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Turnbull commits to strengthening ties with US on cybersecurity
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced how he plans to strengthen ties between Australia and the US on cybersecurity during his official visit to Washington, DC. [ + ]
NSW updates data centre reform policy
The NSW Government has refreshed its data centre reform strategy document to give agencies with specialist infrastructure requirements more time to migrate to the new centralised government data centres. [ + ]
Global Health wins contracts in ACT and Adelaide
Global Health has announced deals to provide its MasterCare electronic medical record platform for ACT Health and the Adelaide Primary Health Network. [ + ]
BT secures cloud services contracts with EU
BT has secured new contracts worth over €24 million to create one of the largest government clouds in Europe. [ + ]
New appointment for secretary of the Department of Communications and Arts
Dr Heather Smith has been appointed as secretary of the Department of Communications and the Arts, replacing Drew Clarke, who was made chief of staff for Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. [ + ]
New app for irrigators cuts costs
A free app has been developed to improve water use efficiency for WA. [ + ]
Victoria launches VicFreeWiFi pilot
The Victorian Government has commenced a pilot of its new VicFreeWiFi network in Ballarat and Bendigo, with plans for a launch in the Melbourne CBD in early 2016. [ + ]
AEC to host public websites on AWS
The AEC has contracted SMS Management & Technology to deliver AWS implementation for its public websites, in order to help the commission support major traffic spikes during election periods. [ + ]
Treasury using virtualisation to complete Budget
Treasury has implemented a virtual desktop virtualisation technology from Nutanix to allow employees to work on crucial tasks, including the Budget, from any location on any device. [ + ]
Australia consulting on open government plan
The government is holding information sessions this week for citizens and organisations seeking to help shape the government's commitments for open government reform. [ + ]
Turnbull's NBN attitude cause for concern
There is a growing tide of concern that the troubled NBN rollout is being sidelined in Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's much hyped 'ideas boom'. [ + ]
VVCS trialling veteran counselling over Skype
Australia's Veterans and Veterans' Families Counselling Service has launched a pilot offering mental health counselling services over Skype video or audio links.
[ + ]Counting the cost of cloud
There are three critical aspects to ensuring the federal government's 'cloud first' policy adoption does not see productivity being sacrificed for cost savings: visibility, optimisation and control. [ + ]
Infosys opens delivery centre in Parramatta
Infosys has opened a service delivery centre in Parramatta to provide digitally enabled back-office services to clients including the NSW Government. [ + ]
Analytics to help enable digital government migration
Most governments have largely completed the migration to e-government — involving automated existing processes — but now must tackle the hard work of moving towards digital government delivery. [ + ]