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Government innovation, collaboration make Australia SAP's second most-important market
A history of collaboration has made Australian government agencies a hotbed of innovation that has become a key global market for application vendor SAP.
[ + ]UK government standardising on open file formats
The UK government has requested feedback on a proposal to standardise on OpenDocument Format and PDF/A file formats for exchange and publishing of documents
[ + ]In shadow of NSA, Obama calls for innovation and action
US president Barack Obama's State of the Union speech touched on the NSA's mass surveillance programs and called for IT innovation and government support.
[ + ]Online child safety measures up for comment until 7 March
Members of the public have until 7 March to comment on the government's online child safety measures, which include faster takedown of social-media content.
[ + ]Victorian Government wants feedback on state ICT Strategy
The Victorian State government is accepting submissions on its ambitious ICT Strategy until February 10.
[ + ]The virtualised data centre of the future
The growth of virtual server and storage techniques in enterprise data centres requires a rethink of network topography and congestion management. Opinion.
[ + ]Defence re-signs Unisys for nationwide IT support services
Australia's Department of Defence has extended its services contract with Unisys in a two-year, $52m deal that will involve supporting over 100,000 devices.
[ + ]Re-evaluating government procurement
Government needs are changing, and technology itself is changing – so why aren't procurement practices changing too? Ovum's Kevin Noonan weighs the options.
[ + ]City of Boroondara boosts services with APC data centre infrastructure
IT staff at Melbourne's City of Boroondara have boosted data-centre reliability and scalability with an APC data centre solution.
[ + ]The ten worst data disasters of 2013: Kroll
Brisbane-based data recovery firm Kroll Ontrack sees everything from waterlogged hard drives to lost movie masters. Here are 2013's worst data disasters.
[ + ]Boston accent: Massachusetts state CIO John Letchford
GTR speaks with Massachusetts state CIO John Letchford about adopting cloud and other progressive IT in a severely resource-constrained environment. [ + ]
Data-tokenisation gateway keeps Salesforce.com cloud data onshore
Australian government agencies concerned about cloud hosted data leaving the country, will find comfort in a software gateway that filters and tokenises it.
[ + ]Mixing paper with digital at Whanganui
A structured information management environment has helped improve document management at New Zealand's Whanganui District Council.
[ + ]Collaborative, public GIS maps chart WA's environmental changes
An Esri-supported GIS mapping initiative is giving the public access to detailed photographic and research data charting changes in sensitive WA ecosystems.
[ + ]Transport Safety Bureau picks BlackBerry for mobile direction
Australia's peak transport-safety body will invest in new BlackBerry smartphones as it revamps its mobile strategy and empowers field workers.
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