system developed by NT Police and NEC to help rapidly identify suspects brought into custody using facial recognition, has won a 2016 iAward from the AIIA. [ + ]
DTO launches Digital Marketplace beta
The Digital Transformation Office has completed a beta version of the Digital Marketplace, a platform designed to simplify government procurement of digital and technology services. [ + ]
GetUp protests proposed ASIC registry sale
An online petition started by GetUp calling on the Turnbull government to abandon plans to privatise operation of the ASIC company registry has already attracted over 40,500 signatures. [ + ]
Immigration completes $50m SmartGates rollout
The Department of Immigration and Border Protection has completed the deployment of 83 biometric automated departure SmartGates across all eight international airports. [ + ]
TAFE Qld signs TechnologyOne
TAFE Queensland has signed a roughly $40 million, 10-year deal with TechnologyOne for its OneEducation enterprise SaaS student management solution. [ + ]
Adelaide City Council live streaming committee meetings
Adelaide City Council is using Microsoft's Skype Meeting Broadcast to live stream its committee meetings, as part of efforts to improve citizen engagement with local government. [ + ]
Record myGov registration numbers
Over 10 million Australians have now registered with myGov, making it one of the biggest digital services in Australia. [ + ]
Technology more accessible for the disabled
More than four million Australians with a disability will receive improved accessibility to ICT procurement, with the adoption of an internationally recognised minimum standard. [ + ]
NSW Dept of Justice taps Telestar for MDM
Telestar has been contracted to provide its Bluewater end-to-end managed mobility platform for the NSW Department of Justice. [ + ]
eHealth Queensland seeking new executives
The Queensland health department's technology division, eHealth Queensland, is on the search for candidates to fill the newly created roles of chief digital strategy officer and chief customer experience officer. [ + ]
RegTech tops FinTech for innovation opportunities
Disruptive start-ups in the financial sector would be better off pursuing technology driven by government regulation than relying on a digital disruption framework, senior banking figure Don Sharp believes. [ + ]
UCaaS vendor collab9 gets US FedRAMP authorisation
US-based collab9 has become the first UCaaS provider to secure FedRAMP authorisation from the US federal government for its portfolio of services. [ + ]
Brisbane's Tactiv secures NZ govt contract
SaaS developer Tactiv will develop software to help the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade manage its $600 million-per-year aid program. [ + ]
DHS picks SAP for welfare payments overhaul
The Department of Human Services has chosen SAP as the preferred core software vendor for the Welfare Payment Infrastructure Transformation project and is now tendering for system integrators. [ + ]
IP Australia's 'Alex' resolves 80% of questions
IP Australia's AI-powered virtual assistant 'Alex' resolves 80% of web queries, simplifying interactions and improving customer service through the agency's website. [ + ]