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DTA to sponsor GovHack 2018
Registrations for September's GovHack 2018, the national open data hackathon, will open on Thursday this week. [ + ]
The case for gender equality in IT is clear
Australian and international perspectives on furthering equality in government were shared at the recent 'Women in Leadership' symposium. [ + ]
Smart City Tour (Part Two): Let your trashcan do the talking
Last month, I took you on a brief tour of some of the most innovative cities in the world, places using the power of connected devices — millions of sensors attached to all sorts of physical devices — to gather petabytes of digital information that are deposited into a data lake. [ + ]
Data, collaboration key to national and border security
Home Affairs Secretary Michael Pezzullo has urged global governments to embrace collaboration and analytics to tackle domestic and border security threats. [ + ]
Boring or not, data is the key to AI success
Like a journey to the South Pole, the artificial intelligence (AI) hype has been going on for so long that it feels like we're trudging across the top of a very flat topped mountain. [ + ]
Queensland appoints defence expert to boost cybersecurity
Major General Stephen Day (Retired), former senior executive of the National Cyber Centre, will advise the Queensland Government on cybersecurity matters. [ + ]
Big data's biggest obstacles
Local governments are beginning to grasp the potential of data analytics, but it is still early days. [ + ]
UK govt urged to adopt smart city strategy
A new report from a UK Parliamentary Group on Smart Cities provides recommendations that Australia may want to implement into its own smart city blueprint. [ + ]
Scale is everything in digital government
Governments must reimagine their approach to service development and delivery as the effects of digital become clear, writes Gartner's Dean Lacheca. [ + ]
Deciphering cloud services in the federal government
Federal cloud services have made huge strides in recent years, but challenges remain, writes Ovum's Kevin Noonan. [ + ]
Digital revolution mustn't leave people behind
New Zealand's Digital Media Minister Clare Curran believes that people's wellbeing should be the main priority of digital transformation initiatives. [ + ]
Protecting tomorrow's critical infrastructure
In a world of cyber threats, international standards and certification are the best ways to ensure long-term cyber protection of critical infrastructure. [ + ]
Lake Macquarie to roll out LoRaWAN network
A huge part of NSW's Central Coast will be covered by a carrier-grade LoRaWAN network under a Lake Macquarie City Council initiative. [ + ]
Canberra awards IBM huge $1bn five-year deal
Biggest-ever IT contract covers hardware, software, cloud-based solutions and other emerging technologies, and will lead to savings of $100 million. [ + ]
NSW agencies must do more on data security
The NSW Auditor-General has urged the state's government agencies to improve their data collection practices, including ensuring that data is protected. [ + ]
