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  • IBM wins $70m Medicare extension

    Medicare has awarded IBM a three-year, $70 million extension to its comprehensive technology outsourcing contract after announcing earlier this year that it would review all its information and communications contracts.

  • Robot dog, $30,000 to make WA students love ICT

    WA is hoping local students will develop a new love for IT, with the announcement of AU$30,000 in funding for hands-on programs to boost school pupils' enthusiasm for computer science.

  • Minister tells Aussie ICT to brace for US crash

    Theo Theophanous, Victorian state Minister for Industry, Trade, ICT and Major Projects, told attendees at a Melbourne conference yesterday that the US economic downturn will affect both local suppliers and staff of American owned companies in the near future -- but the local industry looks strong enough to absorb the impact.

  • Gershon hands in IT review

    British efficiency expert Sir Peter Gershon has handed the Rudd Government his final review, recommending sweeping changes to the government's use and $6 billion procurement of technology.

  • Gershon returns to Canberra

    Sir Peter Gershon will return to Canberra next week as the British efficiency guru gears up to deliver a landmark report to finance and deregulation minister Lindsay Tanner on how the federal public sector could better spend its annual $6 billion IT budget.

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  • Read the blog post - Scott Mckenzie

    Broadband ... it's time to take the glasses off

    It must be nice to view the world through rose-coloured glasses as Communications Minister Helen Coonan seems to.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    DCITA: Too many policies, too few policies?

    If someone gave you AU$93.5 million to spend, would you forget it? I wouldn't either. But this is exactly what seems to have happened in the aftermath of the 2007/8 federal budget, which was widely lambasted by many observers -- including yours truly -- for its lack of funding for meaningful ICT related initiatives.

Features and Case Studies (6)

  • Pollies fail to grasp key IT issues

    An analysis by representatives of Australia's two largest IT industry groups shows that neither political party in the federal election has come up with a comprehensive policy around technology.

  • Rudd awakening: Govt's plans for ICT

    Ahead of the election, with promises for nationwide broadband networks and digital revolutions in schools, the ICT industry could hope the government was on their side. But now the glamour of a sparkling new government has worn off, how ICT-friendly is the Rudd government really?

  • Election 07: Coonan vs Conroy

    With only weeks to go to the election, how are the main parties shaping up on their tech promises?

  • Fed ICT Minister backs Telstra-IBM job export

    The office of the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts has backed Telstra's decision to use offshore software developers.

  • Unwired wary of big carriers in broadband spectrum sale

    Unwired CEO, David Spence, has urged Australia's communications regulators to protect a tranche of prime wireless broadband spectrum due to be auctioned September from anti-competitive behaviour by existing carriers.

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