Defence gives $84m IT support contract to Unisys
Defence has re-engaged Unisys to provide IT support services under an $84 million deal, replacing current provider Fujitsu from March next year. The national deskside…
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Vic energy department seeks CIO
Victoria’s Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA) is on the hunt for a new executive director of information services. The role was previously held by Tiffany…
Cyber Engineering launches at ctrl:cyber with former Shelde founders
The new capability is delivered by a close-knit group of specialists who were part of the core management and delivery team at Shelde, later known…
HESTA draws APRA’s ire over massive tech replatforming project
Industry super fund HESTA has copped additional licence conditions over its handling of an outsourced provider and technology platform transition earlier this year. The project…
Cochlear pilots voice-to-text Salesforce integration for lead management
Cochlear is integrating conversational voice-to-text functionality into its CRM that could eliminate the need for its “sales road warriors” to type lead management notes into…
Bezos’ Blue Origin working on orbital data centre technology
Jeff Bezos’ aerospace firm Blue Origin has been working for over a year on the necessary technology for artificial intelligence data centres in space, the…
WA Health to build data platform, pilot AI at Royal Perth Hospital
WA Health is set to build a new statewide data platform and trial an AI system to optimise patient flow and bed availability. Image credit:…
Private 5G powers data-driven mining
Data-driven mining takes advantage of analytics and information sourced across the breadth of the operations to optimise production and improve real-time decision-making. It can enhance…
Samsung: 98,000 handsets with triple zero call issues still ‘active’
About 98,000 Samsung mobile handsets in need of software updates that will allow them to make emergency calls reliably are still connecting to Australian networks,…
Audit Office of NSW and Data61 explore AI for gov auditing
The Audit Office of New South Wales is about one month into a “multi-year partnership” with CSIRO’s Data61 to explore ways to apply AI to…
Services Australia may get powers to rein in data breach exposure
Services Australia may be in line for new powers to force third-parties hit by data breaches involving government identifiers to disclose the incident quickly. The…
Apple, Google send new round of cyber threat notifications to users
Apple and Google have sent a new round of cyber threat notifications to users around the world, announcing their latest effort to insulate customers against…